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Sugar and Heart Disease: Understanding the Connection

In recent years, the connection between sugar consumption and heart disease has become an increasingly important topic of health research. Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and while many risk factors contribute to its development, sugar intake has emerged as a major culprit. From sugary beverages to processed foods, sugar is prevalent in many of our diets, and it can significantly impact cardiovascular health.

January 21, 2025

Cardiovascular Diseases

Saturated Fats : Good or Bad?

What actually saturated fat is? – that they have no double bonds; raises the level of cholesterol in your blood; and are typically solid at room temperature. Some common sources are fatty beef, lamb, pork, poultry with skin, beef fat (tallow), lard and cream, butter, cheese and other dairy products made from whole or reduced-fat (2 percent) milk, many baked goods and fried foods, Some plant-based oils, such as palm oil, palm kernel oil and coconut oil.

August 1, 2018

Cardiovascular Diseases

Limit the consumption of these 4 unhealthy snacks!

Junk food is defined as “any food, which is low in essential nutrients and high in everything else – calories and sodium”. Junk foods contain little or no proteins, vitamins or minerals but are rich in salt, sugar, fats and are high in energy (calories). Junk food is popular because it is tasty; but it is unhealthy. It is low in fiber, high in fat, and sugar in liquid form. Studies have shown that despite being unhealthy, junk food induces gorging that leads to obesity.

October 18, 2017

Cardiovascular Diseases

Healthy vs Fad Diets

image source: health.com Good Health comes with a healthy weight, neither too more nor too less. The Key to healthy weight is what we eat and how much we eat along with moderate to high exercise.In recent years, there has been a proliferation of fad diets which are sold as low fat diets and the

June 13, 2016

Cardiovascular Diseases