Health

Go with the Flow – How Olympians are Improving Blood Flow and How You Can Too

In the south west of France—where saturated fats and alcohol consumption are commonplace—The French Paradox observes the fascinating incidence of strikingly low rates of heart disease and obesity related illnesses. According to modern medicine, these factors should make for a very heavy and unhealthy population riddled with cancer, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure.  However, the opposite is true.  The French population has one of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world and it may be related to red wine, or more specifically, the resveratrol within the wine.

Smoking has successfully been labeled as an early ticket to death by the World Health Organization, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and every other medical institution on the face of the planet.  But what are the risks associated with quitting?