Category: Heart Disease

Whenever you hear the word “heart disease”, there would always be nutrition next to it. More often than not, the two are talked about in correlation with one another. What could be the reason why heart disease and nutrition are two interrelated terms? Well, the answer to that is apparently obvious – whenever a person […]

There is a definite and sobering connection between developing heart disease and fast food. This does not mean that eating one burger will automatically give you a heart attack, but eating one burger or more a week (or day!) will. There is nothing inherently evil in fast food, but overindulging in it has […]

Heart disease and diabetes commonly occur together. When you are afflicted with diabetes, then complications resulting in heart damage are most likely to occur. It is almost inevitable to have heart disease when you are sick of diabetes; this why we should offer palliative support to the latter in order to prevent any heart disease […]

Millions of Americans suffer from it, but what really causes heart disease? There is almost as many myths and misinformation about the cause of heart disease as there are actual causes. Everything from fatty foods, to high cholesterol, to lack of exercise is included in the list of causes, but what truly belongs […]

With a name like “congenital”, you could be forgiven wondering if strange genitalia is what causes congenital heart disease. You might even think that bad luck in the genetic lottery is what causes congenital heart disease. Actually, we really don’t have a definite answer as to why some people get this disease and […]

One of the reasons our species is so successful is because we look for shortcuts in getting any kind of job done. Unfortunately, we also look for shortcuts when it comes to out health, such as thinking that if you take Vitamin E and heart disease will never hammer you. Just take a […]

The best way to not get heart disease is to eat a balanced and varied low-fat diet, exercise regularly and do not smoke. If you never exercising, smoke like a chimney and think beer and Twinkies make up a balanced diet, and heart disease will come calling. Heart disease is not a lot […]