Take charge of your health this September in honor of National Healthy Aging Month | from The Valley Press
Every day we age. But we don’t have to sit back and let it happen. According to research conducted by the MacArthur Foundation Consortium in Successful Aging, genetics account for 30 percent of aging characteristics while lifestyle and environmental factors...Is Chocolate Good For You?
The short answer is: yes, but we’re not talking about milk chocolate or typical candy bars. Dark chocolate contains anti-oxidant flavanols and polyphenols, similar to red wine, grapes and berries. A study in the Journal of Nutrition, October 2008 concluded that...Fish Oil and Heart Health
Superior to Statins in Heart Failure Patients Omega-3 fish oil supplements should be on everyone’s supplement list. Fish oil reduces silent inflammation, helps reduce blood pressure and stabilizes arterial plaque against rupture. Published in the journal...Larger Waist, Smaller Lifespan
Abdominal Girth More Significant than BMI A report this year in the New England Journal of Medicine confirmed earlier findings that a higher body mass index (BMI) is significantly associated with mortaility. More importantly, a large European study found that the...Get Your Copy!
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