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Heart Disease & Stroke

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The Queen Ditches Fur This Winter

Heart disease and diet

03/06/2015  |   Health articles

Hola Heart disease affects almost 2.6 million people in the UK and kills over 100,000 of them every year – it is our biggest killer. Twenty-one per cent of men can...

Health articles
Everything You Need To Know About Turkeys This Xmas

Recent studies show that when compared with meat-eaters, vegetarians have an incredible 25 per cent lower risk of dying from heart disease

03/06/2015  |   Health articles

Hola

We love carbs

03/06/2014  |   Health research

Hola Fibre as a natural part of our diet, improves our fat and sugar metabolism, blood vessel function, helps control blood pressure and facilitates weight loss. Our bodies evolved on fibre-rich...

Peas be with you

03/06/2014  |   Health research

Hola A recently published analysis of 26 scientific studies on the effect of pulses (beans, chickpeas, lentils and peas) on cholesterol levels of mostly middle-aged people at risk of heart disease,...

Make pulses a staple

03/06/2014  |   Health research

Hola Pulses – beans, chickpeas, lentils and peas – have been repeatedly shown to improve fat metabolism and reduce heart disease risk but health professionals have not been paying attention. So,...

Almond dream

03/06/2014  |   Health research

Hola One of the main complications that comes with heart disease is impaired blood vessel function. That means blood vessels are stiffening over time (and don’t regulate blood flow and therefore...

Can a vegan diet reverse heart disease?

03/06/2014  |   Health research

Hola Based on a study following 198 patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), a low-fat, wholesome vegan diet can literally save your life. Of the 198 patients with CVD, 177 adhered to...

Healthy veggie hearts

03/06/2013  |   Health research

Hola One of the branches of the extensive EPIC-Oxford study focusing on lifestyle and various diseases produced exciting results. Data gained from over 44,000 people, each of them being followed for...

Meat your maker

03/06/2013  |   Health research

Hola Earlier this year, results of a huge long-term study on meat consumption, heart disease and cancer were published showing that red and processed meats kill us early. It involved 448,568...

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