Blood Pressure: How To Treat Hypertension Naturally

High Blood Pressure In Childhood Could Signal Future Risk

The many factors associated with hypertension include smoking, stress, physical inactivity, diabetes, ethnicity, obesity and excessive alcohol consumption. Hypertension predisposes people to serious diseases including strokes, heart attacks, heart disease and kidney. The good news is that there are natural ways to treat hypertension. Weight One of the best things that you can do to lower your blood pressure is lose weight. Losing ten pounds of weight can make a big difference. In general, the more weight you lose, the better your blood pressure will be. Talk to your doctor to understand what your ideal weight should be. Exercise Regular physical activity can lower your blood pressure as much as 10 points. The current recommendations for physical activity suggest 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic exercise five to six days per week. If you havent been active recently, start slowly and build up to this amount of exercise. Your doctor can work with you to design an activity plan that will work for you. Diet There are many ways to change your diet to reduce your blood pressure. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet is one approach to help decrease blood pressure. Following this diet can reduce blood pressure by 14 points. This diet is high in vegetables, fruits and whole grains and low in dairy and saturated fat. Decreasing your salt intake can also be helpful for some people. It can lower blood pressure as much as to 8 points. Salt should be limited to 2,300 milligrams per day. However, some people may need to reduce this further, to 1,500 mg per day. Decreasing the amount of caffeine you drink can also help lower blood pressure. Caffeine has been shown to temporarily increase your blood pressure.
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Choose Pressure-Lowering Foods Several foods have been found to naturally lower blood pressure. Things like chili peppers, chocolate, beans and bananas have all been proven to lower blood pressure in humans or in trials with rats. Read on for more here. Keep Weight Under Control Eating well is essential to maintaining healthy blood pressure, but even if you live on beans and bananas, extra pounds could harm you. In fact, one Italian study found that hypertension in overweight patients was a secondary condition, caused by the excess weight. In other words, once the weight was lost, the high blood pressure went with it. Stay Away From Salt Perhaps the best known advice for healthy blood pressure is maintaining a low sodium diet.
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Snoring Sounds Warning Bells: Expert

Snoring Affects Eyesight, Evidence Suggests

Weight and environmental factors like allergies could increase the risk, she said. “If a child is snoring more than three nights a week then parents should be concerned.” She said if sleep apnoea went untreated as well as behavioural and learning problems it could cause problems in the muscle and skeletal structure of the face. Fellow speaker Dr Gillian Nixon, a paediatrician at Monash Children’s Hospital, said obstructive sleep apnoea was a “big problem” in New Zealand. She said often parents weren’t too concerned about snoring but it could be a sign of bigger problems which was why it was important to have it diagnosed and treated. “If parents feel that their child is having difficulty breathing while asleep or are worried they are not getting enough air, then those are worrying signs that the child might have obstructive sleep apnoea.
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Snoring May Be a Warning of Serious Health Risk

More precisely, it appears that, the louder a person snores, the more likely they are to end up suffering from poor vision. And no, this doesn’t happen because they get punched in the face by their loved one more often than non-snorers are. The scientists theorize that, in the case of people suffering with sleep apnea, it often happens that the collapsing of the tissue of the throat muscles is accompanied by a reduced flow of oxygen to the eyes. They say that this is probably the reason why sleep apnea sufferers are 1.67 times more likely to develop glaucoma than people not diagnosed with this condition are, sources say. The researchers wish to conduct further investigations and determine if their assumptions are true to facts. FILED UNDER:
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Symptoms can be even more severe for the snorer if they have sleep apnea, a condition which causes them to stop breathing often many times a night and wake gasping for air. Sleep apnea is linked to lung and heart disease, diabetes, obesity and stroke. The disruption of sleep from snoring is causing couples to have a hard time sleeping together. To avoid the symptoms of daytime sleepiness, many couples choose not to sleep together in the same bed.
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How Snoring Can Wreak Havoc On A Marriage

A limited amount of research has indicated that snoring does not pose risk to cardiovascular health. Australian researchers conducted a long-term study of nearly 400 adults and found no increased risk of cardiovascular disease or death from snoring. Other studies have suggested that snoring is associated with other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but that there is no direct relationship between snoring and cardiovascular problems. Among these risk factors are obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption. Still other research indicates a more direct link between snoring and cardiovascular disease. This study conducted in Hungary found increased risk of cardiovascular disorders among men and women who snore.
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My Fears For Catherine Zeta Jones’ Mental Health: Maid Of Honour And Close Friend Gives Her Bombshell Verdict On The Hollywood Couple’s Break-up

James Holmes Mental Health Records: Prosecutors Want Account Of Psychiatric Treatment

Le happy chappy! Michael Douglas forgets Catherine Zeta Jones split as he attends beach closet dedication ceremony in France Curiously, the statement comes two and a half weeks after Michaels latest check-up for throat cancer. He was first declared free of the disease in 2011 and was again given an all-clear. But friends of the couple believe his close brush with death has forced the Wall Street and Behind The Candelabra star, 69, to re-examine his life and he didnt like what he saw. He concluded that his marriage was over in all but name and he saw no point in continuing to live a lie, an insider told The Mail on Sunday.
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Boik was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo) Matt McQuinn, Samantha Yowler This undated photo provided by the family shows Matt McQuinn, left, and Samantha Yowler. McQuinn was killed and Yowler was wounded in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting. (AP Photo) This photo provided by the family shows Micayla Medek. Medek, 23, is one of the 12 people killed when a gunman barged into a crowded theater, set off gas canisters and opened fire as spectators dove for cover and tried to flee, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. Dozens of others were injured, including 11 in critical condition.
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Hefner VA hosts mental health summit

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