Sleep and Heart Health

People take supplements to improve or optimize their health. So what happens when you look at the label, and the ingredient list is filled with unrecognizable additives? It’s easy to feel the importance of sleep to our ability to concentrate, function, and interact with others normally during the day. Less observable, however, is the link […]

Vitamin K and Omega-3 for Heart Health 

Public health messages consistently tell you that food has a direct and critical impact on your heart. We know a diet high in inflammatory foods can adversely affect cardiovascular health, but several other nutrients play an essential role in keeping your heart healthy. Vitamin K and Omega-3 fatty acids are two of these special nutrients – and each one has unique properties to support your cardiovascular system.    Root causes for cardiovascular health […]

High Oxalate: A Major Factor in Tissue and Blood Vessel Health

High oxalates in the urine and plasma were first found in people who were susceptible to kidney stones. Many kidney stones are composed of calcium oxalate. Stones can range in size from the diameter of a grain of rice to the width of a golf ball. It is estimated that 10% of males may have kidney […]

Holistic Heart Health: Expanding Our Approach

The heart is perhaps the most articulated organ to be documented since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians famously stated that the human heart is the ledger of all good and bad deeds throughout a person’s life, which then determines their fate in the afterlife. Meanwhile, the Chinese philosophers referred to the heart as “the Supreme […]

Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Health

We feel a bit like a broken record over here, but vitamin D deficiency is an under-publicized epidemic. Lack of education about the importance of vitamin D, coupled with a culture that forces most people indoors during daylight hours has left about 50% of the global population vitamin D insufficient and 37% of adults in […]

Stress and Your Heart’s Health!

The difficulty with studying the effect of stress on the heart is that stress and stressors (the things that cause stress) are subjective. Public speaking is a great example of this. For some, public speaking is exhilarating, for some it is terrifying, and some are largely indifferent to the task. Activities or experiences that feel […]