by drebanks | Jan 31, 2010 | Blog, Heart Disease, Nutrition
Most people today think they know what cholesterol is, where it comes from, and what it does. If you follow the popular media or most diet books, cholesterol is a deadly poison that comes from food which clogs arteries and causes heart attacks. Like most things...
by drebanks | Jun 24, 2009 | Heart Disease, Men's Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
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...
by drebanks | Jun 21, 2009 | Men's Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Women's Health
Fructose is the predominant sugar in fruit – an apple, for instance, is roughly 6% fructose, 4% sucrose and 1% glucose by weight – was considered healthy because it did not elevate blood sugar and had a low glycemic index. Although fructose enters the...
by drebanks | May 5, 2009 | Broadcast, Media
(WTNH 5/5/09) Are you at risk for a heart attack? Dr. Desmond Ebanks of Alternity Healthcare joined GMC Weekend to demonstrate a new cardiovascular screening device, HeartSmart IMT plus, that helps prevent heart attacks by detecting the earliest signs that...
by drebanks | Feb 24, 2009 | Heart Disease, Men's Health, Women's Health, Youthful Aging
Cholesterol is a poor predictor of heart attack risk Most heart attacks occur in people who have “normal” cholesterol. Using cholesterol as the predictor of a future heart attack is not even as good as flipping a coin. Data from the landmark Framingham...