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Can You Eat Nuts (Almonds) on a Weight Loss Diet and Succeed?

New research from the University of South Australia shows that you can eat almonds and lose weight too. The research is published in the journal Obesity.

Sep 23rd, 2023

Do You Have Sleep Apnea? Found Out as New Data on CPAP Therapy is Exciting!

The benefit of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on cardiovascular (CV) diseases in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) remains uncertain. Furthermore, the impact of CPAP on atherosclerosis is not well known.

Sep 16th, 2023

Added Sugars in the Diet, not Fruit, Related to Increased Risk of Heart Disease

Intakes of glucose, total sugar, added sugar, and fructose from added sugar and juice were associated with higher coronary heart disease risk, but total fructose intake and fructose from fruits and vegetables were not.

Sep 9th, 2023

Amazing: Even a Small Reversal of Heart Disease has Big Benefits

Reducing arterial plaque shows significant improvements in heart attack and stroke risk. A large meta-analysis looked at more than 20 studies published in the last 20 years.

Sep 2nd, 2023

Long-Term Aspirin After a Heart Attack Reduces Future Heart Attacks: New Data

Heart attack patients who do not take daily aspirin have an elevated likelihood of recurrent myocardial infarction, stroke or death compared with those who consistently take the drug, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.

Aug 25th, 2023

Want to Slow Your Aging? The Science Says Eat a Healthy Plant Diet

Biological age has been advocated as a better biomarker of aging than chronological age, and plant-based dietary patterns have been found to be linked to aging.

Aug 18th, 2023

How You Can Step Your Way to A Longer Life Free of Heart Disease

There is good evidence showing that inactivity and walking minimal steps/day increase the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease and general ill-health. The optimal number of steps and their role in health is, however, still unclear.

Aug 12th, 2023

Why I Use 2 Drug Combination Therapy at Low Doses for Cholesterol Lowering

Ezetimibe combination with moderate-intensity statin could be considered a feasible and effective therapeutic option for patients at very high risk of atherosclerotic heart disease. There were fewer adverse complaints and it is more effective

Aug 4th, 2023

8 Clues to Living Over 20 Healthy Years Extra

Chronic diseases are associated with over 80% of all healthcare costs and are the dominant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States (US). Lifestyle medicine has been proposed as a potential way to address the root causes of chronic disease.

Jul 29th, 2023

What is Good for the Heart is Good for the Brain: 6 Lifestyle Tips

   In the Western world, cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death including both heart attack and stroke. Optimal nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management and proper supplements can protect the brain while they protect the heart too.

Jul 21st, 2023

WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HIGH CORONARY CALCIUM CT RESULTS: A GUIDE

Heart disease can be detected when it is early and silent using coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) scans done by CT imaging. When abnormal results are found a plan should be instituted to lower the plaque and risk.

Jul 15th, 2023

Lifelong Endurance Exercise in Men and Heart Plaque: An Unpleasant Paradox

It is intuitive that lifelong endurance exercisers are thinner, fitter and more likely to avoid chronic diseases. What about heart disease measured by advanced heart CT angiograms? Surprising data from Belgium raises many questions

Jul 14th, 2023

How Healthy Are Your Teeth and Gums? It Matters for Your. Brain Health

Increasing data supports the relationship between gut health and heart health. The gut starts in the mouth and new data has been published connecting oral health and brain volume and health. The importance of healthy oral health habits is stressed.

Jul 9th, 2023

Can Statin Medication Lower the Risk of Dementia? It May Be So in Patients with AFIB

Dementia is a fear of many and a risk in patients with a rhythm disturbance called atrial fibrillation. A recent analysis showed a lower risk of dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation whom also took a statin cholesterol-lowering therapy.

Jul 1st, 2023

Olive Oil in Heart Patients: New Data for a Healthy Artery Response

Olive oil is the main fat source in traditional MED diets. There is some controversy in the plant based community over whether olive oil is healthy or detrimental New data in heart patients is now available

Jun 24th, 2023

Berberine and Bergamot: Two Powerful Plant Based Supplements with Scientific Support

Nature holds many secrets for health. However, Western medicine often takes a “prescription pill for every ill” approach to chronic disease. The root causes of illness are often overlooked.

