How To Prevent High Blood Pressure

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High blood pressure increases your risk for heart disease. People at any age can take steps each day to keep blood pressure levels normal. Working with a Holistic Chiropractor is the best way to develop a life-style for creating normal blood pressure.  They will help you develop a plan to return your blood pressure to normal and to place you back in control of your health.

How to Prevent High Blood Pressure

Increases in blood pressure increases your risk for heart disease. People at any age can take steps each day to keep blood pressure levels normal.

Lifestyle 

• Eat a healthy diet. Eating healthfully can help keep your blood pressure down. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, which provide nutrients such as potassium and fiber. Also, eat foods that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

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High Blood Pressure and What You Need To Know

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About 1 in 3 U.S. adults—as estimated 68 million—have high blood pressure¹, which increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, leading causes of death in the United States.²

High blood pressure is called the "silent killer" because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people don't realize they have it. That's why it's important to get your blood pressure checked regularly.

The good news is that you can take steps to prevent high blood pressure, or to treat it if it is already high.

About High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circulates through your body. Blood pressure normally rises and falls throughout the day, but it can cause health problems if it stays high for a long time. Having high blood pressure raises your risk for heart disease and stroke, leading causes of death in the United States.¹

High blood pressure is called the "silent killer" because many people don't realize they have it. High blood pressure often has no warning signs or symptoms.

Diastolic and Systolic

Measuring Your Blood Pressure  Always Check Your Blood Pressure In 3 positions

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High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need To Know

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High Blood Cholesterol:  What You Need To Know

Why Is Cholesterol Important?

Your blood cholesterol level may have a lot to do with your chances of getting heart disease. High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease. A risk factor is a condition that increases your chance of getting a disease. In fact, the higher your blood cholesterol level, the greater your risk for developing heart disease or having a heart attack. Heart disease is the number one killer of women and men in the United States. Each year, more than a million Americans have heart attacks, and about 55 percent of those people die from heart disease.

Does High Cholesterol Lead To Heart Disease?

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Hepetitis C Hysteria - Should You Believe The Hype?

 Baby Boomers Recommended to Get Hepatitis C Test

I came across this article on line after hearing a radio commercial for getting a Hepatitis C Shot for anyone born between the years 1945 through 1965.  So I thought I'd do some research to understand why.  Here is what the article said.  My comments are at the end.

If you’re a baby boomer, getting tested for hepatitis C would be a wise decision because boomers are five times more likely to have this virus than other generations, and most people that have it don’t realize it. Those that are infected are at very high risk of eventually developing liver cancer, cirrhosis or other fatal liver diseases. Here’s what else you should know.

CDC Recommendations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that all Americans born from 1945 through 1965 get a hepatitis C test. The reason is because baby boomers account for 75 percent of the 3 million or so hepatitis C cases in the U.S., even though they make up only 27 percent of the total population.

Most hepatitis C infections occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, before there were tests to detect them and before the nation’s blood supply was routinely screened for the virus.

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