Even though heart health might not be the first thing that comes to mind when the topic of women’s health is brought up, women should be just as vigilant in supporting their heart health as they are when it comes to more distinctly feminine health issues. According to the American Heart Association, a woman dies…
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4 Nutrients with Promise for Heart Health
Good results in the lab can lead to larger, pilot studies. These findings about DHA, vitamin E, fish oil and CoQ10 pay particular attention to potential heart health benefits. Also, discover which nutrients showed promise for protecting the ear and supporting improved sperm counts. DHA, metabolism, and lipids Muscles need a constant supply of fats…
Be Ahead of the Curve with these Early-Stage Discoveries
Check out these early-stage discoveries about nutrients that just may lead to larger, more definitive studies. Here are some of the most promising recent findings. Plant extracts build bone Fruit and vegetable polyphenols may benefit bone. In this study, 46 healthy postmenopausal women took a combination of pomegranate and grape seed extracts or a combination…
Get Nutty Over These Food Facts
Did you know that all the cells in your body have cholesterol? Even though we’ve given this waxy, fat-like substance a bad rap over the past two decades, your body uses cholesterol to help it make hormones, vitamin D, and substances you use to digest food. Your body produces the cholesterol it needs, but there…
Be Heart Smart With These Promising Nutrients
Any time is a good time to turn our thoughts to heart health. In recent studies, these nutrients showed promise in supporting three different aspects of heart health. Black Raspberry for Blood Pressure Black raspberry extract may lower blood pressure in those with elevated levels. In this study, 45 people with prehypertension took a placebo…
These Nutrients May Lower Chances for Heart Problems
Healthy eating habits, regular exercise and controlling one’s stress go a long way in promoting better heart health. In two recent studies, NAC showed promise for normal blood pressure support in one study, and another looked at the impact of CoQ10 on muscle pain in those who take statin therapy for heart health. NAC, inflammation, and…
Help Keep Your Cardiovascular System Healthy
At Betsy’s, we strive to be always taking your health and your budget to heart.® These studies take your health to heart–literally. See how CoQ10 and even black tea may be of benefit for your healthy ticker. Good Circulation Nutrients help keep the cardiovascular system healthy CoQ10 and heartbeat A-fib, or atrial fibrillation, is an…
These Healthy Fats Offer Many Healthy Benefits
If you hadn’t already heard, the right kinds of fats are an absolute must to a healthy diet. Below are three studies looking at various benefits healthy fats provide. See how these nutrients promote better lipid profiles, lower blood pressure, sugar, and inflammation. Pycnogenol Doctors are beginning to link three factors to heart disease: inflammation,…
Nutrients Support Bone and Heart Health in Men
June, the month where we honor dads, is a great time to consider these two nutrients and their possible affects on men’s health. Resveratrol and bone density Earlier lab studies found resveratrol protected against bone loss. In one of the first human trials, doctors said that metabolic syndrome can increase chances of bone loss, and gave…
Natural Insights To Healthy Hearts
Support for healthy hearts doesn’t have to be complicated, as these studies on multivitamins and calcium indicate. Nutrients lower chances for cardiovascular disease Multivitamins extend life in women This is the first study of the effects of multivitamins/minerals (MVM) on chances for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women. Doctors looked specifically at CVD as a cause…
Healthy Hearts
This article on the heart is just the thing for our February health emphasis from Natural Insights for Well Being. Nutrients reduced oxidative stress, lowered chances of heart disease L-carnitine Flexible arteries with smooth inner wall linings reduce chances for heart disease, so keeping plaque from building up along coronary artery walls is essential…
You Need This Vessel
The lifestyle, exercise and diet choices we make are the only things we can control about our blood vessels, which otherwise operate to move and hold the blood and fluids necessary to life as part of our autonomic nervous system. Yet, when our vessels are not in good health, we find ourselves…
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