Blood Pressure Articles

1). Blood Presure, High or Low, You Need to Know This By : Tyson J Stevenson
Blood pressure is generally categorized into optimal, normal, high normal and excessive high or hypertensive. High blood pressure can cause coronary heart disease which may result in heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and bleeding from several parts of our body.
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2). Is Chocolate That Healthy? By : Gerald Meyer
It is great news that research has found a food that lowers blood pressure and is healthy for the heart and maybe more. The problem is that the chocolate people consume most is not the kind that was studied. The more popular kinds of chocolate have little or no positive effect on your health. Only certain chocolate may be healthy.
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3). A Stroke..Why it is so important to read this! By : Ted Crawford
Copyright 2006 Ted Crawford A stroke, also known as a CVA (cerebrovascular accident), is a life-threatening event in which the brain’s oxygen supply has been cut off causing problems with such functions as speech, sensation, behavior, memory, and thought processes. A stroke may also result in paralysis, coma, and even death. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause of neurological disability after Alzheimer’s disease.
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4). Salts Explained By : Paul Hegeman
Cooking Salts Explained Salt, also known as Sodium Chloride or (NaCl) is a vital component of the healthy and balanced human diet. Over half of the human body contains fluids that contain salt. Our blood, tears and saliva all contain salt. In addition we daily lose salt in our perspiration and urine. Muscles need salt in order to function, nerves require salt to carry messages and the digestive system cannot function without salt.
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5). 7 Steps To Lower Blood Pressure By : S. Janice Peel
Lowering the blood pressure readings should be foremost in the mind of anyone who has high blood pressure. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a health problem affecting nearly one out of every four people in this country. Billions of dollars are spent on medications each year to treat it. Most high blood pressure is categorized as essential hypertension which is elevated blood pressure without a known cause.
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6). How Can a Wine and Cheese Party Lower Your Blood Pressure? By : Kevin Riley
A wine and cheese party can be a fun way to relax and make new friends. It's also a great way to lower your blood pressure. Cheese and wine parties are great for large get-togethers. Make it lots of fun by having every guest bring a bottle of wine and an exotic cheese. It's a fantastic way to try new wines and cheeses ... and a perfect conversation starter.
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7). 5 Easy Ways to Lower Blood Pressure Using 1 Great Fruit By :
Copyright 2006 Frank Mangano Have you had your lycopene today? If you ate a green salad with fresh chopped tomatoes, then you not only got a healthy dose of this powerful antioxidant, but you have also taken significant action toward lowering your blood pressure. A recent double-blind study conducted in Israel has confirmed what hearth-healthy Italians have enjoyed for centuries – tomatoes (and tomato sauce) lower blood pressure and the risk of heart disease.
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8). Ashwagandha - Uses and Benefits By : Dr. Jyotiraditya Agarwal
Ashwagandha or Indian winter cherry is considered one of the most important herbs in ayurvedic system of medicines. As because of its vast area of application, ayurvedic physicians have used it extensively in curing people from their ailments. Due to its properties it has gained lots of respect in the eyes of herbal healers. Ashwagandha is biologically known as Withania somnifera.
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9). Unleash The Amazing Healing Power and Taste of Olive Oil! By : Hans Klein
Most people try to avoid fatty foods in the battle of the bulge. However, this often leads to a misguided view that all fats are bad. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, good fats play an essential role in achieving optimum health. The problem only comes when we go way overboard on fast food, loads of butter, and processed foods. Take for example, eating too much saturated or partially hydrogenated fat contained in most processed foods today.
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10). High Blood Pressure - On the Sunny Side of the Street By : Jessica Cander
It is one of those situations where, after examining the facts, you almost feel like you are caught between a rock and a hard spot. Or perhaps better yet between the shade and the sun. For many years now the public has been cautioned against excess amounts of sun exposure. And clearly there is truth behind this. Skin cancer is a very real risk, and precautions such as sun block and long sleeved clothing should be taken when going out in the sun.
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11). High Blood Pressure Diet Guidelines By : Kathryn Whittaker
It is a well-known fact that heart diseases and excess body weight are related. Obesity, heavy alcohol consumption and lack of activity are the main factors causing high blood pressure. Too much body fat leads to an increased risk of health problems through clogging the blood vessels with cholesterol. That is why the successful treatment of high blood pressure starts with following a diet specifically aimed at reducing high blood pressure.
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12). Treatment for High Blood Pressure By : Diana
Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest when the heart beats, forcing blood into the arteries. This is called systolic pressure. When the heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure.
