Tag: Blood Pressure

Do you know your blood pressure?

This blood pressure chart from the Mayo Clinic can help you figure out if your blood pressure is at a healthy level or if you’ll need to take some steps to improve your numbers. A total blood pressure reading is determined by measuring the systolic and diastolic blood pressures....

Newsflash: Egg White Protein May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Isn’t it crazy that we have to “discover” that eggs are good for you? We’ve been eating eggs forever, and all healthy cultures eat eggs. In fact, the heart-healthiest people on planet earth eat eggs, to the tune of about 1 every single day. And it’s not JUST the...

Lower Blood Pressure Without Drugs? Take A Nap

If you’re looking to improve your blood pressure, there are some simple solutions to try … before (or in addition to) taking meds.    Compare the risks and side-effects of taking a nap versus medication: Taking a nap. Side effects include alertness, better performance, less chronic hunger.   Blood...

Can Sodas to Lower Blood Pressure

Got a blood pressure problem? Stop drinking sodas. I love this quote (through Reuters) from the American Heart Association, because it doesn’t mince words: “Too much sugar not only makes people fatter, but is also a key culprit in diabetes, heart disease and stroke.” The researchers pointed out that...

About Obama Physical

Check out this video below … to answer these questions: Is our President healthy? What about his cholesterol? WHY does his BMI show him to be borderline FAT?? And what does this tell us about our way of measuring overweight? For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s...

Robo Calls Actually LOWER Blood Pressure?

Normally your blood pressure shoots up when you answer your phone to hear a campaign ad or sales call for something absurd. But the American Heart Association is now telling us that an automated calling system can help people with hypertension be more aware of the potentially disabling or...

Foods To Help Lower Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is not just about the sodium anymore. The factor you can increase … to decrease … your blood pressure, turns out to be foods with Potassium. Blood pressure is increased by eating more Sodium (please note: the principle source of Sodium in the U.S. diet comes...

FDA Cuts the GRAS on Salt

Here’s what we know.1) Excess salt consumption is linked to heart disease and stroke.2) The Food and Drug Administration wants Americans to have fewer heart attacks and strokes. But their proposed solution to the problem is to consider changing the status of salt in the diet. The way they...