The Effects of Excess Fat and Sugar on the Heart Over Time

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On: December 26, 2023

As the holiday season sets in, it becomes a little difficult to stick to healthy eating habits. Festive meals are often loaded with excess calories and sugar, which can wreak havoc on your overall health, particularly your heart. In this article, we’ll discuss the effects of excess fat and sugar on the heart over time.

Want a More Youthful Healthy Heart? We Have Some Tips for You!

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On: November 20, 2023

Want a More Youthful Healthy Heart? We Have Some Tips for You! The fact is that you can reduce your biological age up to 6 years in comparison to your actual chronological age with lifestyle modifications. Even gradual improvements in lifestyle choices can make a profound difference in the health of your body and your

Foods to Steer Clear of if You Have Heart Disease

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On: April 11, 2022

What we choose to feed our bodies is important. It is the fuel we run on. It is the building block for new cells to be created. It is what gives us energy, and vitality, and enables us to keep going year after year. If you have heart disease diet is even more important. Let’s

Recommendations from the American Heart Association

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On: August 20, 2021

Lifestyle has a huge effect on your health and wellbeing. This is especially true for your heart and cardiovascular health. Change isn’t as drastic or as hard as you might think. Just a few small habitual adjustments and you could alter your health now as well as into the future. Tips for a healthier heart

Diet, Heart Health, and Catch Phrases

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On: April 29, 2021

“You are what you eat.” & “Let Food Be Thy Medicine” – Two quotes that have stood the test of time. This long-standing duration in our language is due to the truth held in these two small phrases. While they may be considered catch phrases, the wisdom is valid.   What you choose to feed

Optimism is Good for Your Heart Health

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On: January 18, 2021

When you are in a good mood and your outlook on life is positive you just feel better overall. Studies reveal that optimistic, happy, glass half full people are more likely to have good heart health as well. The study https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-10025-001 looked at two groups of people who had similar risk for heart disease. The

The High Risk of Leaving Blood Pressure Unregulated

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On: December 22, 2020

A high blood pressure reading at the doctor’s office now and then isn’t necessarily cause for alarm. Some days our pressure may just be higher than others. It can be due to stress, physical exertion, nervousness at a doctor visit (white coat syndrome), or even if you drink a latte on the morning of your

Heart Healthy Breakfast Ideas from Tampa Cardiovascular Associates

Posted by: Tampa Cardio

On: December 4, 2020

Breakfast has long been said to be the most important meal of the day. You have been fasting all night while you sleep and this literally means what it says “break” “fast”. What you break that fast with, especially if you may have a need to focus on the health of your heart, is very

Benefits of Using a Sauna for Your Heart

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On: November 23, 2020

Many of us walk right by the saunas at our gyms, as great as they are for your health, oddly I almost never see anyone in there. Let’s take a look at the different benefits of different types of saunas The DRY SAUNA:. Dry saunas produce a heavy deep sweat which has a cleansing effect