What is the DASH diet?. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches for Stopping Hypertension. It is a common term used by physicians all over the United States. Basically it involves a diet which consists of foods that have proven to lower high blood pressure, or hypertension. Of course, the DASH diet also calls for a minimization […]
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Herbs For Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) – Maintain Normal BP
Low blood pressure or Hypotension, though not that common as high blood pressure can also lead to serious conditions as the patients suffering from it does not receive enough blood supply for the normal functioning of the brain and other parts of the body. People suffering from hypotension may experience dizziness, burred vision, fatigue, low […]
Normal Blood Pressure Reading Know-How
So you want to know what your normal blood pressure reading is. The next time you visit the doctor, you ask the nurse’s aide to tell you. That is after she finishes putting the cuff on your arm, pumping it until you think your arm is going to explode, and then she rattles off a […]
Blood Pressure and Heart Size in Athletes
In 1976, 413 high school runners in Finland competed in a 2000-meter race. At the time of the race and in a follow-up study twenty-five years later, the faster runners had much lower blood pressures than the slower ones (International Journal of Sports Medicine, July-August 2005.) The researchers wanted to know whether a maximal endurance […]