Ignore Your High Blood Pressure and it Will Kill You – Is That What You Really Want?

Here’s an absolutely amazing fact about people with high blood pressure or hypertension in America. The American Heart Association estimates that fully one third of people diagnosed with high blood pressure, that’s roughly 20 million people, ignore it. They do nothing to treat their condition. They don’t take high blood pressure medication, they haven’t adjusted their diets and they sit on their butts and continue to live a sedentary life style.

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Hypertension – 7 Steps to Normal Blood Pressure Without Using Drugs

As high blood pressure sufferers it pays dividends in terms of our health to know what risk factors we can control and those that we cannot. Our age and genetic make-up are obviously beyond our control; however, following these seven steps will lead us along the drug free road to the heaven of not having hypertension.

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High Blood Pressure – Is Your Weight Putting You at Risk?

Being overweight is a risk factor for high blood pressure. Being overweight is only part of the problem. The more we are over our ideal weight the greater is the risk of us developing hypertension, especially if all those extra pounds are around our waist. The good news is that we can do something about…

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High Blood Pressure – Is Your Weight Putting You at Risk?

Being overweight is a risk factor for high blood pressure. Being overweight is only part of the problem. The more we are over our ideal weight the greater is the risk of us developing hypertension, especially if all those extra pounds are around our waist. The good news is that we can do something about…

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A Link Between High Blood Pressure and Coffee?

If I have one vice in my otherwise healthy lifestyle, it’s my large cup of great coffee, everyday. Not one for wanting to own “vices,” I am curious as to why coffee, in moderation, is considered to be one. This was highlighted the other day while having breakfast with a friend. She told me how “lucky” I am to be able to have my coffee every day. She said she couldn’t drink coffee anymore due to hypertension. Her doctor advised her that this could contribute to her hypertension.

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