Jun 16th, 2023

24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) Is a Must: New Data

The Kahn Center has long offered 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and new data stresses how crucial this information is to predict adverse outcomes

Jun 10th, 2023

At Least 1 Out of 3 Diabetic Patients Have Silent Heart Disease: What to Know

Subclinical heart disease affects ≈1 in 3 US adults with diabetes and confers substantial risk for mortality. Routine testing of cardiac biomarkers may be useful for assessing and monitoring risk in persons with diabetes.

Jun 2nd, 2023

Are Licorice Supplements a New Heart Disease Strategy: A New Study

Licorice root, which is considered one of the world’s oldest herbal remedies, comes from the root of the licorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and may be available as DGL. Can it lower cholesterol and improve arteries?

May 26th, 2023

Plant-Based Diet for Hypertension: Should You Change Now for Success?

The data discussed in this review allow us to conclude that plant-based diets are associated with lower blood pressure and overall better health outcomes (namely, on the cardiovascular system) when compared to animal-based diets.

May 20th, 2023

Women Develop Atherosclerosis Later in Life But the Risk is High

Women developed coronary atherosclerosis approximately 12 years later than men. Post-menopausal women within the highest atherosclerotic burden group were at significantly higher risk for heart events than their male counterparts.

May 13th, 2023

Add HIIT Exercise Training to the List of Heart Disease Reversal Strategies

In patients with established coronary artery disease, a regression of atheroma volume was observed in those undergoing 6 months of supervised HIIT compared with patients following contemporary preventive guidelines.

May 6th, 2023

Top Ten Diets Rated by the AHA: Plant Forward Wins While Keto/Paleo Lose

In a statement released Thursday, the American Heart Association rated 10 popular diets based on their standards for heart health. The diets that rated the best for improving cardiometabolic health included the DASH-style eating plan and the MED diet.

Apr 29th, 2023

Diabetes Type 2 and Diet in 184 Countries: Guess the Best Food Group?

A new study identified that dietary issues are responsible for most of the world’s new cases of type 2 diabetes. Its authors found that a lack of whole grains and consuming too much refined grain and wheat and processed meats were the primary drivers.

Apr 22nd, 2023

Want to Live Long? Aim High on the Life Essential 8 Score Early in Life

Longevity science is expanding. Simple lifestyle guidelines are needed.

Apr 15th, 2023

Salt Intake in the Diet and Hardening of the Arteries: Are They Related

For decades, reductions in added dietary sodium (salt) have been advised. Avoidance of high blood pressure has been the main reason. Is it possible that a higher salt diet directly relates to hardening of the arteries?

Apr 7th, 2023

Silent Heart Disease: How Common? How Dangerous? Now We Know

Symptoms of coronary heart disease manifest late in the natural history of atherosclerosis. With the introduction of safe outpatient heart imaging, answers to the questions like "How Common is Atherosclerosis" and "How Dangerous" can be answered.

Mar 31st, 2023

Weight Loss and Improved Control in Diabetes Type 2 With the Fasting Mimicking Diet

The 5 day fasting mimicking diet has been available since 2017 when a randomized trial was published in healthy volunteers. Now, a new proof of concept trial in type 2 diabetes is hopeful

Mar 24th, 2023

The Mediterranean Diet Prevents Heart Disease in Women: New and Strong Data

Heart disease is the number cause of death in women. There needs to be a massive effort to prevent these deaths. Diet has a major influence on the risk of heart disease. New data indicates the MED diet can drop heart risk by an important 25% in women.

Mar 18th, 2023

Need a Statin Rx but Cannot Take One? New Data for Nexlotol as a 2nd Choice

Cholesterol lowering through lifestyle, supplements and prescription medications are necessary in many patients with proven atherosclerosis. Many patients cannot tolerate a statin prescription due to aching and other issues. A new study gives hope.

