Category Archives: Healthy living

Chronic Inflammation

Chronic Inflammation
What is inflammation? Inflammation refers to the body’s physiological response to damage and threats including injuries, infections, and irritants such as pollen and chemicals. A cut on your finger turns red signifying acute inflammation. It is one of our body’s defense mechanisms and is essential to our daily survival. Chronic (systemic) inflammation, during which the…
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It’s No Wonder We Americans Make Unhealthy Choices

It’s No Wonder We Americans Make Unhealthy Choices
You don’t need to look far to find alarming stories about Americans’ unhealthy behaviors. Such stories commonly mention poor diets, insufficient physical activity, excess alcohol drinking, smoking and street drugs. These unhealthy behaviors predict rising prevalence of major chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, and kidney disease. Most deaths in developed countries now…
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Triggers of Heart Attack and Stroke

Triggers of Heart Attack and Stroke
Nine factors linked to stroke risk A massive team of international collaborators investigated potentially modifiable risk factors for acute stroke among 26,919 participants in 32 countries. Researchers identified 10 potentially modifiable risk factors that collectively accounted for 90.7 percent of all strokes, 91.5 percent of ischemic stroke, and 87.1 percent of intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke worldwide.…
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Ways to Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar Levels

Ways to Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar Levels
Insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance Your metabolic health depends, in large part, on your body’s ability to maintain blood sugar (glucose) levels in a relatively narrow range. And when blood sugar rises above the healthy upper limit, as happens after a meal, to bring blood sugar back into the healthy range in short order. The…
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