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These four Thanksgiving foods can cause heart failure: Dr

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These four Thanksgiving foods can cause heart failure: Dr

Proceed with caution when eating to your heart’s content at Thanksgiving dinner. In fact, according to Dr. Christine Nwoha, who warned that certain foods increase the risk of heart failure. The doctor claimed that a higher percentage of people visit the hospital during the holidays, in part because of the foods they enjoy at this … Read more

I went on a vegan diet and my cholesterol went up – here’s why

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I went on a vegan diet and my cholesterol went up - here's why

A Harvard medical student recently went vegan as a health experiment — and the results were surprising. Plant-based diets are heralded for their health benefits – but Nick Norwitz, 25, found his LDL cholesterol actually rose during the week-long food swap. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), sometimes called “bad cholesterol,” is linked to negative health effects when … Read more