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09/19/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Increasing your physical activity over 6 years in middle age significantly reduces your risk of heart failure

How active you are during middle age can make it or break it for you. Increasing your physical activity over six years in middle age can significantly lower your risk of heart failure, according to an observational study published in the journal Circulation. The study also found that the opposite may be true: Lack of […]

07/16/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Drinking beet juice helps heart failure patients recover more quickly

Patients with heart failure can recover more quickly with the help of beet juice, according to research. Published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure, the study found that beet juice could improve the exercise capacity of patients who have experienced heart failure. Researchers at Indiana University conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study to determine if the intake […]

03/24/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Beet juice can help heart patients keep exercising

If you have a heart disease and been having a hard time staying motivated to exercise, drink beet juice. Beet juice could help people with heart disease to keep exercising, according to a study published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. Approximately 50 percent of all heart failure patients suffer from reduced ejection fraction, a […]

08/11/2017 / By Russel Davis

Simple protein called “cardiotrophin 1” found to trick the heart into thinking you’ve exercised like crazy, rapidly expanding heart function and repair

Health experts have recently identified a simple protein that coaxes the heart into growing in a healthy way and pumping more blood as it does during exercise. According to the scientists, a simple protein called cardiotrophin 1 (CT1) helped repair heart damage and improved blood flow in animal models of heart failure. The experts also noted that […]

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