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Does High Cholesterol Cause High Blood Pressure?
For most of us, our first experience with chronic illness is high blood pressure. Hypertension does not respect healthy lifestyles. Even people who maintain normal weight, exercise regularly, maintain healthy cholesterol levels, and eat a heart-healthy diet can be and frequently are diagnosed with the condition. In the United States, nine out of ten people […]
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) and Your Pets
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) and Your Pets High Blood Pressure (hypertension) is very common in our pets, but often goes undiagnosed until it leads to life threatening emergencies. Problems from high blood pressure arise when a blood vessel gets too small for the high pressure flow going through it. Since the affected vessels are small, […]
How To Obtain All Vital Nutrients From Your Vegetarian Diet
When you are beginning the process of converting to a vegetarian diet it is important to plan carefully. You need to make yourself familiar with the nutrient value of your food and how foods interact with one another. A vegetarian diet can be lacking in five essential nutrients unless it is planned. These are protein, […]
Essential Nutrients
The food we eat is composed of macronutrients: protein, fats, and carbohydrates; and micronutrients: vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Proteins and fats are basic, bare bones essential nutrients for our health. We need 70-100 grams of protein a day (about 300 calories), and 6-10 grams of linoleic acids (about 75 calories). (Linoleic acid is a […]
Chronic Kidney Disease Diet – Find Out What Doctors Don’t Want You to Know About
Chronic kidney disease diet has become so popular nowadays simply because it has grown to be the trend in various races around the world. It is more prevalent in people nearing age 60 at about 40%, but kidney failure can show itself to people as young as 20. By experience, the youngest patient that I’ve […]
Do You Need Blood Pressure Medicine?
There are millions of people in the United States who suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), and often they need to rely on medicine to keep their blood pressure regulated. But it is not always necessary to end up on drugs for the rest of your life, especially if you know how to control your […]
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension – Controlling With Diet
During the course of a pregnancy, a woman’s body undergoes many changes. While some of those changes may be normal, other changes may be a cause for alarm. For many women, blood pressure levels become elevated as a direct result of the excess weight and stress associated with carrying a baby. Pregnancy induced hypertension is […]
CoQ10 Benefits – Have More Energy, Protection & Well – Being With Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation
No doubt you have heard of and know a little bit about coenzyme Q10. What you probably don’t know is Coq10 benefits most of your bodily functions, and is one of the most important substances your body and skin needs to keep healthy. Coenzyme Q10 is one of the most popular dietary supplements in the […]
Natural Hypertension Remedies – How to Prevent High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
It is obvious you are looking for natural hypertension remedies on how to prevent high blood pressure in pregnancy? Well, sit right there and go through this article. You never can tell, this might present the solution you have been searching for. Healthy life is the ultimate. When it comes to high blood pressure, it […]
What is DASH Diet? Myths & Facts About DASH Diet
The DASH diet is a diet plan created to prevent or lower a person’s hypertension or high blood pressure. In fact, the DASH diet stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH diet is more than the traditional diet that is low in salt or sodium. It is based on a well-balanced variety of […]
The Ideal Diet for Hypothyroidism
If you have hypothyroidism is very important to know that the type of diet you follow can help you reduce your symptoms, and at the same time help you control your weight. Weight gain goes hand in hand with hypothyroidism and to some people it gets rather difficult to lose weight with this condition. There […]
Blood Pressure: The Vegetarian Diet
A vegetarian diet has been shown in many studies to significantly lower high blood pressure. Strict vegetarian diets though, can easily become deficient in protein, which is essential for building new cells. Eggs, milk, cheese and other dairy products are important sources of protein as well as variety for most vegetarians. They are not available […]