How your doctor treats your hypertension, or high blood pressure, really depends upon just how high your blood pressure is when your doctor discovers that it is too high. Here are the readings that doctors consider when they begin to treat you for hypertension: * Normal blood pressure: less than 120/80 * Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89 * […]
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Blood Pressure Numbers
Your blood pressure, which is caused by two forces, is the pressure of your blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. One of the forces is created as the heart pumps blood into the arteries and through the body’s circulatory system while the other force comes from the arteries’ resistance to the blood flow. […]
Blood Pressure Too Low? Rosemary Could Be The Answer
Rudolf Weiss, the German herbalist, has some interesting ideas on low blood pressure. He describes it as being simply an aspect of a more deep seated problem. He also believes that when people have low blood pressure but no symptoms, that it does not require treatment. I do not suggest that this should replace your […]
Are You In The Right Blood Pressure Range?
High blood pressure is like many health conditions; each person will be able tolerate different ranges of blood pressure levels and they will have differing effects on each persons body. There are some guidelines that can help the medical community apply a standard approach dependent upon the blood pressure range they fit within. This can […]
Lower Blood Pressure Foods to Cure Hypertension and Avoid Heart Attacks
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is rightly called the ‘silent killer’. It is the leading precursor of heart attacks which are the leading cause of death in most of the Western World.? Yet there are no noticeable signs, no symptoms to warn you. You don’t know what your blood pressure is until you get it checked. […]
Improve Brain Health – Try Omega 3 Oils
The tried and true supplement to improve brain health has been cod liver oil – a traditional natural remedy. Not only is it abundant for omega 3 oils, but it also has a healthy dose of vitamin D, a powerful health booster. The vitamin D deficiency related conditions range from cancer to bone loss. With […]
Teaching Measurement of High Blood Pressure
Teaching measurement of high blood pressure is more difficult than it used to be. But blood pressure is a major biomarker of your health, so let’s get busy learning how to measure and interpret those measurements. Once upon a time, not too long ago, you either had high blood pressure or you didn’t. Today it’s […]
Food Technology Breakthrough Leads to New Range of Healthy, Gourmet Foods
Suffern, NY (PRWEB) February 14, 2005 Thanks to a revolutionary breakthrough in food technology consumers will soon be able to enjoy blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies and other treats knowing that they are not only delicious but that they are good for them too! The products are very low in carbs, low in fat, have […]
Food and Your Blood Pressure
Staying within a healthy blood pressure range is always advised but how exactly do we know how to stay in this healthy range? How can we control the rate at which blood moves through our bodies? Anyone who has experienced vascular pressure issues whether of low or high blood pressure must have received some form […]
Blood Sugar Levels Too High?
The question of keeping blood sugar levels in the near normal range has been a controversial one. There have been studies suggesting tight control of these levels protected the diabetic from many diabetic complications, while others hinted at the opposite. But it has now been demonstrated over and over, that keeping blood sugars in the […]
What Is A Normal Blood Pressure Reading?
What Is A Normal Blood Pressure Reading? You can get a blood pressure reading with various blood pressure monitors. These include a wrist monitor, an ambulatory blood pressure monitor, or the good old fashioned kind complete with inflatable ball and mercury bubble. No matter which monitor you use, however, a normal blood pressure reading will […]
Massage Therapy for High Blood Pressure
There has been a recent study by Boris Prilutsky, MA, and Victor Gura, M.D., concerning the benefits that might be derived from medical massage by those who suffer from hypertension that is caused by arterial hypertension. In the United States, it is estimated that as many as 70 million people suffer from hypertension. Of that […]
Bee Pollen and Blood Pressure
We do know that there are a lot of health benefits we get from taking in pollen supplements everyday. This type of pollen has always been very popular even in the ancient times. This is one reason why we can see a lot of writings about it in the Bible, the Koran, book of the […]