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13). Trans Fats are Another Cause of High Blood Pressure By : Kevin Riley
When the demand for butter exceeded the ability of farmers to supply this desirable fat ... the search for a substitute started us on a road to trans fats, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Not until 20 years ago did we finally discover the dangers of trans fats. How Did Trans Fats Enter our Food Supply? In the 1860s butter was in great demand and there just wasn't enough to satisfy everybody.
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14). Alternative Medicine to Lower Your Blood Pressure By : smgenie
Home remedies and homeopathic medicine have begun popular over the years as an alternative to prescription drugs. Many people are not aware that there are also home remedies available to lower your blood pressure. What is nice about a home remedy is the lower cost and eliminating the unfavorable side effects of prescribed medicines. Another advantage of home remedies is that while it may be used to alleviate one symptom, it often has other health benefits.
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15). What Everyone Needs to Know about Exercise and Blood Pressure By : Stephen Holt
Although regular aerobic activity is important to the health and wellbeing of everyone, far too many people make the crucial mistake of assuming painful, strenuous workouts are the most productive way to exercise. The startling fact is that moderate exercise - with the prime example being walking - may be an even more effective way to exercise, especially if you need to lower your blood pressure, and definitely if you're just beginning your fitness program.
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16). What Hypertension Means To You By : James Ellison
The trouble with high blood pressure today is it is so common and talked about so often that many people don't seem to treat it with the respect it merits. High blood pressure or hypertension is a killer and should be dealt with as a killer. Numerous scientists and doctors have spent a large amount of time, money and effort seeking to define what is a honest definition of Hypertension.
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17). Heart Disease Is More Than A Chest Pain By : Kevin Pederson
There are many reasons by which people can be affected by heart disease. By knowing these reasons one can start taking precaution before reaching such dire state. Reasons for having heart disease may be very common but the repercussions of the same are very bad for your health.
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18). CLA: "Wow give me some of that!" By : Steve Adair
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is quite possibly the supplement of choice when looking for that weight-loss miracle pill. One group of overweight women lost 9% body fat in one year's time even though they didn't change their lifestyle or eating habits in any way. This is the first time CLA has been researched for it's effects on body composition an the results are clearly remarkable.
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19). Summer First Aid Secrets By : Steve Larson
The summer season is fast approaching, and with it the typical list of skinned knees and elbows, bug bites and sunburns. Sometimes something more serious happens as well though – would you be prepared to assist if someone nearby broke an arm or leg, or was in some other way seriously injured? In order to be prepared for these minor cuts and bumps as well as for more serious personal injuries, it is important to have sufficient first aid supplies as well as skills.
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20). How To Cure Blood Pressure, Kidney Disease And Back Pain All Together? By : Mike
Blood pressure, insomnia, cancer, kidney disease…and back pain. All these diseases are like football players; each complementing the other. Their final aim is to hit the goal, to destroy the opponent! Just like the players in the game of soccer, these series of diseases control and supplement each other. If you do not know how to treat them properly, one makes way for another.
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21). Dietary Fiber Lowers Blood Pressure By : Manolito Montala
You've heard it before, and you'll hear it again. What you eat can affect your blood pressure. Now there's an additional study to support this claim. Researchers at Tulane University analyzed data on almost 1,500 adults in more than two dozen studies and found that eating between about seven grams to 19 grams if fiber a day led to a reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure (the top and bottom figures, respectively, in a blood pressure reading).
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22). Why High Blood Pressure Can Be So Dangerous By : David Silva
We all know that high blood pressure is considered serious by the doctor. But not many of us know why. The truth of the matter is this: high blood pressure, left unchecked, can have serious consequences. The dangers can range from vision problems to ulcers to an outright stroke. The higher your blood pressure, the higher your risk of heart disease and stroke.
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23). Healthy Chocolate? By : Gerald Meyer
It's great news that research found a food that lowers blood pressure and is healthy for the heart and maybe more. The problem is that the chocolate most Americans consume is not the same kind.
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24). Blood Pressure Basics By : Diana
There are no hard and fast figures which represent a normal blood pressure. And very often doctors and other experts cannot even decide between them what an ideal blood pressure range is for an adult. However it is usually agreed that somewhere between 110/70 and 125/80 is considered to be an average blood pressure for a grown person, though someone.
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25). Benefits Of Padangusthasana By : Kevin Pederson
This is one of the basic yoga asanas which we learn initially while learning yoga. All the yoga poses help in improving your flexibility which becomes very useful in our daily life. The asana is also known as head to foot pose.
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