Mar 12th, 2023

Erythritol and Heart Disease: An Exciting and Sweet New Pathway to Explore

Artificial sweeteners, such as erythritol, are common replacements for table sugar in low-calorie, low-carbohydrate and “keto” products. Sugar-free products containing erythritol are often recommended for people who have obesity and diabetes

Mar 4th, 2023

Can You Use a Heart Calcium CT to Assess Therapy of an Elevated LDL-Cholesterol? Yes!

LDL-C appears to be almost exclusively associated with ASCVD events over ≈5 years of follow-up in middle-aged individuals with versus without evidence of coronary atherosclerosis.

Feb 25th, 2023

Refined Grains and Added Sugar (Think Donuts) Raise Heart Disease Risk

Recent studies have reported that the associations between dietary carbohydrates and cardiovascular disease (CVD) may depend on the quality, rather than the quantity, of carbohydrates consumed. The results show added sugar, not fruit, is the risk.

Feb 18th, 2023

Does Intermittent Fasting 2-3 Days a Week Drop Markers of Heart Disease?

One of the hottest trends in health promotion and the media is intermittent fasting (IF), properly defined as not eating or eating very little (fasting mimicking diet FMD) for 24 hours or more.

Feb 11th, 2023

Does Lifelong Low LDL-Cholesterol (Genetic) Reduce Heart Risk? YES!

In experiment of nature , some inherit from birth genetic variants resulting in lifelong lower LDL-cholesterol. An analysis called a Mendelian Randomization uses these variants to assess if it is an advantage. A recent study showed about a 50% lower risk.

Feb 4th, 2023

Can Long Term Use of PPI's Like the "Purple Pill" Harm Your Arteries? Maybe

Prior studies have suggested long term use of proton pump inhibitors may raise the risk of heart attacks and damage endothelium. Is this true?

Jan 29th, 2023

Can You Reduce Your Need for Medication with Time in Nature? Yes You Can!

Time spent outside in parks, forests, and water, sometimes called forest bathing, can be healing and even therapeutic. Do people that visit "green spaces" use less and need less medication than those that do not?

Jan 21st, 2023

Does the Risk of Early Death Go Up With Skipping Meals? Maybe

A hot topic in the news is the benefits vs risks of fasting. In view of the epidemic of obesity, the safety of this growing trend is an important topic. It would seem that eating less often is safe but prior data questioned this. Are 3 meals a day best?

Jan 14th, 2023

What? Intense Exercise Results in More Coronary Calcification But Keep Doing It

Multiple studies show that exercise, including intense exercise, protects from heart attacks and prolongs life overall. A prior data found unexpected coronary calcification in athletes. Now a 6 year follow show intense exercise drives more calcification.

Jan 7th, 2023

Can a Low-Dose Statin Combination Outperform A Moderate Dose Statin Alone and be Safer Too?

In some, cholesterol control to reach goals promoting disease reversal requires medication. Most prescribe a single medication, usually a statin, at a moderate or high dose. Is there a safer path that is also more effective?

Dec 30th, 2022

Can Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Improve Impaired Brain Function? Yes Says a New Study

One of the gravest fears is memory loss and the possibility of dementia. In animal studies, Extra Virgin Olive Oil improves memory functions. A randomized human study is now completed showing the same findings.

Dec 24th, 2022

Is Weight Loss With the New Injectable Meds Sustained? Not For Most

Injectable peptides like semaglutide were developed as diabetic medications but are now used for weight loss (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro). While the weight loss is impressive, is it sustained if the injections are stopped?

Dec 17th, 2022

Can Taking Vitamins Save Your Life? New Data Says Yes to Several Ones

Are vitamins lifesaving or expensive urine? A new review involving nearly 1 million patients says some vitamins and minerals save lives and reduce illness.

Dec 11th, 2022

Why You Should Know About French Maritime Pine Bark (Pycnogenol)

Prior randomized human studies have shown that a combination of the natural agents Pycnogenol and Centellicum have a profound beneficial impact on arteries and regress atherosclerosis. New human data now show Pycnogenol is of value in Parkinson's Disease

Dec 3rd, 2022

Heart Calcium Scoring is A "Must Do" to Not Die: New Data, No Excuses

The simple clinical likelihood models that include classical risk factors or risk factors combined with CACS provide improved risk stratification for myocardial infarction and death compared with the standard PTP model. Get a heart calcium CT scan.

