It is no secret that most Americans start their mornings off with a cup of coffee. However, have you ever stopped to think about your morning brew's effects on your heart health? Here at Holistic Heart Centers, we understand how important it is to focus on what you put into your body to get the [...]
Anxiety occurs when you become fearful or nervous about future events; it is typically our body’s normal reaction to stress. Whether you suffer from an anxiety disorder and deal with anxiety on a regular basis, or just experience the normal anxiety and stress of daily life, anxiety can have more of an effect on our [...]
Quite often we hear others talking about how important fiber is for a healthy diet; but how so? Well for starters, dietary fiber, also commonly referred to as roughage or bulk, is a type of carbohydrate that can not be digested by the human body. Instead, it remains intact as it passes through and out [...]
Over the course of your lifetime, you will spend about a third of it sleeping. With stimulants like coffee, tea, and even the blue light emitted from our devices, our natural, refreshed feeling is often imitated if we do not reach the eight-hour goal. The National Sleep Foundation recommends adults over 18 years of age [...]
Dietary supplements are vitamins, minerals, and other dietary ingredients that are consumed as a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or another form. Many Americans take dietary supplements daily since they are essential for our health. For example, Vitamin A helps strengthen the bones, Vitamin C benefits the immune system, and Vitamin K helps with blood clotting. [...]
What are the signs of an Unhealthy Heart? Heart disease, or Cardiovascular disease, is an extremely concerning issue. Heart disease kills over a million people a year in the United States alone. To ensure that you are keeping your heart healthy, you should be able to recognize the warning signs in order to receive help [...]
During the fun, carefree months of summer, it can become especially easy to cheat on your diet. Eating ice cream to cool off or drinking a few extra beers at a family barbeque on its own will not pose too much of a threat. However, making dieting choices such as this often can be problematic. [...]
Functional Medicine focuses on the root cause, rather than symptoms of a disease by taking a biology-based approach. It looks at the body as an integrated system rather than independent parts of the body that are divided. Instead of just “what”, functional medicine determines “why” and “how” disease occurs in the body as a whole. [...]
Peripheral Artery Disease is when there is reduced blood flow to your limbs due to the narrowing of the arteries. This condition makes it difficult for your blood to circulate throughout the body. This disease affects the arteries in your legs, stomach, arms, and head. The pain you may be experiencing usually goes away when [...]
According to the American Heart Association, there are about 4 million Americans who suffer from Arrhythmias. This condition is extremely common and refers to a recurring irregular heartbeat or cardiac dysrhythmia. With Arrhythmia, the heartbeat is often too slow or too fast. This condition is more than just an irregular heartbeat, and it can be [...]
