Being overweight puts you at a much greater risk of developing heart disease. If you are currently overweight, getting back to a healthy weight is one of the best things you can do for your heart.

Most people's lifestyle places little emphasis on health and fitness, which is the main reason heart disease is so prevalent and deadly.

Your heart and brain depend on Omega 3 fatty acids to function effectively and the 2 important fatty acids, DHA and EPA, come from fish, particularly salmon. But not all salmon have sufficient quantities of these important nutrients. Why is this so?

Heart disease remains the leading killer of adults in the western world; therefore, proper heart nutrition, including taking herbal supplements proven to promote heart health, is essential.

Researchers in America say they have developed a more accurate method of predicting if a woman is at risk of heart disease. Current methods to predict heart disease are now over 40 years old and these often failed to identify women who are at risk.

Did you know that one in every five American adults and teens do not exercise enough? The fact that they do not get enough exercise is putting them at risk for heart disease as well as for diabetes and other chronic diseases as well as for obesity.

We have been taught well that smoking and being overweight, as well as lack of exercise, will have a huge impact on the likelihood of developing heart disease and requiring heart surgery. But what about stress? We look at the silent contributor to heart disease.

Heart disease is an umbrella term which refers to a number of disorders that affect the heart and vascular system.

Find out why salmon is considered the miracle food of the oceans!

As Holland join the ever growing list of countries enforcing a smoking ban in public places, I have decided to take a look into the filthy habit that kills approximately four million people a year.