I just read a study about how 75 percent of honey samples around the world are now contaminated with at least one pesticide. That’s especially scary when you consider that the bees responsible for pollinating our plants are being poisoned and how pervasive dangerous pesticides really are in the food we eat every day. According…

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High blood pressure increases your risk of everything from heart attack to stroke and aneurysms to diabetes. While we’ve all heard that limiting our consumption of certain things — like salt and caffeine — can help lower blood pressure, we hardly ever think about the opposite. What foods can we eat that will help lower…

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Since my family has a long history of heart problems, including heart attacks, I’ve known quite a few people on a daily aspirin regimen to lower their chances of suffering a second event… one they might not survive. And while it’s been proven that aspirin can help in cases like this, more and more people…

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As you get older, it sometimes seems like all the fun you used to have in the bedroom is replaced by more sleep and lots of TV time… but it doesn’t have to be that way. Despite the fact that 52 percent of men experience erectile dysfunction, there are things that can help a man…

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I’ve been very lucky. Even though I personally worry about heart disease and high blood pressure down the road (thanks to a long, long family history), I’ve never suffered from blood sugar problems or diabetes and the many health risks that come with them. That’s not the case for a dear friend of mine living…

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Exercise, eating right, getting enough sleep, taking vitamins… these are all things we think about when we’re trying to be healthy. However, there’s one big piece of the puzzle most of us completely overlook… our marriages. Whether or not you’re married, and the state of your marriage, has a big impact on how healthy you…

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Your oral health is more important than you might realize. While a healthy mouth may help you ward off medical disorders, an unhealthy mouth may increase your risk of serious health problems such as heart attack and stroke. So twice a day, like clockwork, you grab your toothpaste and set out to achieve a bright,…

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Last Saturday I met a friend for lunch. She was still wearing her sunglasses when she plopped down into her seat, looked at me with a sigh and said that she had another migraine. As lunch went on, we talked about how she couldn’t remember the first time she had a migraine, just that she’s…

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Drinking water is vital to a healthy life. You’ve read it in articles, heard it talked about on TV and probably even listened to your own doctor tout the benefits. But could drinking all that water be hurting you? It turns out that the water you’re drinking could actually lead to blood sugar problems. You’ve…

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Hands down, one of the most important things you can do to improve your overall health is to improve the health of your gut. After all, science has proven that a healthy gut is equal to a healthy body and that poor gut health is linked to everything from heart disease and diabetes to obesity…

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