Heart Healthly – Insomnia and High Blood Pressure

Last month, a new study published in the medical journal Sleep, found that people who suffer from insomnia have higher blood pressure at night. This high nighttime blood pressure can lead to cardiac complications over time.

Over many years, chronic insomnia can have negative effects on the hearts of otherwise healthy individuals, lead author Professor Paola Lanfranchi told Medical News Today. Whereas blood pressure decreases ..read more

Learning What Foods Will Help Burn Fat

by Lynn Reynolds

If you’re eating the typical North American diet, you are probably consuming too much fat. You should not be getting more than 30% of your calories from fat. If you want to lose weight, you’ll probably need to cut the amount of fat in your diet. Do not, however, make the mistake of cutting all of the fat in your diet. Some ..read more

Hormone Replacement Therapy Pros and Cons

Overall, the majority of women going through menopause experience distressing symptoms and are anxious to get rid of them. Eventually, women become interested in considering the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

A lot of women have preferred this way of healing to reduce symptoms linked with menopause. Nevertheless, there are issues to think about. While HRT can be a good thing for ..read more

Apnea and Dieting: Why You Can’t Lose Weight

by Pam McKee

For people with sleep disorders, a healthy diet and regular exercise is not enough to combat weight gain. If you suffer from sleep apnea then beware if you’re only losing sleep and not the unwanted fat.

Yep! Not getting enough sleep is a known culprit to weight problems.

Chances are if you can not lose weight then an undiagnosed sleep disorder is disrupting your ..read more

Control LDL Cholesterol To Control Heart Disease

by Ned Dagostino

Cholesterol is a substance that is found in our blood. It is usually associated with other substances, notably the lipoproteins named LDL and HDL. The association with HDL is good for our health whereas the association with LDL is bad. Let us find out how these associations actually affect our health and how we can guard against their adverse effect on our ..read more

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