Heart Health

5 Steps to Make Your Barbeque Healthy This time of year everyone is excited to pull out the grill and get the barbeque started.  Personally, I love the taste of… Read More

Measuring Your C Reactive Protein Levels: Most doctors have been misled to focus on total cholesterol as a key figure in measuring heart disease.  More recent research has shown that… Read More

5 Nutrients to Lower Your Blood Pressure Blood pressure issues are at an all-time high in our society today.  Close to one-third of adults in the US have high blood pressure,… Read More

Joyce lost 33 lbs and came off of 6 medications (acid reflux, cholesterol, sleeping meds, blood pressure, thyroid & anti-depressants) in 3 months. She feels like a new woman after… Read More

The NMR and Your Heart Disease Risk Understanding your heart disease risk is becoming easier to ascertain.  As science progresses the level of understanding of cardiac risk factors and special… Read More

Lipoprotein a Lp (a) and Heart Disease: The twenty-first century has seen a significant rise in research looking deeper into cholesterol subparticles.  Lipoprotein (a) or Lp(a) is a small LDL-like… Read More

What are Your Homocysteine Levels? Homocysteine is an inflammatory amino acid that is produced as a byproduct of protein metabolism. Homocysteine-induced injury to the arterial wall is one of the factors… Read More