7 REASONS TO EAT MORE SATURATED FAT

From Joseph Mercola The two doctors note that no matter how the story spins from the denizens of the anti-fat camp, one piece of their advice remains staunchly constant: ?You should sharply limit your intake of saturated fats.? But will saturated fats really increase...

NEW FDA WARNING ON STATIN DRUGS

New Warning on Statin Dose and Muscle Damage The FDA has issued a new warning about the cholesterol drug simvastatin (Zocor). It recommends that doctors ‘sharply curtail? prescriptions of 80 mg simvastatin, given to an estimated 2.1 million Americans last year,...

Low Vit. D Increased Risk for Artery Stiffness

From Cardiology Today: In a study of over 500 patients, low levels of the vitamin D marker 25-hydroxyvitamin D significantly increased the likelihood of arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in the conductance and resistance blood vessels. ?Our findings...