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Heart Rate Training: The Fast Way to Reach Your Weight Loss Goals

June 7th, 2009 | Add a Comment

Monitoring your heart rate can be an effective way to get the most out of your exercise program. Keeping track of your heart rate and controlling how fast or slow your heart is working when you exercise is called heart rate training. Studies are showing that heart rate training helps people reach their exercise goals quicker and more efficiently. To start heart rate training you must know what your maximum heart rate is as it will be the number that you use to determine your heart rate zones. However, before you get started learning what your maximum heart rate is, you should realistically judge which fitness category you fall within: Poor Shape: You haven’t exercised in the past two months. Fair Shape: You do aerobic activity at least twenty minutes, or walk … Read entire article »

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Understanding Statins And Cholesterol Medications

January 14th, 2009 | Add a Comment

Today, the number of American adults who should seek medical advice in order to reduce their high blood cholesterol levels has reached over 100 million. One medication which has limited side effects and is known to lower cholesterol levels and fight heart disease whilst Americans are continually getting larger are statins. Don’t worry; you are not out of luck. This article focuses on the actions you can take to lower your cholesterol levels and live a healthier life. After we quickly explain to you what cholesterol is we can then provide you with ways your physician can prescribe statin medications to help. Statins are not the only cholesterol reducing drug, but it is the one we will be discussing throughout this article. Cholesterol a waxy, fat like substance … Read entire article »

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Six Things To Know About High Cholesterol

December 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment

cholesterol is a wax like substance that lines the walls of the arteries. If the artery is clogged too much it can reduce the amount of oxygen in the blood flow to the heart. If you consume large amounts of saturated fat you are making your body prone to high cholesterol. You do need a certain amount of cholesterol to remain healthy. Understanding the two types of good cholesterol and bad cholesterol will help you choose healthy choices when making homemade meals. This will assist you with planning the proper menu that will also help avoid excess cholesterol. If you don’t follow the guidelines to keep your cholesterol levels low you will be in risk of high cholesterol. Liver, eggs, and fatty cuts of meat are some of the bad cholesterol choices. … Read entire article »

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Heart Rate Monitors

September 5th, 2008 | Add a Comment

At one time, heart rate monitors were the exclusive property of physicians and nurses, but that’s all changed as the technology has become available to just about anyone who wants it. Got an afternoon workout scheduled? If your treadmill doesn’t have a built in heart rate monitor, you can still use the heart rate monitor built into your watch or the newest model that clips to your belt. Also known as a cardiac monitor, a heart monitor is a piece of electronic equipment that can be used to continuously track or observe heart functions. It allows you to place a numerical value on your healthiness based on your heart rate. Today, heart monitors are produced by the millions and designed to cater to specific individuals with specific needs. Some heart monitors are … Read entire article »

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Calcium Plaque Build-up Leads To Coronary Heart Disease

April 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment

Having a build-up of calcium plaque in the arteries means increased risk of heart attacks and death from heart disease in multiple ethnic groups, according to new findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Previous studies have shown that increased coronary artery calcium is linked to greater risk of heart disease events and deaths in Caucasians. This study shows that this is true in other ethnic groups – blacks, Hispanics and Chinese – even though the amount of calcium build-up in these populations is low relative to Caucasians. MESA evaluated 6,814 men and women with no prior heart disease for coronary calcium using CT scanning, and followed them for an average of 3.5 years. “Coronary Artery … Read entire article »

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American Heart Association Updating Prevention Guidelines

February 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment

Every year more women die from heart attacks and strokes than men. This is the primary reason the American Heart Association is updating it’s heart disease prevention guidelines in women. The 2007 Guidelines for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Women – published in a special womens health issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association – also include new directions for using aspirin, hormone therapy and vitamin and mineral supplements in heart disease and stroke prevention in women. “The updated guidelines emphasize the lifetime risk of women, not just the more short-term focus of the 2004 guidelines,” said Lori Mosca, M.D., Ph.D., director of preventive cardiology at New York–Presbyterian Hospital and chair of the American Heart Association expert panel that wrote the guidelines. “We took a long-term view of heart disease prevention … Read entire article »

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