Health Buzz: Calcium Supplements May Boost Heart Attack Risk

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Haute and healthy

Many of the conventional how to eat healthy rules are flouted by the French. Yet they remain comparatively slim and svelte, have lower rates of heart disease and live long. How do they do it?

Pump up good cholesterol

What should I do to raise my HDL cholesterol besides get more omega-3 fatty acids in my diet? A. You may think we've gone off the deep end by suggesting raising your cholesterol to lower it, but the higher your good HDL is, the less trouble your lousy LDL cholesterol may be. It's extra important to increase your HDL if you're over 50. If you're a man over 60, underline that. Healthy HDL is your ...

Better nutrition for NZ kids more than tuck shops

Improving New Zealand school childrens diets requires a much wider focus than just targeting unhealthy foods available at schools, University of Otago research suggests.

Study confirms rooibos antioxidant potential

The researchers from the Antioxidant Research Laboratory in Rome found ingestion of fermented and unfermented rooibos tea increased TAC levels, measured as total antioxidant capacity (TAC).