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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a “catch-all” term for a group of diseases of the heart and blood vessels that that can lead to a heart attack, stroke or heart failure. High blood pressure, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and other conditions are all forms of CVD. It's terrifying to think that your heart, that all-important pump, or your brain, that vital control center, could suddenly stop working. Unfortunately, it happens to thousands of Americans every day.
Green tea is heart-healthy!
Luckily, it appears that green tea can offer the heart some protection. Studies of large populations have linked green tea to a wide range of cardiovascular benefits, including:
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Drinking Black Tea and Weight Loss
If you are on a diet, you might be looking at how to use black tea or other tea types as a dieting aid. Tea is just one factor in comprehensive weight loss program. As most dieters know, what you put into your body is just part of the weight loss picture: a holistic weight loss program includes exercise and consideration of everything that goes into your day to day routine.
Black Tea: How it Works
For using black tea as part of a weight loss regimen, there are a few main ways
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Black Tea: a Stress Fighter for Stressful Times
Your mortgage is all messed up, your SUV is hungry, and food prices just skyrocketed, meaning your filet mignon is about to be replaced with a Big Mac.
Okay, so it's not quite like that, but hardly anyone would deny we live in stressful times, and certain shortages continue to loom on the economic horizon. From high gas prices to the poor conditions of the housing market, the new realities are taking their toll not just on the pocketbooks of Americans, but on their bodies, as stress leads to high blood pressure and increased cardiac risk.
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Calcium is one of the key nutrients that your body needs in order to stay strong and healthy. It is an essential building block for lifelong bone health in both men and women, among many other important functions. Because calcium has so many important jobs, it’s important to get enough of it in your diet.
The amount of calcium you need depends on a number of different factors, including your age. But no matter who you are, one thing’s true for everyone: you and your bones will benefit from eating plenty of calcium-rich foods, limiting foods that deplete your body’s calcium stores, and getting your daily dose of magnesium and vitamins D and K—nutrients that help calcium do its job.
Calcium: The key to strong bones and lifelong bone health
