Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have cracked a 100-year-old mystery! We now know what activates magnesium ions in the cell. This revelation is significant because scientists believe it to be a springboard for innovative drugs to treat cardiovascular disease, metabolic issues like diabetes, and…
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If you’ve been with us for a while, you know that we’re really big on gut health around here. A happy gut leads to a happy, healthy immune system. And you know what makes your gut happy? Avocados. The Hass Avocado Board funded a new study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where researchers found…
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Why did the mushroom get invited to so many parties? Because he’s such a fun guy! *ahem* Do you like mushrooms? You may want to get to know them better after reading this. A study published in Food Science & Nutrition found that adding just a half-cup of mushrooms to your diet can significantly increase…
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In Japan, specialists from Nagoya University have found what may be a game-changer regarding Parkinson’s disease, the degenerative disorder that causes uncontrollable tremors: blood pressure levels, hematocrit levels (percentage of red blood cells in the blood), and serum cholesterol levels in Parkinson’s patients vary from the standard long before actual symptoms show up. This significant…
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Do you need some motivation to up your exercise game? It looks as if physical activity may be even more vital for preventing cardiovascular disease than we realized. A new study published on Tuesday, out of the University of Oxford, has found exercise might be more significant for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease than…
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We’re a week into 2021. How are your new year’s resolutions going? Most are still going strong at this point, but as January creeps along, many people start finding it more and more challenging to follow through. Why is that? According to a new psychological study, it may depend on how we phrase our goals.…
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Has 2020 been driving you nuts? That may not be a bad thing. In fact, there’s good news. Nuts are good for us. Not only are they a tasty and delicious snack, but they are healthy as well. Making raw mixed nuts such as almonds, pecans, pistachios, cashews, walnuts, and hazelnuts a part of your…
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Can we all agree that 2020 has kicked our collective rear-end? Not only did it bring us a pandemic, but it doled out all the unwanted sides to go along with it — stress, anxiety, fear, and worry. And as our holiday season is now upon us, we have found that we have to, once…
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According to a new study, after nearly 15 years of being on an upward trend, awareness among Americans about high blood pressure — and how to control and treat it — is now on the decline. The study, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, appeared online on Sept.…
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If you don’t take a vitamin D supplement, maybe you should, according to Dr. Fauci. During a Sept 10th interview on Instagram Live, he recommended that those deficient in vitamin D should start taking supplements. “If you are deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. So I would…
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