Eating well for a better life

A balanced and well-adapted diet helps keep cardiovascular diseases at bay.

Coffee or Coke? for diabetic patients

We know that coffee consumption is associated with a reduced cardiovascular risk. But what about diabetics? That's the subject of this literature review and meta-analysis of the dose-response effect of prospective studies. Ten cohorts comprising 82,270 cases were identified. Compared with [...]

Fruits and vegetables are essential for good health!

Fruits and vegetables are a very important family of foods in terms of nutrition, dietary balance and health. 1- What do they contain? What they have in common is that they are low in calories, rich in water and dietary fiber, and contain a whole range of vitamins (C, B9, E, etc.), provitamin A [...]

Let's put our prejudices about tea and coffee behind us, because they're actually good for our cardiovascular health!

This is nothing new, and we know why! Tea contains flavonoids, which belong to the huge polyphenol family, and are catechins. Some of the catechins in green tea are oxidized to thearubigins, and some of the catechins in black tea are oxidized to theaflavins. These molecules have antioxidant, [...]

You said 5 fruits and vegetables a day

Everyone knows this slogan, but few understand it clearly (5 cherries, one macedoine, 5 potatoes, is that all right?) and even fewer actually apply it. The prestigious cardiology journal Circulation has just published a very interesting study by Harvard's no less famous nutritional epidemiology [...]

Why Your Heart Isn’t Sweet on Sugar

What are we talking about exactly? We’re talking about sugars that makes things sweet, found in sugary foods and beverages that are high in sucrose and fructose. We’re also talking about starch found in bread (and cereals). Even potatoes aren’t totally innocent: they contain glucose. When are [...]

How Sugary Beverages Hurt Your Heart

According to the study conducted with a cohort of teachers in California, drinking one or more sugary beverages each day is associated with a 20% higher risk of developing a cardiovascular disease when compared to those who never or rarely drink them. Even drinking fruit juices with added sugar every [...]

How to Eat Well to Live Well

It’s best to eat more foods that are good for our health like fruits, vegetables, while grains, dairy products and fish. And we should limit consumption of sugary products (like pastries, sweets, and sugary drinks), salty products (like prepared foods, chips and crackers) and fatty foods (like deli [...]