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6 Surprising Reasons Why Your Heart is Racing

A racing heart, also known as heart palpitations, feels like your heart has skipped a beat or added an extra beat. It may also feel like your heart is fluttering or pounding fast and furious. Usually, the sensation can be felt in your chest, neck, or throat. A racing heart can be scary — or […]

5 Reasons to Add Flaxseed Oil to Your Diet

Botanically speaking, the plant is called Linum usitatissimum which roughly translates to “useful linen” which it is indeed. Linum is more commonly known as flax…which is one of the most useful plants in the natural world. The archeological record demonstrates the earliest use of wild flax dates back over 30,000 years to the paleolithic era […]

4 Simple Ways to Spin Beans and Why They are So Good for You

The longest-lived people in the world have a secret. They’re full of beans. It’s an expression that means that a person is energetic and lively with a spring in their step. Researchers who study the “Blue Zones” where people live extraordinarily long and healthy lives have determined that the regular consumption of beans is one […]

You Can’t Beat Beets

Did you hear about the guy who stopped eating vegetables? His heart missed a beet. Sorry… vegetarian joke.  

The New Blood Pressure Guidelines And What They Mean For You

Here’s some medical news that I hope doesn’t raise your blood pressure through the roof. The American Heart Association has just lowered the threshold for for the diagnosis of hypertension. The AHA changed the cutoff for normal blood pressure from 140/90 to 130/80, and in that one fell swoop, 46 percent of Americans now meet […]

Disturbing News About Heartburn Drugs [Shocking Research]

It’s unfortunate that the expression even exists…but it’s true that sometimes “the cure is worse than the disease.” Please keep that thought in mind as we dig into the latest news about Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI’s). This widely prescribed class of medications is used to treat heartburn and other gastrointestinal disorders….and a new study found […]

The Care And Feeding Of Your Endothelium

Are you sitting down? Like most Americans on most days, the answer is probably yes. We are living in an age where the average person spends most of their day (and most of their life) on their butt. Unfortunately, all of that sitting is associated with an increased risk of illness and death. It seems […]

Reduce Heart Disease Risk… Even When It’s Genetic

Last week, one of the doctors at my office missed a few days of work for a funeral. A childhood friend of his died of a massive heart attack at age 41. He woke up his wife in the middle of the night and said he couldn’t breathe… then his heart stopped. She called 911 […]

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