How to Check Your Own Heart Health

How to check your own heart health - To know the heart is still good or not, researchers have easy tips that simply by touching the tip of your toes. If your body is at the same time flexible to reach your toes, your heart is conversely quite healthy.

In the Journal Heart and Circulatory Physiology mentioned that by testing one element of the body (toes), a person can know his heart is healthy or not, even in the midst of holiday though.

15 Foods to Lower Cholesterol Levels Naturally

Foods to lower cholesterol levels naturally - Cholesterol is one of the body fat (lipid) that is essential for the activity of cell membranes, making hormones, vitamins and bile acids. Cholesterol also helps in the transmission of nerve impulses.

Levels of cholesterol in the blood depend on what you eat and how the body makes cholesterol in the liver. Having too much cholesterol in the blood is not a disease, but can lead to harden and narrowing of the arteries (atherosclerosis) in the cardiovascular system.

Is Coffee Harmful For Heart Health?

Is Coffee Harmful For Heart Health? - We often wonder whether coffee is harmful to heart health? That question sometimes we hear, especially from those who have heart disease but like to drink coffee before. Is it safe to continue the habit?

When you ask it to cardiologists and internists, they generally would suggest to stop it. Caffeine in coffee may act as stimulants that increase the heart load or even trigger a heart attack, they said. However, the fact that opinion is not necessarily true. Various studies on the effects of coffee on heart disease patients still provide a variety of conclusions.

Dental Care Important for Heart Health

Dental care important for heart health - People who regularly check their teeth and take care of their teeth tend to have fewer heart problems. This conclusion was discovered by Professor Howard Jenkinson from the University of Bristol, England. Jenkinson was by chance got the findings when examining how blood cells are affected by bacteria.

Bacteria in the mouth

The mouth has almost 700 species of bacteria that live in it. These bacteria help break down food particles. Every time you eat, drink or even open your mouth, the number of bacteria in your mouth will increase. Most of them are the type of bacteria that are safe, but there are also dangerous. Brushing your teeth properly and take care of keeping the bacterial growth remained under control.

How Sunlight Therapy can Prevent Heart Disease

How Sunlight Therapy can prevent heart disease -- Sunlight is known to provide growth and energy for all living things. Some researchers believe that sunlight therapy can be effective to maintain health conditions. In fact, a recent study compared 100 patients in Canada, who suffered from depression. The conclusion of the natural health research demonstrated that patients who received light treatment responded faster without adverse side effects opposed to those receiving antidepressant medication.

Sleep Disorders Trigger Heart Attacks in the Night

Sleep Disorders Trigger Heart Attacks - Obstructive sleep apnea or sleep disturbances are usually characterized by snoring raises risk of heart attack at night than during the day. Similarly, a study reveals. New research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, it says that those who had a heart attack while sleeping at night is usually triggered by the presence of obstructive sleep apnea. This conclusion was made based on observations on 92 people who had experienced a heart attack. 

What is Obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition in which pauses in breathing occur during sleep because the airway has become narrowed, blocked, or floppy.