Heart Health

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    Leyla Weighs In: February is Heart Disease Month

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Last week, I highlighted the American Heart Association’s misguided stance on saturated fats and vegetable oils. The focus of this week’s article is on the more critical risk factors for heart disease. Let’s talk inflammation. We know for a fact that those with…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

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    Leyla Weighs In: American Heart Association is still saturated fat phobic

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Despite so much scientific evidence absolving saturated fats as dangerous to the heart and promoting heart disease, the AHA is still having trouble discerning fact from fallacy when it comes to informing the public about health. As Dr. Hoffman referred to in…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

  • white text reading "February is American Heart Month" next to a white heart with an electric heartbeat wave through it, on a red and purple gradient background

    February is “Heart Month”—Why aren’t we doing better?

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    Each year we make a big to-do about American Heart Month. We’re reminded to eat well, exercise, get our cholesterol and blood pressure checked, and see if we suffer from blood sugar problems. And yet, trends are concerning. We’re making progress…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

  • Cocoa Flavanols are Your Heart’s Best Friend!

    Cocoa Flavanols are Your Heart’s Best Friend!

    By Alan Frost, Founder and President of FlavaNaturals

    Chocolate joins the pantheon of functional foods like tea, berries, and coffee—I obtain a mental and physical performance edge with my daily intake of cocoa flavanols.  With Heart Health Month officially underway, there’s no better time to indulge in heart-healthy…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

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    Are cholesterol drugs bad for the brain?

    By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

    I write this article with a bit of trepidation—some may think I’m betraying my “holistic” bona fides. It’s the mainstream medical narrative that cholesterol-lowering drugs are the cornerstone of cardiovascular prevention. I recently listened to a popular podcast that advocated for much more aggressive…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

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    Leyla Weighs In: The benefits of cocoa flavanols

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Chocolate lovers rejoice! Now you can have your chocolate and eat (and drink) it too thanks to the proven benefits of flavan-3-ols. Flavonoids in foods are shown to confer a vast array of health-promoting benefits due to a synergy of…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

  • Leyla Weighs In: The dangers of very low cholesterol

    Leyla Weighs In: The dangers of very low cholesterol

    By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

    Cholesterol is not a foe in and of itself. Here’s why:  Cholesterol is a necessary substance in our bodies. It’s part of all of our cell membranes—the phospholipid membrane. As much as 80 percent of cholesterol is produced by the…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

  • Nitric oxide boasts critical impact on cardiovascular and sexual health

    Nitric oxide boasts critical impact on cardiovascular and sexual health

    By Beth Shirley, RPh, CCN

    As we age, our natural production of nitric oxide (NO) goes down. This has a critical impact on functions that rely on the vasodilation properties of nitric oxide, like cardiovascular and sexual health. To successfully support the body’s ability to…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

  • Cocoa flavanols boost cognition, mood and cardiovascular health

    Cocoa flavanols boost cognition, mood and cardiovascular health

    By Alan Frost, Founder and President of FlavaNaturals

    As a chocolate lover, I was getting fewer of the benefits and more of the extra calories even from 90% cocoa bars. Now with FlavaNaturals I’m assured of obtaining the full health dividends of cocoa flavanols along with great taste,…read more

    Categories: Heart Health

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