Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

Cardiomyopathy is a condition where the heart muscle does not function as it should. The main types of this condition include dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive cardiomyopathy. This condition makes it more difficult for your heart to pump and deliver blood to the rest of your body through the circulatory system. It can lead to heart ...click here to read more

A new study released through the Journal of Nutritional Science has found that drinking one hundred percent (pure) fruit juice is not associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and also has no major effect on glycemic control. Fasting blood glucose, fasting blood insulin, and insulin resistance are not significantly affected by ...click here to read more

Experts at UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources have linked heart muscle stiffening and consequent heart-failure risk to a sedentary lifestyle. Our heart has chambers called ventricles. When people lead an inactive lifestyle, the heart muscles become stiff and blood cannot enter the ventricles properly. In extreme cases, the blood even gets pushed back into ...click here to read more

Are your pants feeling a bit tighter since the holiday season? Don’t feel so bad, many of us are in the same boat. But now that it’s the new year, it’s time to get back on track and get rid of those extra pounds. Yes, you can change your diet, and of course, you can ...click here to read more

Ever notice your joints hurt more in the winter? That’s because there is lower atmospheric pressure, which means there is less air to push against our joints. This can result in greater irritation, stiffness, and swelling of joints. Joint pain can be problematic because it can prevent you from doing simple everyday tasks, which can ...click here to read more

How’s your diet? How would you rate it on a scale of one to 10 in regard to it being healthy? If you’re on the low end, you may need to improve it, as diet plays a big role in our health. An unhealthy diet is linked to obesity, heart problems, liver problems, high blood ...click here to read more

It’s the end of the week, so we put together our weekly health news roundup in case you missed any of our latest stories. This week we discussed nocturnal diarrhea, left flank pain, migraine diet, low cholesterol, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, and hypocholesterolemia. You will uncover the symptoms, treatment, and home remedies of nocturnal diarrhea, the causes ...click here to read more

Joint pain can be caused by several different things, some more serious than others. If you injure yourself, you can experience joint pain. If you have an autoimmune disease, you can experience joint pain. Joint pain can occur anywhere in the body that is a joint. This means you can experience big toe joint pain, ...click here to read more