With heart disease being the number one cause of death in Americans and high blood pressure being the “silent killer,” high homocysteine levels are considered by most researchers to be as dangerous as high cholesterol levels.  An aging heart is proven to be less efficient and much more likely to develop disease.  Thankfully, certain nutrients and specialty compounds may help to promote healthy blood pressure, homocysteine levels and heart function, which ultimately exert a positive impact on heart disease.  Read the rest of this entry

Recent research has proven that healthy vitamin D levels may protect the body against osteoporosis, cancer, and multiple sclerosis.  There is now evidence that suggests that vitamin D may help protect against a potentially dangerous rise in blood pressure which occurs in some people as they get older.  Read the rest of this entry

Walking Exercise

For Crohn’s sufferers keeping fit and maintaining a lower body weight is essential. But how to get the right exercise? Join a gym - can be expensive. Buy a home gym? again expensive as well as where do you keep it? But there is still one form of exercise that is great for us as well as being free !!!! Read the rest of this entry

It is almost the beginning of a new year and that means the revolutionists will be out in force trying to find motivation to get in shape and lose weight. Some people have to wait until January to begin exercising the new year is their motivational point. But any day of the year is a good time to begin a fitness training program. Especially for Crohn’s disease sufferers. Read the rest of this entry

Elsewhere on this site we have discussed how essential it is for all of us, Crohn’s sufferers as well as non Crohn’s sufferers to increase and maintain our fitness levels. But what if you haven’t exercised before? Perhaps you are feeling weak after your operation and recovery period - where do you start? Read the rest of this entry