All posts related to condition: cardiovascular-disease

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Your Short Chain Fatty Acids told me...

Monday, 26 July 2010 10:01 by Elizabeth Redmond   RSS Feed
Whenever I get a GI Effects test I look at the predominate bacteria and then I look at the Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) to see how well the predominate bacteria are functioning. SCFA have certainl... [More]

Salmon - A great-tasting, healthy fish

Friday, 18 December 2009 16:33 by Elizabeth Redmond   RSS Feed
Fun facts about Salmon: Why is the word s-a-l-m-o-n often (properly) pronounced with no “l” sound? It was brought into Middle English via the Norman conquest as ‘samou... [More]

Cardiovascular Disease – What more can we do?

Monday, 2 November 2009 11:43 by Robert David   RSS Feed
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, with nearly 1,000,000 people suffering heart attacks and 795,000 suffering strokes annually, of which about 144,000 are ... [More]

So What’s Up with Vitamin E?

Friday, 9 October 2009 18:18 by Robert David   RSS Feed
Reading the current scientific literature on vitamin E is enough to drive a normal person crazy. One scientific study may claim that vitamin E benefits heart disease while another claims that it not only has no effect, but it may actually harm you. Since many of these studies come from prestigious universities and government agencies, who are you to believe? [More]

Diabetes Study Reveals No Surprises to Practitioners of Functional Medicine

Tuesday, 9 June 2009 16:41 by Terry Pollock   RSS Feed
In the 6/8/09 Wall Street Journal's Marketplace section, Keith Winstein wrote an article entitled “Diabetes Study Questions Expensive Treatments”. Winstein states that, in this trial,&nbs... [More]

Tests for Your Heart Health: It's Not Just Cholesterol Anymore

Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:43 by Cass Nelson-Dooley   RSS Feed
Part III In the final part of a three part series, Dr. Rogers explains why knowing your cholesterol level alone isn’t enough to reduce your risk of heart attack. Listen as Dr. Rogers outlines ... [More]

Nutritional Solutions for High Blood Pressure

Saturday, 15 November 2008 10:52 by Cass Nelson-Dooley   RSS Feed
Part II In this second part of a three part series, Dr. Rogers explains why commonly prescribed medications for high blood pressure don’t always work and can sometimes make things worse. In fa... [More]

Vitamin K function explained

Wednesday, 8 October 2008 15:29 by Elizabeth Redmond   RSS Feed
The role of vitamin K extends well beyond the regulation of blood clotting to impact bone formation, the development of heart disease, and possibly cancer. Vitamin K is required for the carboxylation... [More]

How Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Harm Nutrition

Thursday, 25 September 2008 09:23 by Cass Nelson-Dooley   RSS Feed
Part I We welcome Dr. Sherry Rogers, author of The Cholesterol Hoax, to this episode of the Metametrix Institute Podcast. Dr. Rogers says that cholesterol is not in fact, the biggest cause of heart d... [More]

Shedding a Little Sunlight on Vitamin D

Monday, 4 August 2008 13:32 by Elizabeth Redmond   RSS Feed
There’s been a lot of talk about Vitamin D in the news lately. Clinical consultants, Dr. Elizabeth Redmond, and Dr. Eve Bralley, shed a little “sunlight” on today’s topic o... [More]

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