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The Heart-Brain Connection: How Stress and Emotional Wellbeing May Influence Heart Health

Is the Heart More Than Just a Physical Pump? The heart is one of the hardest working organs in the body, roughly the size of our fist and beats around 100,00 times each day. Its main function is to continuously pump around 8 pints of blood around the body via our vast network of blood vessels. It delivers nutrients and vital oxygen to the whole body whilst carrying away carbon dioxide and waste products (www.bhf.org.uk). Looking after our heart health through a nourishing diet, good hydration...

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Understanding POTS: Symptoms, Causes and Nutritional Support Strategies

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS as it is known is a syndrome (not a disease) involving the autonomic nervous system. Most of us stand up without thinking about it, our nervous system quietly adjusts our blood vessels, heart rate and blood pressure to ensure blood reaches the brain. But, for someone with POTS this simple change of posture can trigger a whole cascade of symptoms. POTS is a form of dysautonomia, meaning there is a dysfunction within the autonomic nervous system...

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Cod liver oil vs fish oil

The global fish oil market is booming with a projected growth from USD 10.4 billion in 2025 to USD 24.6 billion by 2035 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9%. This growth is driven by rising consumer awareness of omega-3 its health benefits. * However, when it comes to fish oils, choosing the best quality fish oil supplements should be non-negotiable due to the risk of contaminants and/or oxidised (rancid) oils that can create inflammation and damage cellular structures. Nordic Naturals...

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Cardiovascular Disease and Gut Microbiota

The dark matter of the gastrointestinal microbiome, where yet to be fully discovered bacteria reside, is being steadily explored and some of the related inhabitants have been linked to the production of an enzyme that can convert artery clogging cholesterol into a more harmless form that is not absorbed by the body. In two groundbreaking studies published in Nature Microbiology and Cell, researchers have uncovered the potential of specific gut bacteria to reduce cholesterol levels, paving the way...

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Sugar-sweetened drinks raise the risk of cardiovascular concerns, despite physical exercise

In the ever-evolving field of nutrition science, a compelling piece of research recently featured in the Current Developments in Nutrition journal meticulously combed through 20 clinical trials to decode the cardiovascular implications tied to our drink choices[1]. The drinks under the microscope included a broad spectrum from the morning ritual of tea and coffee, the mid-day boost from fruit juices and energy drinks, to the evening unwind with alcohol, and the ubiquitous presence of sugar-sweetened...

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A rationale for policy change, nudging and commercial regulation of ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed foods encompass a wide range of items, spanning from carbonated beverages to breakfast cereals and from pre-packaged snacks to cured meats. These products are notorious for their extensive use of additives, which are often detrimental to health. Among these additives are oils, fats, sugars, starches, and sodium, which not only diminish the nutritional value of the food but also pose potential health risks[1]. Additionally, emulsifiers such as carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides...

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Ultra-Processed Foods – Can/should they be made Healthier?

Ultra-processed foods are understood to be detrimental to human health across several parameters, including macronutrient and micronutrient composition, fibre, effects of food additives, toxins, heat exposure, and packaging.[1] They are only cheap (as promoted by various MPs) when the costs of their negative metabolic effects are externalised to personal health care and public health budgets. The cost of the metabolically related and rapidly increasing obesity crisis and just one of the consequences...

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Global Challenges with Lifestyle Solutions

The global obesity epidemic is well established, with increases in obesity prevalence in most countries since the 1980s. Obesity is understood to contribute directly to incident cardiovascular risk factors, including dyslipidaemia, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and sleep disorders. Obesity also leads to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD mortality independently of other cardiovascular risk factors. The development of CVD is driven, in part, by obesity-related metabolic, endocrinologic...

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Enzymes and Lipids – a Healthy Vasculature Can Make

It was over 2,000 years ago that the Japanese population made natto a staple of their diet. Natto is a cheese-like food composed of soybeans fermented with a bacterium – Bacillus subtillis. Recognised for its beneficial cardiovascular effects, it has been extensively studied[1]. Relatively little was known regarding the mechanism by which natto intake led to an overall improvement in cardiovascular health until the 1980s. A potent fibrinolytic enzyme called nattokinase was discovered in natto in...

Ageing Cardiovascular Health Diets

Aging? – How are you Managing Health

By 2030, the number of people aged 60 and older will grow by more than 50 percent, from 900 million in 2015 to 1.4 billion[1]. That is just over 8 years away at the time of writing this piece! Further, noncommunicable diseases, those more closely linked to social circumstances, lifestyle and behaviour, such as cardiovascular diseases (e.g. heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g.chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes, will account for 71 percent...

The Heart-Brain Connection: How Stress and Emotional Wellbeing May Influence Heart Health

Understanding POTS: Symptoms, Causes and Nutritional Support Strategies

Cod liver oil vs fish oil

Cardiovascular Disease and Gut Microbiota

Sugar-sweetened drinks raise the risk of cardiovascular concerns, despite physical exercise

A rationale for policy change, nudging and commercial regulation of ultra-processed foods

Ultra-Processed Foods – Can/should they be made Healthier?

Global Challenges with Lifestyle Solutions

Enzymes and Lipids – a Healthy Vasculature Can Make

Aging? – How are you Managing Health

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