Cardiovascular Health

Posture and Your Heart Health

We are a forward society. We do many actions that involve reaching and leaning forward. We sit long hours looking at computer screens, bend forward to talk to our children, text on our phones, read and play games on our tablets and drive for long periods of time. Over time, these can cause slumped-forward posture: forward head, hands, and shoulders. Poor posture can negatively impact your heart health...

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Eat Well for Heart Health!

As we observe National Heart Health in February, we recognize that heart disease is still the leading cause of death in both men and women living in the US. While many factors can contribute to heart disease, one of the leading causes is how and what we eat. The Standard American Diet (aka SAD) is comprised of foods and ingredients that contribute or lead to heart disease. This is in part due to the dependence on easy, packaged and processed foods that contain inflammatory ingredients. And when these inflammatory foods make up most of our diet, we lack the nourishing foods that heal and keep our hearts healthy. 

To eat for heart health, try to....

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The Many Benefits of Taurine: How to Reduce Inflammation & Protect Your Muscles

What is taurine? It is not quite an amino acid, but it is an amino sulfonic acid. It can be obtained naturally in the diet predominantly from meat, fish, and eggs. It can also be made in the body from other amino acids such as cysteine but not in large amounts. Taurine is found in many important areas of the body including the heart, brain, retina, and skeletal muscle. In some animals such as cats, taurine deficiency can lead to retinal degeneration and blindness as well as cardiomyopathy which is a type of heart failure. In Japan taurine is actually used as a treatment for congestive heart failure. Studies have shown that taurine supplementation can improve left ventricular ejection fraction and improve exercise tolerance in those with ejection fractions of less than 50%....

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How to Combat the Anti-Aging Process with Intravenous (IV) Therapies

As we get older how do we combat the natural effects of the aging process? First, we have to look at some of the main factors that cause the symptoms of aging and degeneration. These symptoms include fatigue, muscle weakness or muscle loss, reduced stamina and endurance, poor memory and cognition, and chronic inflammation and pain. Many of these symptoms are inter-related and do not always have a singular cause. Addressing some of the root causes can start to reverse aging symptoms and therefore slow the aging process. Let’s look at what happens at the cellular level as we age…

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