Health Articles — Heart

Thyroid connected to Heart health

Posted by Melissa Callaghan on

When we think of the heart and heart conditions it is not often that the thyroid gets a mention. However, blood vessels and muscle tissues involved with the heart have receptors for thyroid hormones. These receptors are sensitive to any changes that occur in the levels of thyroid hormones circulating in the blood. Thyroid hormones play a role in keeping a happy balance for the cardiovascular system. This happy balance also known as homeostasis, is the process that regulates the delivery of hormones and nutrients through the blood as well as removal of waste products through the blood stream. Even...

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Energy Drinks

Posted by Melissa Callaghan on

Energy drinks are the latest craze. People are consuming them to gain energy and keep them awake. BUT!!! did you know that they are linked to anxiety and depression? AND!!! that the increase in anxiety and depression effects men more than women? This is worrying enough but when the marketing associated with these drinks is directed towards young adults the chances of developing anxiety and depression at a younger age increases dramatically. In 2009 the energy drink industry spent $15 million dollars just in Australia alone to promote their drinks. In 2014 the World Health Organisation hailed energy drinks a...

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