Nov 26th, 2022

Eating Red Meat and Animal Foods Raise Heart Disease Risk: The Role of TMAO

TMAO is a metabolite measured in the blood that increases after eating certain foods like red meats, duck, and egg yolks. A new study relates animal food intake, particularly red meat, in the diet to heart disease and TMAO levels

Nov 19th, 2022

Exercising to Lower Diabetes Risk: Fast or Slow Movements Both Work!

Along with the explosion of overweight and obesity, pre-diabetes in growing rapidly. A new study examines two types of exercise, traditional aerobic training and a second patter of slow exercise that is a variant of Qigong. And the winner is: both work.

Nov 12th, 2022

Healthy, not Unhealthy, Plant-Based Diets Reduce Mortality. So Get it Right!

How many times have I heard patients tell me they are "plant-based" but the words cheese, chicken, egg yolks, faux chicken nuggets, faux pepperoni and others make it into the history. NO! To gain the benefits, it must be a whole food plant-based diet.

Nov 5th, 2022

CanYou Add 2 Minute Activity Bursts to Your Day? Cut Your Death Risk in Half!

Approximately 15–20 min of vigorous activity per week accrued through short bouts were associated with lower mortality, and CVD and cancer incidence. Our findings suggest premature mortality may be lowered through short bursts of exercise .

Oct 29th, 2022

Sleeping 7-9 Hours Without Apnea: A New Major Goal in Heart Health

Healthcare providers should assess their patients' sleep patterns, discuss sleep-related problems, and educate patients about the importance of prioritizing sleep to promote cardiovascular health.

Oct 21st, 2022

Ground Flaxseed as Medicine: A Blood Sugar Benefit to Use!

Food can serve as medicine in some situations. Ground flax seed, about 2 tbs a day, has been shown to lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol. Now a new study shows it can blunt blood sugar after a meal in patients with diabetes.

Oct 14th, 2022

Whole Grains, Not Refined Grains, Promote Heart Health

Nutrition is complex and terms like "carbs" and "grains" are thrown around without precise meaning. A new research report differentiates the impact of refined vs whole grains on heart health. Precise language is required to discuss nutrition.

Oct 7th, 2022

Nasal Irrigation (and Gargling) to Reduce the Severity of Viral Infections

Viral respiratory infections enter through the nose and mouth. The burden of viral replication can be reduced by nasal irrigation and probably by gargling too. Can severe viral infections be reduced by these simple measures?

Oct 1st, 2022

Waking Up and Moving Early in the AM is Healthier Than Night Owl Patterns

Early chronotypes with metabolic syndrome utilized more fat during rest and exercise independent of aerobic fitness when compared with late chronotypes. Early chronotypes were also more physically active throughout the day.

Sep 24th, 2022

Eating Walnuts Early In Life: What Are The Health Advantages?

This study is one of the longest to suggest that the simple act of adding about a handful of heart-healthy^ walnuts into the diet often could act as a bridge to other health-promoting lifestyle habits later in life.

Sep 17th, 2022

A Cardiologist Rebuts “A Rise in 20-Somethings with Heart Arrhythmias Caused by Herbal Supplements”:

Many treatments, whether prescriptions or over the counter, have the potential to heal or do harm. Annually, over 1 million patients present to emergency rooms from adverse reactions to prescription medications.

Sep 10th, 2022

The Challenges of Managing a Chronic High Blood Cholesterol Level

The ability to precisely diagnose, measure, and treat heart disease risk factors has advanced enormously and the future is bright even when heart disease is present.

Sep 8th, 2022

Does it Matter What TIME of Day You Take Your Blood Pressure Medications?

A pragmatic randomized trial in more than 21,000 patients with high blood pressure followed for over five years has concluded that protection against heart attack, stroke and vascular death is not affected by the timing of medications taken.

