Hypertension

What Everyone Needs to Know about High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure – or “hypertension” – is a major public health problem that affects up to 1 in 4 Americans. There are two types of high blood pressure, primary hypertension and secondary hypertension. Primary hypertension accounts for 95% of hypertension and has several contributing factors. Secondary hypertension (obviously the other 5% of hypertension cases)

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Diabetes: Diabetics Should Not Have A High Carb Diet Due To Blood Pressure

New studies evaluating the effects of high-carbohydrate and high- monounsaturated fat diets indicate that patients with type 2 diabetes suffered of modestly raises blood pressure after being exposed to 14 weeks of a high-carbohydrate diet compared to a diet high in monounsaturated fat. One diet consisted in a high-carbohydrate diet consisting of 55 per cent

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Health and fitness software, what should be in it? Part 2

A good health and fitness program needs to focus on factors that prevent us from becoming unhealthy. One factor that has definitely a correlation with unhealthiness is obesity. The health consequences for being overweight or obese are vast and may include high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and some cancers

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