Our bodies need omega-3 fatty acids for numerous normal functions, such as controlling blood clotting and building cell membranes in the brain, and since our bodies cannot make omega-3 fats, we must get them through food. There are 3 main omega-3s in foods. The shortest is alpha-linolenic acid, with 18 carbons and 3 double bonds. [...]

When we think about blocked arteries, chances are that we are generally thinking about the small arteries that feed blood to the heart, and of course we know that when these small but vital arteries get blocked the result is going to be angina and a strong possibility of a heart attack. If the blockage [...]

It is regrettably true that as yet we do not know everything about vitamins, but we do know quite a lot. The trouble is that knowing “quite a lot” is often a dangerous place. Why? Well imagine if you were about to undergo a routine surgery. You are very confident that the outcome will be [...]

WARNING ! You may be experiencing the early warning signs of blocked arteries (atherosclerosis) but you may not be associating this pain and discomfort with heart problems. Strange though it may sound, the traditional image of a man holding his chest whilst gasping for breath is not the most common pain experience or symptom of [...]

This article is intended to be an introduction to dietary health supplements and is not in any way intended to be, nor should it be taken as, medical advice. If you have a health issue, you should always seek the advice of a health care practitioner. To ensure that we start off correctly, I think [...]

Much is talked about high blood pressure and the need to reduce it, but how high is “High” and what is the optimum? Look at the four blood pressure categories below and then determine which category you fall into. If your blood pressure reading is in two different categories where systolic pressure is in one [...]

Cholesterol is BAD. Or is it? Let us take a look at cholesterol and see if we can separate the fact from the fiction. What we do know is that there are a lot of doctors and health care professionals who are advising us to reduce our cholesterol levels. The advertising companies seem to be [...]

It is a sad fact that most people whose suffer a heart attack, do not see it coming. We tend to have this idea that it will always be “someone else”. Did you know that heart disease is the biggest killer in the western world and it is not declining as the number one way [...]