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Up until a few years ago, vitamin B3 or niacin was one of two supplements (the other being fish oil) widely recommended for heart health. Fat hearts, skinny hearts, hearts that climb on rocks... Grinch hearts, clogged hearts, even hearts with a COX-2 inhibitor-induced increase in cardiovascular...

The simple test requires you to answer one question: How easy is it for you to develop and maintain an erection? Why Boners Are a Canary in a Coal Mine Every artery in the body contains a single-celled lining called the endothelium. It's this single-cell lining that releases nitric oxide gas...

MEDICAL POLITICS, INEFFICIENCY, AND SLOPPINESS You may be the healthiest son of a gun who ever lived, with an industrial grade, steampunk cardiovascular system with flexible, unclogged arteries and veins like garden hoses, but it's possible, even likely, that you'll be diagnosed with high blood...

Raise Your Heart Rate, Build Your Body Cardio for Gains? Can conditioning or aerobic work support your muscle-building goals? Yes. Better aerobic fitness means you’ll be able to bring more oxygen and nutrients to muscles. Aerobic work actually helps us develop more capillaries, which is like...

High Cholesterol Might Make You Live Longer Cholesterol Science: Something is Off I want to tell you a story that offers up a little perspective on the topic of cholesterol. It involves my mother. She was wasting away from a catastrophic trio of lung cancer, chemo, and radiation, and I tried...

To make gains in the gym, you have to push yourself... Hard. If your muscles are aching, your lungs are burning, and sweat is oozing from every pore of your body, you know pretty darn well that you’re bringing it in the gym. Could you push yourself even harder? How do you know you’ve really...

A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk-fruit, and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. “The degree of risk was not modest,” said lead author Dr. Stanley Hazen...

Mk 677 vs LGD 4033 MK 677 and LGD 4033 are both effective at muscle repair and bone building and have been researched in the settings of age-related frailty and muscle wasting in chronic disease. While neither compound is considered a peptide, MK 677 comes closer to being a peptide than LGD 4033...

by Sarah Garone, N.D.T.R. If you fancy yourself a chef (or a foodie), you probably love garlic for the zingy flavor it adds to everything from marinara sauce to soups and curries. But get this: Those beige bulbs aren’t just great for flavoring food. They’ve got plenty of health benefits, too. In...

by Mary Sauer A strong six-pack or a flat, toned tummy is the ultimate goal for many of us, but some people have a harder time than others achieving the core they desire. Even if your heart isn’t set on a washboard abs, there are plenty of reasons to aim for shedding weight in your mid-section...

If you already saturate your diet with chicken, beef, and salmon, you’re off to a good start when it comes to getting the best protein you need to get a little more buff. And if you toss some beans into the mix for a hit of plant-based protein, that’s an added bonus. But just as you shouldn’t...

by Isadora Baum If even the thought of giving up coffee sends shivers down your spine, you’re far from alone. More than 150 million Americans—and 90 percent of adults worldwide—drink caffeine every single day. In safe doses (up to 400 milligrams a day), caffeine offers some serious perks...

Globally, heart diseases are among the most fatal causes of threat to life, but studies are showing that we don’t just have to accept that threat as being inevitable. According to recent research published in the journals of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Heart Journal –...

Aerobic exercise reduces the risk of many health conditions, ranging from heart disease to dementia. Although all forms of physical activity provide some benefits, aerobic exercise is particularly effective because it causes the heart and lungs to work harder than usual. National physical...

While the article talks about possible damage to the heart from long-term CHRONIC USE steroids use it is my belief that these risks can be dealt with by having a healthy diet and not abusing. I am not doctor though so I am not giving medical advice. Just be careful with your usage! The possible...

Whenever you visit the doctor for a check-up session, you already know the vital signs that they check for. They check your blood pressure, pulse rate and temperature. If anything goes wrong with these vital signs, then something could go wrong with your heart health too. But do you know that...

The Facts About Muscle Fatigue What actually causes muscle fatigue? It’s a build up of lactic acid right? Wrong. Readers will be interested to learn, lactic acid is not the cause of muscle fatigue, and, what actually causes muscle fatigue has been something of a mystery, which has only recently...

Cardiorespiratory exercise, known simply as cardio, is used to describe exercise that works your heart, since your heart is a (smooth) muscle after all. Simply put, cardio is movement that makes your circulatory system work harder. Performing exercises like brisk walking, running, swimming, and...

By Adam Bisek Whether you're a competitive physique athlete or just want to look the part, chances are you've done your fair share of "cardio." If you want to get really lean you're supposed to right? Or at the least, we're told it's healthy for us to dabble in the occasional mind-numbing...

Source: University of British Columbia Summary: Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics. Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the...