Sep 5th, 2022

What Does Nutritional Expert Valter Longo, PhD Eat in a Day?

When you talk about the science of nutrition, longevity, and fasting, all must pause and listen when Valter Longo, PhD, speaks up. His brilliance in research and translating it to clinical tools is unparalleled. So, what does he eat?

Aug 27th, 2022

Can A Simple Supplement (GlyNAC) Promote Healthy Aging in Elderly? Promising News

GlyNAC supplementation in OA for 16-weeks was safe and well-tolerated. By combining the benefits of glycine, NAC and GSH, GlyNAC is an effective nutritional supplement that improves and reverses multiple age-associated abnormalities to promote health.

Aug 19th, 2022

A Natural Blood Pressure Lowering Plant Nutrient to Know: Quercetin

Quercetin is a natural pigment present in many fruits, vegetables and grains. It’s one of the most abundant antioxidants in the diet and plays an important role in helping your body combat free radical damage, which is linked to chronic diseases.

Aug 13th, 2022

A Simple Measure of Longevity and Health: Hand Grip Strength

Muscle strength, as frequently measured by handgrip strength (HGS), is a well-established indicator of functional status that has been widely used. Does it also predict survival over time?

Aug 7th, 2022

Can Drinking Green Tea Lower Blood Sugar Levels?

The saying goes "food is medicine" but some are more potent than others. Green tea has many benefits and is a part of a traditional Asian diet associated with longevity and health. New data shows green tea is a therapy for lower blood sugars.

Jul 30th, 2022

Can You Out Exercise a CRAP Diet? No you can't!

A tragic death 50 years ago, noted runner Jim Fixx and his Book of Running, presented the question: Can you out exercise a CRAP diet? The latest data indicates it takes BOTH a health diet and fitness to optimize health and lifespan.

Jul 23rd, 2022

You Feel Fine? What Are the Odds You Are Missing Clogged Heart Arteries?

In a large sample of the general population without established heart disease, silent coronary atherosclerosis was common. High calcium CT scores convey a significant probability of substantial stenosis.

Jul 16th, 2022

Weekend Warriors vs More Frequent Exercise Sessions: Do Both Benefit Survival?

Does performing the recommended levels of weekly physical activity in 1 to 2 sessions (weekend warrior) vs 3 or more sessions (regularly active) influence mortality?

Jul 10th, 2022

Can a MED Diet Rich in Olive Oil Be Healthy For Heart Patients?

The CORDIOPREV trial is a single centre, randomized clinical trial aimed at assessing the superiority of a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil in the secondary prevention of cardiac disease compared to a lower fat diet.

Jul 3rd, 2022

Standing On One Leg For Over 10 Seconds Predicts Lifespan: Practice It

Balance quickly diminishes after the mid-50s increasing the risk for falls and other adverse health outcomes. The ability to complete a 10- second one-legged stance is associated with better all-cause mortality.

Jun 25th, 2022

HDL-Cholesterol: Is the H for Harmful not Happy Cholesterol?

Over many decades it has been observed that the higher the HDL-Cholesterol (HDL-C), the lower the risk for heart events but newer studies question this. As more data is needed, a large analysis examined this relationship. What a surprise!

Jun 18th, 2022

Legumes for the Win: A Weight-Loss Trial Shows Their Power

Increasing low-fat plant foods and minimizing high-fat and animal foods is associated with decreased body weight and fat loss with legumes having the most notable impact. A low-fat vegan diet can improve measures of diet quality and metabolic health.

Jun 11th, 2022

Men's Health Month: Reducing Prostate Cancer Risk with a Healthy Lifestyle

Whether the genetic risk of prostate cancer can be attenuated by a healthy lifestyle is unclear. New data show it is protective to have healthy habits (healthy weight, regular exercise, not smoking, and a healthy diet).

Jun 4th, 2022

Everyone Needs Their Lipoprotein(a) Checked: The Europeans Lead the Way

One important change occuring in the specialty of heart risk reduction is the recommendation to obtain a Lp(a) measurement at least once in all adults to identify high risk persons. At the Kahn Center this is routine.

