by Dr. Michael Murray | Aug 12, 2014 | Natural Facts
Introduction: Resveratrol is a plant compound similar to flavonoids. It is found in low levels in the skin of red grapes, red wine, cocoa powder, baking chocolate, dark chocolate, peanuts, and mulberry skin. Red wine is perhaps the most recognized source of...
by Dr. Michael Murray | Aug 5, 2014 | Natural Facts
Introduction: Recently, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) released new guidelines that increased the focus on prescribing statins to lower LDL cholesterol levels. With the new guidelines, it is estimated that in the United...
by Dr. Michael Murray | Jul 28, 2014 | Natural Facts
Introduction: Not all fat in the human body is the same. One of the major differentiators is based upon the concentration of mitochondria – the energy producing compartments of cells. When there are a lot of mitochondria in fatty tissue, it looks brown, and when there...
by Dr. Michael Murray | Jul 22, 2014 | Natural Facts
Introduction: Asthma is a breathing disorder characterized by spasm and swelling of the bronchial airways along with excessive excretion of a viscous mucus that can also make breathing difficult. Asthma affects approximately 7% of the population of the United States...
by Dr. Michael Murray | Jul 15, 2014 | Natural Facts
Introduction: The consumption of flavonoid sources such as strawberries, blueberries, apples, dark chocolate, and red wine have all been shown in population studies to be associated with a significantly reduced risk for heart attacks and strokes. For example, data...