You know who needs a spa day ASAP? Your heart! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fighting off heart disease might be as simple as turning up the heat! But which steamy spa treatment works best? Jessica Atencio and team from the University of Oregon
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Gaston ate sixty eggs a day! How’s HIS cholesterol? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Who knows? How bad is egg cholesterol, really? Sharayah Carter and team from the University of South Australia investigated. Forty-eight adults tried different diets for five weeks each. One
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Follow the CHOCOLATE brick road?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re stressed. Your HEART is a traffic jam. Artery flow is at a crawl. Is there a shortcut outta this gridlock? Or at least a superfood? HMM…Cocoa contains heart healthy molecules called flavanols! YUM.
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This’ll put some hair on your…. heart?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cholesterol. We know it. We fear it. The L-D-L form clogs blood vessels, and causes HEART DISEASE. But it has a partner in crime. Imbalances in the sex hormone testosterone can be
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Feeling stressed? Drink some cocoa! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ten minutes ‘til my meeting and traffic’s at a crawl! Guess what? Blood flow can be choked in a similar way when you feel stress affecting your heart! Is there a chocolate flavored solution?
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Cardiovascular patients take heart! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Heart problems are notoriously hard to treat. Hearts can’t repair themselves like other organs… But can artificial hearts fill the literal void? Huibin Chang’s team of researchers at Harvard explored what they thought was the
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An AVOCADO a day keeps the doctor away?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve had an avocado. It’s a source of essential nutrients, jam packed with vitamins and minerals. Avocado toast may be expensive, but
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Feeling stressed? Drink some cocoa! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ten minutes ‘til my meeting and traffic’s at a crawl! Guess what? Blood flow can be choked in a similar way when you feel stress affecting your heart! Is there a chocolate flavored solution?
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You wanna talk about HIGH blood pressure! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying ask a giraffe! Giraffes have loooong necks. So pushing blood ALL the way up to their brains requires VERY high blood pressure! But in humans, high blood pressure causes heart damage.
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