According to the World Health Organisation physical inactivity causes 2 million deaths worldwide each year, and is a major risk factor in many dread diseases. You can see a warning symbol further down this article, but maybe there should also be one right here, warning of the dangers of inactivity, because a quarter of all deaths each [...]
There are many websites, books, radio and TV shows, and magazine articles all offering cardiac heart information, and promising the miracle cure to a healthy heart, and protection against death from heart attack, heart disease and heart risk.
This is not surprising as high blood pressure and heart disease affects nearly 1 million people in the [...]
What is Potassium?
Potassium is a chemical compound, or mineral, which is found naturally occurring in certain foods, and is an important tool in the fight against high blood pressure. It is an important nutrient for maintaining good heart health, as it is necessary for smooth muscle contraction, of which the heart is possibly the most [...]
What are the different types of Heart Disease Medications? If you have coronary heart disease (CHD) or are at risk of developing it, your health care professional may prescribe medication to treat your condition, lower your blood cholesterol, or help you to lower your blood pressure
But have you wondered why there [...]
Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger
There is an old saying that ‘whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’. This may actually be the perfect motto for the Red Hot Chilli Pepper. But beyond the culinary qualities of adding heat and spice to many traditional dishes these thermogenic delights are valued around the world [...]
Heart Disease is a massive problem in the United States and Great Britain.
Heart Disease is the primary cause of premature death in the United States, Great Britain and many other European and Westernised Countries. Statistics available from the British Heart Foundation indicate that it is the most common cause of mortality, being listed in more [...]
Understanding the condition
Many people who suffer from elevated high blood pressure are not aware that they have the condition. This is due to the lack of observable symptoms, and the fact that many sufferers appear to be, and generally seem to be in good health, even to the point of declaring that they are ‘feeling [...]