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Big U.S. study will test vitamin D, fish oil for health benefits – Yahoo! Canada News

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Mon Jun 22, 10:20 PM

By Marilynn Marchione, The Associated Press

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Two of the most popular and promising dietary supplements – vitamin D and fish oil – will be tested in a large, U.S.-government-sponsored Read the rest of this post

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2009 is around the corner! Take a pledge to make your heart healthy, happy and energetic to do its work for years.

You can listen to seven tips for a healthy heart – very simple tips that can take care of your heart and keep it beating nice and steady.

Listen to Seven Tips for a Healthy Heart

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Heartburn is the uncomfortable feeling resulting from acid reflux, or GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease (try saying that out loud a few times). It can feel like a burning sensation (hence, the name), but can also feel like pressure in the chest, which is why it is sometimes confused with feelings associated with heart attacks.

Acid reflux occurs when the muscle between the stomach and the oesophagus gets weak or relaxes at the wrong time. The result is that the stomach contents, including the acid, move up into the oesophagus. Because the oesophagus doesn’t have the protective lining that the stomach does, the acid literally burns the oesophagus.

Anise, peppermint, and lavender

Here’s a tea that you can make to help you with acid reflux or heartburn. It will help you reduce the amount of acid you have in your stomach. Mix together equal amounts of aniseed, peppermint and lavender. Make an infusion of this tea:

 -  boiling 2 ½ cup distilled water

-  pour this water over a teaspoon of the herbal mixture

-  let this tea sit for 3- 5 minutes

-  strain the tea and add a little bit of honey if you like.

- place this tea in a thermos

What if a heart surgeon tells you that it is possible to prevent and even reverse heart disease without surgery?

The surgeon says, “Before I tell you more, let me introduce myself … My name is Robert D. Willix Jr., I have all the credentials of a highly accomplished physician: an M.D. from the University of Missouri, a residency in surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center, the very first board-certified cardiac surgeon in South Dakota. I even developed the state’s first heart-surgery program”.

What does the book contain?

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