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New Heart Benefits of Vitamin D

Cleveland Heartlab — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:58:12 +0000

Vitamin D plays many important roles in the body—from strengthening your bones to boosting your immune system to help keep you healthy. Research also shows it keeps your heart and blood vessels in good working condition. Here are a few of the ways the so-called “sunshine vitamin” keeps the heart strong and healthy: Preventing stroke A new report from Italy ...

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How Much Vitamin D Do You Need For Optimal Heart Health?

Cleveland Heartlab — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 22:15:00 +0000

Not only are low levels of vitamin D linked to coronary artery disease (CAD), heart attack and stroke, but a new study reveals what specific level of deficiency may raise risk for these conditions. As we recently reported, up to 75 percent of Americans are low in vitamin D, “the sunshine vitamin”. The study found that that patients with blood ...

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Inflammation Could Be the Top Threat to Your Health: Natural Ways to Fight It

Cleveland Heartlab — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:47:51 +0000

“Acute inflammatory response is often necessary to save your life, and yet chronic inflammatory response could lead to death,” because it’s been linked to everything from heart disease and stroke to Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and many other fatal conditions, Dr. Mark Kestner recently reported in an article titled, “Chronic inflammation will probably be what kills you.” New ...

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The Vitamin That Fights Inflammation

Cleveland Heartlab — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:38:45 +0000

A new study is the first to show that combining weight loss with an inexpensive vitamin supplement can reduce chronic inflammation more than weight loss alone. Chronic inflammation has been linked to a wide range of disorders, from cardiovascular disease to type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and even cancer. The findings from a randomized clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson ...

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4 Surprising Causes of High Blood Pressure

Cleveland Heartlab — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:54:25 +0000

About 70 million Americans–one in three adults–have high blood pressure, but only about half of them have it under control. That’s alarming since a new study by the CDC reports that U.S. deaths related to hypertension (HTN) have soared by 61.8 percent, from 245,220 in 2000 to 396,675 in 2013. The researchers examined files from the National Vital Statistics System ...

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5 Supplements that Boost Heart Health

Cleveland Heartlab — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:03:55 +0000

Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Omega-3 fish-oil supplements may have heart-protective benefits and reduce the “overall atherothombotic risk profile” of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), new research presented at the American College of Cardiology 2015 Scientific Sessions suggests. The study, which included 600 subjects with suspected CAD, found that those who took fish-oil supplements had significantly lower levels of ...

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6 Surprising Heart Health Benefits of Vitamin D

Cleveland Heartlab — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:51:21 +0000

Getting enough vitamin D could add years to your life, since people with the lowest levels of the sunshine vitamin may have a 57 percent higher risk of early death from both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all causes combined, compared to those with the highest levels, according to a meta-analysis published in British Medical Journal. Despite these potential dangers, up ...

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