Archive for October, 2006
Is Chocolate That Healthy?
It is great news that research has found a food that lowers blood pressure and is healthy for the heart and maybe more. The problem is that the chocolate Americans consume most is not the kind that was studied. The more popular kinds of chocolate have little or no positive [...]
October 31st, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
Appreciating The Importance Of Folic Acid
Folic acid is actually just one of the many vitamins that make up the Vitamin B complex. Also known as folacin and folate, this indispensable nutrient serves the body in more ways than one.While very much important for all age groups, pregnant women are the ones who actually benefit the [...]
October 31st, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
An Introduction to Stethoscopes -
Stethoscopes are simple yet effective tools that allow doctors to listen to the internal sounds in a patient s body. Doctors can use stethoscopes to listen to a patient s heart, intestines, breathing, and blood flow. A French doctor named Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec invented the first stethoscope in 1816. [...]
October 30th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
5 Sure-Fire Tips To Save You $1000’s On Your Home Gym
It always amazes me when people say “Home Gyms are expensive! I just don’t have $1000’s of dollars lying about” These people obviously haven’t looked very hard because nowadays home gym equipment doesn’t have to cost 2, 3 or even $4000 dollars. Below [...]
October 30th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
The Modern EKG Machine -
Perhaps one of the most useful 20th century technologies for the diagnosis of heart disease is the electrocardiogram (EKG) machine. Although much more bulky and heavy than the modern EKG machines in use today, the first device was built at the turn of the century and was considered a huge advancement [...]
October 29th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
Walking - The New Health Prevention Pill
If I could bottle up a special health prevention pill, it would be comprised of your shoes, and feet. Recent research has shown just how much more powerful walking is than previously thought. I don’t need to be convinced, since people regularly see me walking [...]
October 29th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
The Modern EKG Machine -
Perhaps one of the most useful 20th century technologies for the diagnosis of heart disease is the electrocardiogram (EKG) machine. Although much more bulky and heavy than the modern EKG machines in use today, the first device was built at the turn of the century and was considered a huge advancement [...]
October 28th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
Diet Tips for Weight Loss: Free Diet Tips Which You Can’t…
Obesity is a disease that is not caused by a bacteria or virus but a person’s own eating habits. It is a disease which is very easy to get rid off just by changing your food habits. Shifting excess kilos is as easy as making [...]
October 28th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
Instant Weight Loss Strategies That Anyone Can Use
You’ve probably heard it a hundred times before but I will say it again, incidental activity is very important in the process of losing weight as you can burn more calories than relying on dietary means alone. Fat is burned from the body when cells oxidize to release [...]
October 27th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off
How To Eat All You Want And Still Lose Weight
How would you like to eat all you want and still lose weight, or maintain your trim figure?Sounds impossible?Have you seen those skinny young women who eat like horses, with plate after plate of food at the buffet table without putting on any weight?Ok, so some [...]
October 27th, 2006 | Posted in Heart Disease | Comments Off