For about 6 months now, as I mentioned in the post Niacin for Cholesterol, I have been on a statin drug because my cholesterol numbers have been soring like a skyrocket. There are family genetic reasons and the fact that I am just aging I guess. I was in the health […]

When buying a calcium supplement there are a few things that you need to understand before you decide which is the best choice for you. It is important when buying calcium supplements to consider the amount of elemental calcium they contain. Elemental calcium is the amount of calcium in a supplement that’s available […]

Well I am back from my mini vacation to southern
Florida. I got through my sunburn trauma with the help of aloe vera as I mentioned in my previous post. My favorite past time while I am lying on the beach aside from getting sunburn is to people watch. It is really fascinating […]

Here I am in sunny southern Florida. Ah, what we Northerner’s miss for 6 months is the sun. The weather is so warm here, a blistering 80 degrees. Just 2 days ago I was shivering in 18 degree weather in Philadelphia. I am dropping my eighty years plus folks off for […]

I have been hot on the weight loss trail trying to drop 20 lbs by spring. As I previously mentioned in the post Niacin for Cholesterol, I was recently prescribed a high cholesterol drug and that really started my retrospective inventory of healthy living. I am also a Discovery Health channel addict which […]

If you live in any of the Northern US states I bet your muttering “wicked cold” while starting your car. Today it is extremely cold, when just last Monday I took my dog for a nice long walk in just a light jacket. How the weather changes, its like a roller coaster ride these […]

With the high cholesterol diagnosis, I am on a quest to eat right, take vitamin supplements and to drop a few pounds. I guess you could say this is my New Years resolution that began in February rather than January. Well a little late but that’s what makes the world go round […]

Recently I was diagnosed with high cholesterol. As noted in the previous Heart Disease article, controlling cholesterol can reduce the risk of heart disease. As a result of the diagnosis, I have been researching natural ways to reduce my total cholesterol and the vitamin niacin keeps popping up.
I found that niacin is a type of […]

This morning Jennaphr Fredrick, one of our favorite reporters on Fox 29, did a report on reducing heart disease. What where some of the suggestions from Jenn’s report:

Don’t smoke- women who smoke are 5 times more likely to die from heart disease.
Exercise 30 minutes a day.
Laugh often- Laughter has been proven to be good for […]