Hypertension in black patients is at 32.4 percent as distinguished from whites at 23.3 percent. Blacks also have an 80 percent greater mortality rate with regard to strokes, 50 percent chance with heart disease and an alarming, six times the rate of high blood pressure-related end stage renal disease. Low levels of renin and sensitivity […]
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Diet Plan For High Blood Pressure Patients
A healthy blood pressure level is 120/80, and is hypertensive (that is high blood pressure) above 140/90 and prehypertensive between 120/80 and 140/90. High blood pressure results in the clogging and hardening of arteries, it affects your eyes and kidneys and increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Obese people are at higher risk […]
High Blood Pressure: Modern Age Disease
High Blood Pressure also known as hypertension is a contemporary age disease and is usually termed as a silent killer. In this modern world people have become so busy in their life that they hardly get some good time to spend with friends and family. Thus the increased physical and mental pressure on the human […]
NACDD Applauds New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene for Sodium Reduction Initiative
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 29, 2009 The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) commends the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene for its efforts to reduce salt intake, which can significantly reduce blood pressure. High blood pressure – a common result of excessive salt intake – causes cardiovascular disease, the nation’s […]
Ayurvedic Remedies For High Blood Pressure
Hypertension or high blood pressure means high pressure in the arteries. High blood pressure does not mean excessive emotional tension, although emotional tension and stress can temporarily increase blood pressure. Hypertension can be classified as either essential (primary) or secondary. Essential hypertension means that no medical cause can be found to explain the raised blood […]
Obesity Help – How to Overcome Obesity With High Blood Pressure
Obesity has become national problem in most of prosperous country where the people have used to sedentary lifestyle and eating foods that contain too much saturated fat. Many studies have shown that obese people have a higher blood pressure than people with normal weight. This is caused by our body reaction to fight obesity; it […]
Natural Ways to Reduce Your Blood Pressure
Research has shown that Hypertension, high blood pressure, is found almost entirely in the developed countries and not in remote areas of the world.? It would appear that it is closely associated with the “Western Diet” as people living in the remote areas of China and Africa show very little evidence of hypertension even in […]
Does A High Blood Pressure Diet Work?
Does a high blood pressure diet work effectively to control blood pressure? That is a really easy question to answer. But first you must look to the most common causes of hypertension! Over 90% of the diagnosed cases are not tied to any specific organ or medical problem. In other words, most cases are not […]
Vitamins For Headache Prevention
Studies show the link between an increased risk to getting chronic headaches when you are deficient in certain vitamins and minerals. If you eat a balanced health diet, then you would find that this can hardly be the case. As it is, most of us do not eat well for a variety of reasons. You […]
The Benefits Of Fish Oil
The Benefits Of Fish Oil When it comes to nutrition and our diet, there are good fats and there are bad fats. Artificially produced trans-fatty acids are bad in any amount and saturated fats from animal products should be kept to a minimum. The best fats are those that contain the essential fatty acids so […]
Control High Blood Pressure With Natural Remedies
The ailment of high blood pressure is one of those diseases which kill stealthily and though most people affected by it are completely unaware of it, studies show that this ‘silent killer’ affects 1 out of every 3 adults. It happens when narrow arteries inhibit the free passage of blood from the heart. But take […]
Hypertension; Facts You Need
WHAT IS HYPERTENSION? Hypertension is derived from two root words; Hyper meaning High and Tension meaning Pressure. Hypertension simply means high blood pressure. Pressure is the force generated when the heart contracts and pump blood through the blood vessels that conduct the blood to various parts of the blood. Although hypertension does not mean […]
High Blood Pressure Dieting – Avoid Medication with Hypertension Natural Alternative
I think numbers are amazing! I think I must have been that geeky kid who would just do math equations for fun all day in school. In fact, the curse of numbers followed me to college and for some reason wooed me into an accounting degree even though my true passion has always been health. […]