May 29th, 2022

Coronary Artery Calcium Score vs. Coronary CT Angiogram: What They Are and What They Show

What is a coronary artery calcium scan (CACS)? It is a simple CT of the heart performed without injection of any contrast dyes that permits the easy identification of calcification (plaque) in the three major heart arteries.

May 22nd, 2022

Do I Need to Take a Daily Aspirin for Heart Prevention

New headlines have brought up again, perhaps for the third time in 3-4 years, that not all adults over age 50 need a daily aspirin for cardiovascular prevention. Where might you fit in to those headlines? It is important to get it right.

May 14th, 2022

Alternatives to Bypass Surgery or Stents?: Scientific Options to Know

You have a stress test that is read as abnormal and leads to a coronary CT angiogram or cardiac catheterization. The results are disappointing and you are told you have blockages requiring bypass surgery or stents but you can go home. Are there options?

May 7th, 2022

Yes, I Do Have an Online Health Course on Longevity

Want to live to 100? Dr. Joel Kahn explains what the Blue Zones, or areas of the world where people live the longest, can teach us about staying healthy. From similar food habits to stress management, find out what they all have in common.

Apr 30th, 2022

From The American Heart Association: Air pollution exposure may cause heart attack within an hour

Exposure to air pollutants – even at levels below World Health Organization air quality guidelines – may trigger a heart attack within the hour, according to a new study from China that found the risks were highest among older people and in colder weather.

Apr 23rd, 2022

Three Lifestyle Studies to Know and Practice: Prevent Not Stent

Please help spread the word that lifestyle medicine prevents tragic and needless deaths. Together, we can make heart attacks a rarity. Parents can have more years with their families. Spouses don't need to mourn a deceased partner. Start today, because it'

Apr 15th, 2022

Just One Meal High In Saturated Fat (Butter) Can Do Serious Harm! Beware

Not all fats, carbs, and proteins are the same quality and have the same impact. Saturated fats from animal sources like butter, and some plant based sources like coconut oil, have been show to be very disruptive to our health short and long term.

Apr 2nd, 2022

A Plant-Based Diet for the Health of Planet Earth

“You are what you eat” applies to both human and planetary health. The burden of environmental damage from animal heavy diets is large not only for the risk of heart disease and cancer, but also for deforestation and pollution.

Mar 26th, 2022

Reversing Disease With Plant Diets: Over 70 Years of Science

The data grows and grows. Chronic diseases can be prevented, and to some degree reversed, by eating a diet of brightly colored whole plant foods exclusively with liberal use of spices. Amazing!

Mar 13th, 2022

A Flexible Spine Predicts Flexible and Youthful Arteries

Fascinating data has emerged in the last few years suggesting that the flexibility of the spine and joints predicts the flexibility of arteries. Additional data indicates that yoga may help maintain our arteries in a youthful state.

Feb 26th, 2022

Living 10-14 Years Longer: The Two Lifestyle Studies to Know

Maintaining five healthy habits—eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking—during adulthood may add more than a decade to life expectancy. Now new data guides us even more.

Feb 20th, 2022

10 Servings a Day of Fruits and Vegetables: How to Succeed

It does not matter what food philosophy you follow, whether WFPB (whole food plant based), keto, Paleo or Mediterranean, the central piece of all diets promoting health unite at a large amount of plant based servings a day with 10 being the goal.

Feb 13th, 2022

Need a Protein and Nutrition Boost? Try Adding Chlorella Tablets Daily

Whether it’s lead, mercury, PFAS, BPA, DDT, glyphosate or other toxins that are in the news, there are new challenges to health that the chemical industries have created over the past century. Chlorella tablets offer a path to protect your health.

Feb 6th, 2022

Tomorrow I Will Start a 5-Day Fast. Why? How? Safety?

Odds are you’ve heard about fasting. Defined as "abstinence from eating," the potential medical benefits have increasingly been substantiated in animal and medical research projects and now extend to enhance cognitive function.

