Strawberry and Blueberry Prevent Heart Disease

Good news for you who love to eat berries fruit (strawberries and blueberries). According to the study, women who regularly eat strawberries or blueberries have lower risk of heart attack. The study, published in the Circulation Journal suggests that women who often eat strawberries and blueberries have 32 percent lower risk of heart attack than those who ate the fruit once a month. Blueberries and strawberries are fruit with high in flavonoids, especially the type of anthocyanin, which is known to be beneficial to fight against plaque that causes a heart attack.

Recent research about benefits of berries includes 93,600 women aged 25-42 who participated in the Nurses Health Study II. Participants diet was recorded every four years during the period of 18 years. At the end of the study, there were 405 respondents who had a heart attack.

Heart Damage Threatens Obese Adolescent

Threat of heart damage seems to be aware of, especially for adolescents with overweight or obese body posture. A recent study indicated that obese adolescents could potentially damage the heart without showing any signs or symptoms. Obesity is one risk factor for heart disease, and previous studies have shown that obese adults have higher risk of heart disease.

In the latest study, researchers examined cardiac structure and function of 97 adolescents (32 of them were underweight, 33 others were overweight and 32 were obese adolescents) who don't have any  symptoms of heart disease. The results showed that obesity in adolescents can cause damage to the heart through the heart muscle wall thickening and impaired cardiac function.

"Education about eat healthy food and exercise is needed in schools to prevent obesity and cardiovascular disease in young children," said lead author, Bajraktari Gani, associate professor of internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Pristina in Kosovo.

Three Cups Coffee A Day Can Extend Age?

This is good news for you who like to drink coffee. One study indicates that adults who consume three or more cups of coffee a day tend to live longer. In fact, the risk of dying because of deathly diseases decreased by 10 percent than those who didn't drink coffee at all.

This is a large-scale research conducted by experts from U.S. National Cancer Institute, which involved nearly 400,000 people. This finding applies to those aged 50-71 years who both drinkers of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.

Research shows that coffee drinking was associated with a decreased risk of death from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, diabetes, infections and injuries. However, researchers also said that the contribution of coffee consumption to improving the health  remains unclear.

"I think these findings are really important to point out that our study is an observational study. That is, we only ask how much they drank coffee and then watching them," said head of researchers, Neal Freedman of  U.S. National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Md.

4 Sources of Good Cholesterol Food

Poor perception often comes when a person hears the word fat. Fat is not always bad for the body. After all, the consumption of fat is still needed as an energy source.
There are several different types of fats in foods such as trans fats, hydrogenated oils, saturated fats, tropical oils can cause imbalances, chronic inflammation and disease. This type of fat that should be avoided.

While olive oil, nuts, grains, oil seeds, unprocessed vegetable oils and non-hydrogenated oils are the best choice of fat you should consume every day. Here is a source of food that can raise levels of good cholesterol (HDL) in your body:

1. Avocado

Avocado is a fruit that has a high content of fat. But you don't need to worry, because avocados have the good fats (HDL). The content of lutein in avocados is believed to help improve the quality of eye health and chlorophyll content is a source of antioxidants.

Correlation between Cough and Heart Disease

Not a few of you who may have asked if there is a correlation between cough and heart disease? At first glance, it seems that these two conditions are totally different because cough associated with respiratory organs such as the throat and lungs, while the heart disease is because there is heart disorder.

But in fact, the heart and lungs are the organs that are interrelated. It is also similar between cough and heart disease. As described in Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, cough is sign of heart disease. Below is a quick explanation of the correlation between cough and heart disease.

Coughing basically is instinctive reflex action or mechanism of the body to expel a foreign object that can irritate the respiratory tract. In fact, the production of mucus (when coughing) is a protection mechanism that is used for the same purpose. However, harsh cough and persistent (chronic) can be caused by certain diseases and should be taken seriously.
Chronic cough is generally to be an indication of respiratory tract infections. But it may also linked to heart disease.