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Nov 3rd 2025

Chia Seed

Q: I would like to know your views on the chia seed as being the new super food. A: Chia has both nutritional and medicinal benefits. The seeds are an excellent source of essential fatty acids and are a great addition to a healthy diet. Chia is a member of the mint family. The seeds are either white or black and both types are highly nutritious. Originally grown in Mexico and the Southwest between 1500 and 910 B.C., Chia seeds were an important part of the Aztec and Mayan diet. Aztec warriors used Chia as their main source of fuel during conquests. Medicinally, they also used it to relieve joint pain and stimulate saliva. Although once a major crop in Mexico, it was banned after the Spanish conquest due to its association with Aztec religion where it was used as an offering during religious ceremonies and ritual. Commercial production is increasing and you can now find Chia seeds online as well as in many health food stores. Chia Seeds do the following: Supports Heart Health…

Nov 3rd 2025

Shocking Report Finds Only 1 in 2,000 Americans Heart Healthy

. . . surely we can do better than this! Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh analyzed data on 1,933 men and women, average age 59, to see if they met seven criteria for heart health: (1) no smoking (2) adequate physical activity (3) healthy diet (4) not overweight (5) total cholesterol lower than 200 (6) blood pressure at or below 120/80 (7) fasting blood glucose under 100 Only one person met all seven criteria! Less than 10% of the group (about 193 people) met at least five. Do you find this as shocking as I do? The one criteria I have a problem with is the usual misplaced obsession with cholesterol (see my article "The Cholesterol Myth" in the Beyond Health Article Archives), but other than that, any healthy person should have no trouble meeting these criteria. And only one in almost two thousand did. Bambs C. Low prevalence of "ideal cardiovascular health" in a community-based population: the heart strategies concentrating on risk evaluati…

Nov 3rd 2025

Gut Bacteria Predict Heart Attacks and Diminish Their Damage

. . . probiotics -- essential to good health If you haven't been particularly interested in the bugs in your tummy, this study should catch your attention. Scientists have been able to predict the likelihood of a heart attack in lab rats by studying types and levels of bacteria found in their intestines. In addition, certain probiotics, specifically Lactobacillus plantarum 299y, were also found to decrease the size of a heart attack and lead to better recovery. According to John E. Baker, PhD, who led the study, the "discovery is a revolutionary milestone in the prevention and treatment of heart attacks." The editor of the FASEB Journal, where the study was published, commented, "We may soon evaluate our body's susceptibility to disease by looking at the microbes that inhabit the gut." Antibiotics use has been a disaster for human health by decimating healthy intestinal bacteria. If you've ever taken an antibiotic, build up your good bugs with Beyond Health's Probiotic Form…

Nov 3rd 2025

Why Your Heart Needs Vitamin C

February was Heart Health month, and we honored it by writing about two nutrients that are critical for a healthy heart, vitamin E and CoQ10. However no discussion of nutrients that benefit the heart would be complete without talking about our favorite vitamin, vitamin C. We’ve told you before about a theory advanced by one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, two-time Nobel laureate, chemist Linus Pauling. He hypothesized that heart disease may actually be a vitamin C deficiency disease. Pauling observed that animals don’t get heart attacks. Most animals (humans, apes, guinea pigs and fruit bats excepted) make their own vitamin C—out of blood sugar! According to Andrew W. Saul, PhD, most mammals make the human equivalent of more than 5,000 mg of vitamin C daily, and considerably more when under stress. Pauling also knew that one of vitamin C’s primary roles in the body is helping to build collagen, the basic material in connective tissue, including blood vessel wal…

Nov 3rd 2025

The Magnesium Deficiency Crisis

While the world’s attention is riveted by COVID-19, pervasive magnesium deficiency has been an ongoing health crisis for at least sixty years, causing death, disease, and reduced quality of life. Magnesium plays many important roles in heart health, and a deficiency of this important mineral is a major risk factor for having a sudden, fatal heart attack! As one of the body’s most significant anti-inflammatory compounds, magnesium also helps to prevent the chronic diseases that plague our time, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and other “co-morbidities” that increase chances of being hospitalized with and dying from COVID-19. In fact, virtually every known illness can be associated with magnesium deficiency. Magnesium plays many essential roles in the immune system. It contributes significantly to anti-viral immunity, and has other properties that may make it especially useful for COVID-19. Meanwhile, low magnesium levels can seri…

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