While moderate exercise (about 2.5 hours a week) can help to lower your blood pressure by enabling your heart to use oxygen more efficiently, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) warns that over-training can lead to increases in your resting…
Could snoring be contributing to your high blood pressure?
You might not think that snoring is potentially serious, but here is a good reason why you should see your doctor if your snoring is loud, or if your snoring is punctuated by periods of silence. You might have a…
Dark chocolate: one of the most pleasant ways to manage your blood pressure
Dark chocolate shares something in common with grapes: it contains resveratrol and flavonoids that may help to protect your heart. One square of dark chocolate with at least 70 percent cocoa content may be a delicious and natural way to…
Here’s another reason to cut back on fast food
If you have high blood pressure thanks to eating too many high-salt, on-the-go meals out of paper bags, here’s one more reason to change your eating habits. Fast food may also be hurting your kidneys. High blood pressure can damage…
You can’t ‘feel’ high blood pressure
One out of every three Americans will develop hypertension, or high blood pressure, even if they have no family history of the disease. If you are one of the unlucky ones to get it, you will not feel any differently.…
