Jesper Bengtson

Foods to avoid if you take beta-blockers for your heart or blood pressure

Your coffee, a glass of juice or a nightly drink may quietly work against the pill.

How to know you’re actually burning fat: 10 signs, from breath to bathroom

Peer-reviewed physiology gives fat oxidation real fingerprints, from exhaled acetone to shifts in appetite hormones.

What should your triglyceride level be? The ranges that signal heart risk

The number sits on every lipid panel, but few readers know what it says about their heart.

Going to bed at different times each night may quietly double your heart risk

A 10-year study of more than 3,000 adults points to bedtime as the sleep habit that matters most.

When rotten-egg gas won’t quit: what your gut may be trying to tell you

A persistent sulfur smell you can't blame on dinner may be a quiet signal from your microbiome.

The point where extra protein starts to strain your kidneys and bones

Where the load from shakes, bars and big meat portions stops being harmless.