Four years after the government’s 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines advised us that we should not hold the eggs, new research from Northwestern University suggests that eggs may not be risk free. A Northwestern news release reports that a study involving nearly 30,000 people found that adults who ate more eggs and dietary […]
Tag: heart disease
Celebrex May Boost Risk of Heart Valve Trouble
Initially, researchers at Vanderbilt University thought Celebrex might improve the health of people with aortic stenosis, a dangerous narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve opening. So the researchers tested celecoxib, the active compound in Celebrex, on valve cells. As a Vanderbilt news release reports, it made the things worse. They […]
Whole Dairy Is Just Fine For Hearts
Go ahead, eat that cheese. Whole dairy products–cheese, milk and yogurt- do not increase the likelihood of stroke or heart disease, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. A university news release reports that the study, which included nearly 3,000 […]
Yes, You Can Eat Red Meat
Red meat may have been getting a bad rap. Now comes research from professors of nutrition science at Purdue University suggesting that red meat, if it is eaten along with a Mediterranean diet, isn’t all that bad. A Purdue news release reports that the study compared Mediterranean-style eating patterns with […]
Aerobic Fitness Cuts Heart Risk in Half
OK, it’s unsurprising that fit people have fewer heart events than those who are out of shape, but a new study by researchers at Stanford University gives us the numbers: people with the highest aerobic fitness have half as much heart disease as less fit people, even if their genetic […]
Yoga + Aerobic Exercise Best For Hearts
Aerobic exercise is good for your heart. Yoga is also good for your heart. No comes a study from researchers at the HG SMS Hospital, in Jaipur, India, suggesting that combining yoga and aerobic exercise is roughly twice as beneficial as doing one or the other. Science Daily reports that […]