The ratio that’s a far better clue to heart disease risk than LDL cholesterol
If you want an insight into your heart disease risk, pull out your last blood test results. There’s useful information in there if you know where to look.
If you want an insight into your heart disease risk, pull out your last blood test results. There’s useful information in there if you know where to look.
The findings of a major study on heart disease in women should shift the way doctors look at prevention.
Most of us assume exercise will help us lose weight by burning calories, but the surprising results of a study on children in Ecuador shed new light on the truth of that.
A few years ago research on fish oil was so positive that it became the most popular supplement in the world. Now study results vary, so perhaps we need a more nuanced approach to both fish oil and fish.
We’ve all tried diets and they work. Until they don’t, right? But while they’re often not a long-term solution, they can teach us something useful.
A newly published Swedish study set out to determine whether what we eat or what we weigh is the bigger issue for our health in later life.
One of the most fascinating new areas of nutrition research is demonstrating that our guts may be as individual as our fingerprints.
In recent months there’s been talk of vitamin D boosting our immunity in the face of COVID-19. So how much attention should we be paying to our levels right now?
After the last item I posted on fat and carbs — which I know is at odds with the Heart Foundation’s message — the least I can do is help you make sense of these kinds of contradictions.
Arguments continue about which end of this spectrum is healthier but the results of a recent study give us strong clues.
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