Tag: high blood pressure

Really Expensive Pee For Pregnant Women

Actually, these supplements are worse than just being no more than expensive pee. In this case, it makes the problem even worse!!What HappenedPregnant women were coached to take high doses of vitamins C and E to lower their risk of developing a pregnancy complication marked by high blood pressure. What...

What? Eating less salt DOESNT cut heart risks?

Every time you think you know something in nutrition … the rug gets pulled out from under you. Eggs, no eggs; margarine, no margarine; nuts, no nuts; and on and on. And now, this study insists that higher salt consumption doesn’t drive up your blood pressure! Even worse, the people...

More Good News For Coffee

Coffee has had an amazing comeback over the past few decades.  We used to think it was terrible for you, caused cancer, and generally caused bodily havoc. Well, no more. It is a raging health food.  This Reuters article, below, suggests that coffee doesn’t contribute to high blood pressure...

Want high blood pressure? Here’s what to drink.

Just when you thought it was safe. Just when you thought it was easy to understand how to prevent high blood pressure and the pesky brain haemorrhage that can follow from it.  Just cut out salt, right?  Well, now scientists have linked drinking sugary drinks like fizzy cola and fruit drinks...

Mediterranean Diet Lowers Blood Pressure

The Mediterranean Dietary approach can help lower blood pressure. This, according to this report published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, adherence to this way of eating was associated with lower blood pressure. This adds to the data indicating that the consistent health benefits of this approach. For...

Lower Blood Pressure with Peas?

Certain proteins found in the yellow garden pea appear to help lower blood pressure and delay, control or even prevent the onset of chronic kidney disease, at least in rats. Yellow peas? Really? Yellow peas, as in … plain old yellow peas? The answer is yes, and it reinforces...

Salty Business

The food industry has again come under fire for the amount of salt used in products, as this survey found that sodium levels had remained ‘essentially the same’ over the past three years. That the salt levels mined from processed food products are the same as they have been...

Salt is Safe?

Dr. Clower’s Audio Commentary Incredible. Data from this research study, shows that salt may not be as bad as we thought … for high blood pressure and its ultimate effect as a contributor to heart attacks. The study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine says that people...