Archive for December, 2008
Hypertension - What Are The Best Ways To Handle This Disease
Sunday, December 7th, 2008The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute reports that if you don’t have hypertension, which is also known as high blood pressure, by the time you’re 55, then you have a 90% chance of developing it after. The American Heart Association adds that in 90-95% of all cases, there is no definitive cause. In the […]
If It Says Free Does The Diet Really Work?
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008In today’s seemingly lazy world most of us live at a pretty slow pace, doing nothing to quickly except gaining unwanted weight. We have it quite posh here in America and the manual labor that is required of us these days is much less than it used to be. More people drive more places, […]
High Blood Pressure - Different Methods To Keep It Under Control
Monday, December 1st, 2008You’ve been to the doctor dozens of times and sat through the inflatable arm cuff test for high blood pressure. The nurse rattles off some numbers, but what do they mean? The magic “good news” number is 115/75, but not all of us are so blessed. As we age, our artery walls are bound to […]
Cholesterol and Triglycerides - Finding Ways To Lower Your Overall Levels
Monday, December 1st, 2008Do you have a lipid disorder? With cholesterol and fatty acids and hypertension, the medical terminology can be confusing, to say the least. A “lipid disorder” is just a blanket term for high cholesterol and triglycerides, meaning that you have too many fatty substances in your body, which puts you at risk for heart disease, […]
