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Control High Blood Pressure With These 5 Everyday Foods

December 10, 2016 Srijita5%;, Blood, Control, Everyday, Foods, High;, Pressure?, these, With

Hypertension is one of the most common lifestyle diseases today, with every fifth person we meet suffering from it. A critical step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is making the right lifestyle choices. These lifestyle changes can help reduce your blood pressure along with the use of prescribed medications. Many of us become excessively dependent on allopathic medicines, which can have side effects if taken in the long term. Instead, a holistic approach to wellness and comprehensive coaching can ensure you a better quality of life. A little…

How to reduce blood pressure

December 5, 2016 SrijitaBlood, How, Pressure?, reduce, to

Ah, blood pressure, and those tiny pills that you take from those tiny boxes to battle a not-so-tiny problem. Of all the diseases that nutrition can help with, high BP is the one of the most responsive. Do it right and you can significantly reduce, delay or completely eliminate the need for medication. The most obvious and significant way to do this would be to lose weight. There is a strong correlation between a decrease in weight and a decrease in blood pressure. While healthy weight loss and its methodologies…

Scientists solve blood clot deaths in cancer patients

November 30, 2016 SrijitaBlood, Cancer, clot, Deaths, In, Patients:, Scientists, Solve

New Zealand scientists have unlocked the mystery of why so many cancer patients die of blood clots while undergoing chemotherapy in a study. Chemotherapy stimulates release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells, causing the potentially fatal clots, said the study by University of Otago researchers that came out on Wednesday, Xinhua news reported. Most deaths from cancer were caused by uncontrolled growth of tumour in vital organs, but the second most common way that cancer kills is by triggering blood clotting resulting in thrombosis. The clots cause…

Huge Study Finds a Billion People Suffer From High Blood Pressure

November 17, 2016 Srijitaa, Billion, Blood, Finds, From, High;, huge, People, Pressure?, Study, suffer

The number of people with high blood pressure has almost doubled in 40 years to over 1.1 billion worldwide, scientists said on Wednesday, with the burden of the condition shifting from the rich to the poor. In the largest study of its kind analyzing blood pressure in every nation between 1975 and 2015, the scientists said that it has dropped sharply in wealthy countries – possibly due to healthier diets and lifestyles – but risen in poorer ones. The increases are especially significant in Africa and South Asia, the researchers…

Red Wine Before Smoking Can Offset Damage to Blood Vessels

November 17, 2016 SrijitaBefore, Blood, Can, damage, offset, Red, Smoking, to, Vessels, wine

A glass or two of red wine before lighting up a cigarette can counteract some of the short-term negative effects of smoking on blood vessels, a study says. “The aim of our study was to investigate the acute vascular effects of red wine consumption prior to ‘occasional lifestyle smoking’ in healthy individuals,” explained lead investigator Viktoria Schwarz from University of Saarland, Homburg. “We found evidence that preconsumption of red wine prevented most of the vascular injury caused by smoking,” Schwarz noted. Drinking red wine is widely regarded as protective against…

5 Everyday Food to Help Control Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

November 17, 2016 Srijita5%;, Blood, Control, Everyday, Food., Help, High;, Hypertension, Pressure?, to