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The Facts About Diabetes & Hypertension
Individuals with diabetes have a higher mortality risk of about 60%. However, the risks jump drastically, approximately 3 times higher in those individuals that have type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
Among the health related concerns are retinopathy, nephropathy, stroke, and coronary heart disease. The risk of CVD increases in individuals that have diabetes and hypertension [...]
Smoking – The Hard Facts about Nicotine and how it Causes Hypertension
Based on medical studies, it is said that smoking tobacco or cigarettes can cause your blood pressure level to increase by 5 to 10 mm Hg during the day. It is actually the systolic blood pressure that is largely affected since the systolic blood pressure count increases by at least 20 mm Hg.
Persons already [...]
The Facts About Diabetes & Hypertension
Individuals with diabetes have a higher mortality risk of about 60%. However, the risks jump drastically, approximately 3 times higher in those individuals that have type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
Among the health related concerns are retinopathy, nephropathy, stroke, and coronary heart disease. The risk of CVD increases in individuals that have diabetes and hypertension [...]
High Blood Pressure Diet – Improving Your Diet by Adding Dietary Fibers
Since most of the causes that trigger high blood pressure stems from improper dietary intakes, we should give concern as to how our body eliminates the resulting wastes. These wastes are either eliminated through the kidney or through the large intestines.
Fiber as waste binder plays a pivotal role in preventing high blood pressure through proper [...]
Valerian – Still Lacks FDA Approval as Hypertension Treatment
Valerian is the generic name of a root herb used as a sedative substance to treat insomnia and anxiety disorder. For more than one thousand years, Valerian root has been used as a tranquilizer to calm people by helping them alleviate stress.
The biochemicals of valerian are similar to the modern tranquilizers and mood elevators being [...]
