How Yoga Improves Your Heart Health
It’s no secret that exercise is good for your health. For years, heart-pumping, aerobic exercise has been touted as great for our bodies and our minds. But it’s not just this aerobic exercise that is good for you. Research shows that yoga can also benefit your cardiovascular health and be part of your overall health […]
Best Foods for Heart Health
Given its role in pumping blood around your body and delivering oxygen and nutrients to your cells, the health of your heart is paramount. Therefore, maintaining a healthy heart through exercise, stress management, and diet should be prioritized. Your diet has the power to strengthen your heart and aid with or protect against heart disease. […]
Heart-Healthy Recipes: Turkey Sliders with Avocado and Mushrooms
If you’re concerned about heart disease, a healthy diet can help with your prevention efforts. At Matthews Internal Medicine, we do everything that we can to help our patients reduce their chances of developing heart disease. One thing we suggest is adding more healthy foods to your diet, and one fun way to do that is […]
Common Heart Disease Myths
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. At Matthews Internal Medicine, we focus on preventive medicine, meaning that we want to help our patients live healthier lives and avoid ailments just like this. To properly prevent heart disease, however, you need to be able to separate the myths […]
Nuts and the Potential Benefits for Your Heart
If heart disease prevention is one of your primary goals, your diet is incredibly important. At Matthews Internal Medicine, we help our patients do everything possible to live a healthier lifestyle and avoid debilitating medical ailments later on in life. One thing we suggest to many patients is to add more nuts to their diet. […]
Heart Disease and Salt: The Great Debate
If you’re concerned about your health, and especially your heart health, you’ve probably done some research on the subject. One thing that comes up a lot is the connection between salt and heart disease. If your aim is heart disease prevention, is cutting out salty foods the key? At Matthews Internal Medicine, we know that […]
Is Heart Disease Curable?
At Matthews Internal Medicine, preventative medicine is one of our areas of expertise. We focus on preventing deadly diseases because it can be easier than trying to treat a major medical problem later on. One area that we really focus on is heart disease prevention. Heart disease is one of the leading killers, of both […]
Can Children Develop Heart Disease?
At Matthews Internal Medicine, one area we tend to focus on is preventative medicine. Preventing a disease is easier than treating it later, and sometimes all it takes is some simple lifestyle changes to really make a huge difference. Naturally, one ailment we receive a lot of questions about is heart disease. This is one […]
Green Tea and Heart Disease Prevention
We focus on preventative medicine at Matthews Internal Medicine. What can we do to help our patients live healthier lives and avoid some of the most debilitating ailments around? It pays to take some simple steps now instead of dealing with a terrible disease later on in life. One area we specialize in is heart […]
5 Everyday Habits to Help Prevent Heart Disease
Here at Matthews Internal Medicine, we don’t just want to help our patients when they’re sick. We want to help our patients avoid diseases in the first place. That’s why we focus on preventative medicine, including heart disease prevention. Heart disease is one of the biggest killers in the United States, for men and women, […]