Heart Health Blog

209 articles on preventive cardiology, lifestyle medicine, and evidence-based heart health.

FitnessHeart Health

Tango Your Way To Heart Health

Among the highlights during our recent trip to South America, was the colorful neighborhood of Caminito, where dancers tango down the streets of beautiful Bueno...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Eat just 1 of these Nuts a Day….

Having just visited the beautiful country of Brazil, I couldn’t help but enjoy some of their heart healthiest nuts. Brazil nuts are naturally high in the minera...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Do You Know Your Lp(a) Level?

When it comes to heart health, most efforts have focused on lowering high levels of LDL (the bad cholesterol).  However, it turns out that a “cousin” of LDL, kn...

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Recipes

Father’s Day Treat: Guinness Cupcakes!

To celebrate Father’s Day, my wife Lisa made a batch of amazingly delicious Guinness cupcakes…If you love Guinness beer and enjoy cupcakes, check out the recipe...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Icosapent Ethyl = ↓↓ Inflammation

In an upcoming issue of the American Journal of Cardiology we analyzed the effects of Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa®) 4 capsules daily for 12 weeks in men and women ...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

How Laughter Suppresses Inflammation

In the current issue of the American Association of Therapeutic Voice AATH (Humor Voice), I was asked to comment on the connection between laughter and suppress...

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Gut HealthHealth & Wellness

Food 4 Thought: Sat Fat & Your Gut

Together with my colleague, Dr. Stanley Hazen, a pioneer in studying the relationship between the gut and heart, our team recently published a paper showing for...

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Brain HealthHealth & Wellness

Emotional Rescue: The Heart-Brain Connection

Listed below is an excerpt from an article I wrote in the current issue of Cerebrum, published by the Dana Foundation on ways to reduce day-to-day stress and li...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Are Statins Very Risky?

In the May issue of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI) informative publication, Nutrition Action Newsletter, a number of “controversies that...

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FitnessHeart Health

5 Health Benefits of Yoga

As pink cherry blossoms snowed down on a delightfully cool and windy April morning, my wife Lisa took advantage of the majestic scenery to practice some yoga po...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Heart & Sole: Put Your Best Foot Forward

Let’s face it, the foot is pretty easy to neglect. It is an amazing piece of architecture housing 25% of all joints. It is our foundation for the body’s upper s...

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