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Digestive Health

5 Foods That Are A+ For Blood Flow, From A Vascular Biologist

You might associate better blood flow with exercise—understandable, as movement quite literally gets your heart pumping and helps deliver oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. Or massage might come to mind, as physically kneading the skin can help stimulate circulation. 

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Sleep & Hydration

7 Foods to Limit If You Have High Blood Sugar

High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, can affect people with diabetes. Typically, glucose from food enters the bloodstream and moves into cells with the help of insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas. If you have diabetes, this process doesn’t work as well, and you may have elevated blood sugar levels. Limiting certain foods may help

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Digestive Health

Eat This Spice For Better Blood Sugar Control, New Study Shows

This spice packs a lot of nutritional benefits into a small bite.

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Studies & Findings

A longitudinal metabolomics study on blood mercury and depressive symptoms

Participants and study design The data was from a follow-up study of college students at Binzhou Medical University in Yantai, Shandong Province20,21. The first wave of data was collected between August 23 and September 23, 2019. Baseline information including questionnaires and blood samples22. The questionnaire contained the following: Demographic data (age, sex, BMI). Lifestyle information

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Prevention Tips

What Happens to Blood Pressure When You Drink Caffeine

Caffeine, found in coffee, energy drinks, colas, chocolate, and tea, can temporarily raise your blood pressure, even if you don’t have pre-existing high blood pressure. The increase is due to caffeine’s effect on the brain, which triggers a chain of events that causes blood vessels to narrow and systolic and diastolic pressure to rise for up

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