Quotes About Wellness

Cocoa is loaded with compounds called flavonoids, which are also found in cranberries, apples, strawberries, onions, tea, and red wine, placing chocolate in excellent company. There are more than 4,000 of these flavonoids in the plant kingdom. In plants, flavonoids provide important protection like shielding from environmental

People avoid egg yolks because they're afraid of the cholesterol, but the choline in the egg yolk actually helps prevent the accumulation of cholesterol and fat in the liver!

Avoid scrambled eggs. Scrambling oxidizes the cholesterol, and oxidized cholesterol increases the risk of atherosclerosis.

Almonds/Almond Butter Almonds are our oldest cultivated nut and one of the great foods of all time. And to think, not so long ago they were avoided by "health-conscious

Omega-3 fats, particularly from healthy, wild fish, are your heart's best friend

Hazelnuts Help with High Cholesterol and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Hazelnuts—like pecans—contain beta-sitosterol, a plant sterol that has been found to have two very important properties: One, it lowers cholesterol, and two, it lessens the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This

macadamia nuts would have been on his list. Here's what he

Pistachio Nuts

Whey protein: Boosts the body's stores of glutathione, one of the most important antioxidants. Whey protein

Sea Vegetables (seaweed)

Seaweed: Contains all fifty-six minerals

Cantaloupe Lowers the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Stroke But cantaloupe's not a great food just because it's high-volume and low-calorie, though that certainly

Broccoli sprouts:

Next to love, crying is perhaps the most healing activity for the heart.

Cranberry Juice

Grapefruit Diet May Be Credible After All Now it turns out we may have spoken too soon. In spring 2006, a study from the division of endocrinology of the department

Singh Khalsa, M.D., the internationally acclaimed expert in integrative medicine and author of Food as Medicine, the kiwifruit is one of the most underrated healing foods. "Because of their rich array of disease-fighting antioxidants and phytonutrients, they are often

When life gives you a lemon . . . squeeze it, mix with 6 ounces of water, and drink twice daily." That folk wisdom

LDL particle size test is the first test we recommend.

Taking a statin drug, or any other medication, based solely on the standard cholesterol test is a really bad idea. Ask your doctor for one of the newer particle tests.

Dr. Sinatra's recommendation for an optimal CRP level is less than 0.8 mg/dL.)

There's a direct correlation between high homocysteine levels and an increased risk of heart disease and stroke.

Shechter recommended sticking to foods such as oatmeal, fruits and vegetables, and legumes and nuts, which all have a low glycemic index. Exercising every day for at least thirty minutes, he added, is an extra heart-smart action to take.

Fast Action Plan: Stop eating fast food. On all packaged foods from the supermarket, check the ingredients list for "partially hydrogenated" or "hydrogenated" oils. If either of those is listed, don't eat it. Look in particular at margarines, cookies, cakes, pastries, doughnuts, and, as mentioned, fast food.