Having high blood pressure is know as the silent killer because you can't feel it but it is the single best predictor for risk of heart disease and stroke, meaning many people with high blood pressure have a heart attack, stroke, or some other form of cardiovascular issues. In fact around 30% of people don't know they have high blood pressure. … [Read more...]
What is Atherosclerosis?
Essentially atherosclerosis is hardening of the arteries. Our arteries are meant to be clear but in time we can develop lesions, otherwise known as plaques. These plaques can narrow and stiffen the arteries and may eventually lead to total obstruction or closure of the artery. When this occurs it can cause a heart attack or stroke. In fact most … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #38: Does Saturated Fat Clog Arteries?
Does saturated fat clog arteries? We all seem to have this picture in our heads of the pipes inside our bodies suddenly getting filled by the fat we eat, right? But it is a bit more multifaceted than that as there are various components that lead to unhealthy arteries. Still you might be surprised to know that saturated fat may not be as bad as … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #35: Foods that cause and Foods that fight Inflammation
In previous episodes of the GFE podcast we've talked a fair bit about inflammation and how inflammation contributes to many modern diseases. This is because it happens internally on a cellular level and literally changes our cells.So I thought it was time for a practical session on foods and their relationship to inflammation.So we'll … [Read more...]
What Are Free Radicals?
The cells in our bodies are constantly going through the process of breaking down and rebuilding, or aiding processes of other functions. These metabolic actions require oxygen in order to occur. Sometimes the oxygen reacts to produce molecules that are not as stable as they should be and these unstable molecules are known as free radicals. Other … [Read more...]
GFE Podcast #30: Heart disease, cholesterol and nutrition info
There are lots of nutritional myths around cholesterol and heart disease. So in this podcast we delve into where common knowledge comes from and some myths about heart disease and what causes it. We also talk about where our common knowledge about nutrition comes from, if these are myths why is it that we all believe them? Well I'll let you … [Read more...]
Which is healthier: Butter or margarine?
There has been a long term mantra out there in society telling us to eat margarine because it's healthier, but which is really healthier? Butter or margarine? Truth be told it's opposite to common knowledge, butter is definitely better! I wrote a post yesterday to describe the difference between butter and margarine where we talked about the … [Read more...]
What is Dietary Fiber and why do we need it?
I know in the US you all spell fiber like this 'fiber' but here in AUS we spell it as 'fibre', I know it's like this in the UK too. So I haven't spelt everything wrong it's just the way we spell it here :) What is Dietary Fiber? Dietary fibre comes from a variety of foods of plant origin such as grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables. The dietary … [Read more...]
What Is The Cause Of Heart Disease?
What is the cause of heart disease? Now that's an interesting question, wouldn't you agree? Trust me I have a concern about heart disease because it is hereditary in my family. My grandmother had angina from very young and died at just 59, my grandfather died of a massive heart attack at 62, that's pretty young too. And the line of heart disease … [Read more...]
What Is Heart Disease & Why Should You Care?
In this article I'm going to share what heart disease is and some of the statistics about why you should care, then tomorrow I'll be sharing a post about what causes heart disease. Sign up here to get an update about that. Now I don't like to be fear mongering and sometimes reading statistics is not our favourite thing to do because we all want … [Read more...]
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