What Doctors Don't Tell YouFATS: They cause heart problems, but not stroke. Right?
Breathing in other people's smoke increases the chances of developing heart disease by a quarter, says the latest findings into passive smoking.
Most still believe that a high cholesterol diet is the cause of heart disease. But new research is showing that this view is an oversimplification of a complex process that has more to do with mo ...
Many of the diseases we associate with ageing - such as heart disease, cancer, dementia and stroke - may be the result of lifelong, poorly managed stress.
While we tend to accept heart disease as an inevitable result of ageing, the overwhelming evidence is that heart disease is preventable through simple changes in lifestyle.
In every major long term study, lowering cholesterol through drugs or the standard recommended low fat diet has done more harm than good. ... ...
Sometimes advice about prevention is simply wrong. Many of the things we believe are preventative may actually do more harm than good.
THE END OF HEART ATTACKS? We hope it's true, we fear it's not
Vitamin C maintains healthy blood vessels and prevents fat accumulation (Am J Clin Nutr, 1974; 27: 866-76).
Vitamin E protects blood vessels and prevents blood clots (Int J Vit Nutr Res, 1976; 46: 18-91).
Six years ago, Mr C.B., a 45-year-old industrial worker, came to see me with an undefined cardiovascular condition. He had intermittent high blood pressure, tremor, headaches, chest pain, insomnia, excessive sweating, flushing, a fast pulse...
