Treat the Heart With the Gut

By Dr. Mercola

It's becoming relatively common knowledge that your health is not just about your body, but rather is the result of its symbiotic relationship with 100 trillion bacteria and other microorganisms.

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Marathon Running and the Heart

Those of us who enjoy physical activity are often looking to try different forms of exercise to keep the routines from getting stale and put variety in the workout. Often, people who are joggers consider stepping up their game and adding an endurance component by training for a marathon. After all, if a little aerobic exercise is good for the heart, a lot is probably better, right? While the jury is still out on how much is too much and marathon running is definitely not the fitness answer for everyone, new research does suggest that it can lower the risk of developing heart disease for middle-aged men.

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Curcumin Matches Exercise in Slowing Aging, Protecting the Heart

It is well established that exercise helps to preserve youth and protect the heart from aging, but it certainly isn’t the one protector out there. According to 3 different studies carried out by researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, the spice turmeric may be just as effective as moderate exercise at preventing aging and boosting heart health.

For the first of the 3 randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trials, researchers divided 32 postmenopausal women into 3 separate groups to examine the effects of curcumin and exercise on the heart. One group was given curcumin orally, the second group partook in moderate exercise training, and the third group did nothing at all. The study lasted 8 weeks. >