Sugar for Your Sweetheart?

As Valentine’s Day approaches, our thoughts turn to HEARTs, right? And maybe chocolate? Perhaps…but we also need to think about the heart muscle keeping us alive right now, and we have yet another medical study that shows the EXCESS SUGAR in our diets is taking a toll on our heart health.

The recently published Journal of the American Medical Association report, “Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among US Adults” confirmed that American adults consume too much added sugar (such as the sugar we directly add to coffee and foods, as well as the “added sugar” in sodas, fruit … Read more

Breaking News: Fish Oil Supplements “Out”?

Today the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study about the Association Between Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation and the Risk of Major Cardiovascular Disease Events. The popular media has picked this up and many headlines are focusing on removing these fish oil supplements from your medicine cabinet- is that the take-home message? Maybe not…

There are a few separate issues to discuss. First of all, note that the reason there was a study to begin with is that it has long been established that populations with primarily fatty fish-based diets have lower rates of heart disease. … Read more