Diseases and Conditions
Where do diet and lifestyle come in? Both diet and lifestyle have a major role in the development of gout so you do have some control over how the disease affects you. Your food choices every day play a large part in this. There have been many studies done over the past couple of decades…
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What is gout and how is it treated? Long ago gout earned its royal nickname because only the wealthy could afford the rich food that seemed to trigger the condition. Nowadays we can all eat like the kings of the past and, not surprisingly, gout is becoming increasingly common. What is gout? Gout is…
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Lifestyle can lower blood pressure Hypertension is a much studied subject and a wealth of information spanning decades gives clear evidence about the effect of food on high blood pressure. Here is some of what the science says. 1974: Sacks, F.M., Rosner, B., Kass, E.H. Blood pressure in vegetarians. Am J Epidemiol. 1974 Nov; 100(5):390-398.…
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“There are two kinds of cardiologists – those that are vegan and those that haven’t read the data”. Dr. Kim Williams, cardiologist and the president of the American College of Cardiology 2015 & 2016 High blood pressure (hypertension) is the number one risk factor for death in the world. Statistics tell us that 1 out…
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The use of oils in or on our food has become very confusing. First we are told to cut down on oils and fats to keep us healthy and prevent weight gain. More recently headlines declare that fats and oils are in fact good for us and we should eat all we want of them.…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
