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Drinking More Alcohol Makes Life Shorter, New Research Warns

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Enjoying more than five drinks a week could shorten your life. This post from ScienceDaily highlights the study that links even moderate alcohol drinking to heart and circulatory diseases. Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Part-funded by the British ... Continue Reading

Caffeinate Your Health: Coffee Health Benefits

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Consensus on coffee’s health benefits is gaining ground. This post from The New York Times reviews the evidence behind coffee consumption and health in an effort to put to rest the idea that coffee is a “vice” or something we all need to cut back on. When I was a kid, my parents refused to let me drink coffee because they believed it would “stunt my growth.” It turns out, of ... Continue Reading

10 Foods With Healthy Fats You Should Be Eating

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Fats have been wrongly demonized, when all the while the real culprits have been sugar, refined carbs and processed foods. This post from Physio Answers lists 10 foods containing healthy fats. Ever since fat was demonized, people started eating more sugar, refined carbs and processed foods instead. As a result, the entire world has become fatter and sicker. However, times ... Continue Reading

Belly Fat – A Trigger for Heart Disease and Cancer

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An article confirming that abdominal fat stores are a trigger for heart disease and cancer development. There is a well established cause and effect relationship between overweight and obesity, specifically abdominal fat stores and the development of cardiovascular disease and many types of cancer. Recent research studies have shown that belly fat is not metabolically inert, ... Continue Reading

Two Simple Practices to Increase Heart Longevity

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This article highlights two simple practices that are fundamental to preserving heart health and prolonging the life span. Cardiovascular diseases kill more Americans than cancer and motor vehicle accidents combined. Most of our aging baby-boomer population will be brought down by problems located in the heart and cardiovascular system. Even so, we can significantly ... Continue Reading

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