Jan 30th, 2022

Your Genes Load the Gun but Your Lifestyle Pulls the Trigger: Or Not

When Hippocrates wrote 2,400 years ago to “let food be thy medicine,” he had no idea that scientific experiments would one day prove him a visionary. Food is no longer just a source of calories containing protein, carbs and fats. Food is information!

Jan 23rd, 2022

The Soy Myth: Should you or should you not eat it regularly?

Soybean based foods like edamame, tofu, tempeh and natto are traditional foods in cultures with excellent health and longevity. In the US they have been around for decades but still foreign to most. Should you add soybean based foods?

Jan 15th, 2022

Can You Exercise Too Much in 2022: It Is Possible But Get Moving!

Exercise may be like a dose of medication, too little or too much may not work out as well as a sweet spot. While exercise is a MUST for health, the pressure to do too much and create injury is a consideration.

Jan 1st, 2022

Controlling Stress With 4-7-8 Breathing in Under 90 Seconds

No one escapes the feelings of stress, anxiety and time pressure. A healthy practice to control and diminish these feelings without Rx medication is a tool everyone needs. The 4-7-8 breathing exercise is taught at the Kahn Center

Dec 18th, 2021

The Five Tibetan Rites Yoga Flow for Health and Flexibility

Maintaining spinal flexibility combined with a breathing practice is the core of many yoga practices. The Five Tibetans are an ancient and simple yoga flow that I have practiced for years and years. Perhaps it is one habit you can add to your daily routine

Dec 5th, 2021

Staying Positive and Upbeat Everyday Using Simple Skills

In a world that bombards us with negative news, it is crucial to learn skills to protect your attitude and outlook and keep it focused on the positive. Here are some tips that work at the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity

Nov 28th, 2021

A Simple Checklist to Avoid Heart Disease: Prevent Not Stent

Heart disease remains the #1 cause of death in men and women but estimates are at least 85% of cases are preventable with mainly lifestyle adopted as early in life as possible. Here are 10 from Dr. Kahn

Nov 20th, 2021

Ditch Your Fear of "Carbs" and Starch: Keep it Whole

The idea of eating a high "carb" diet has been so demonized that some will avoid and apple or beans for fear of gaining weight or becoming diabetic type 2. Nothing could be further from the truth if you keep it whole.

Nov 14th, 2021

Glowing Skin, Glowing Arteries: Simple and Safe Steps Now

What is collagen? Collagen is the protein that forms connective fibers in tissues such as skin, ligaments, cartilage, bones and teeth. Collagen also acts as a kind of intracellular “glue” that gives support, shape and bulk to blood vessels, bones, and

Nov 6th, 2021

Check Your Earlobes Now To Assess Your Heart Health! Really!

Sadly, heart disease still causes more deaths in the Western world than any other condition. Early detection is key and can involved exercise tests, CT scans, and lab studies. Yet, looking in the mirror is one of the most powerful steps to do.

Oct 30th, 2021

Myths About Vegan Diets: Pitfalls to Avoid for Health

A number of people have identified veganism as one of the biggest trends in health. The reality is that the number of persons identifying their diet as plant-based or vegan is growing larger and larger. Yet, veganism must be done "right".

Oct 23rd, 2021

A Young Heart Requires Aged Garlic: A Science Superfood

The nutrients derived from whole plant foods repeatedly show health benefits. Some have unique science data and garlic is one of those. Research has shown that the concentrated components of aged garlic, even odorless, are a powerhouse for the heart

Oct 16th, 2021

Vitamin C and Lipoprotein(a): The Evidence for Benefit

Lipoprotein(a) is an inherited cholesterol particle effected 20-25% of all persons on the planet and it can harm arteries and heart valves throughout life. Standard therapies currently available are not approved for lowering this particle.

Oct 9th, 2021

Brush and Floss Your Heart Every Day: Oral Care is Heart Care

The constant reminders that cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death in the Western world are crucial. Educating the public on the research showing that excellent oral health promotes excellent cardiac and brain health.

Oct 2nd, 2021