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1 High Blood Pressure: What Does it Mean?
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2 Speak Up: What Diseases Run in Your Family?
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3 Do You Have High Blood Pressure?
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4 Worried About High Blood Pressure? Eat Whole Grains
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5 High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to High Blood Pressure
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6 Even Vegans Aren't Immune to Heart Disease
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7 Study Shows Purple Potatoes Combat High Blood Pressure
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8 You Asked: Ways to Get High Blood Pressure Under Control
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9 Hypertension Linked to Kids TV Time
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10 High Blood Pressure? Drink Milk
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11 It's Never Too Early to Think About Your Blood Pressure
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12 Got High Blood Pressure? Could Be Potassium Deficiency
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13 Fight High Blood Pressure With Hibiscus Tea
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14 High Blood Pressure, a Hidden Killer
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15 Brown Rice Tied to Better Heart Health
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16 Salt "Is Like Cocaine" to Your Taste Buds
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17 DrSugar Schools Us on High Blood Pressure
I'm a huge fan of those adorable little purple potatoes, and now I have a reason to eat them. A small recent study shows that eating these plum-colored root veggies can lower your blood pressure. When participants added six to eight small purple potatoes (golf-ball size) twice a day to their regular diet, after four weeks their diastolic (the bottom number) blood pressure lowered by an average of Read more
DrSugar is in the house! This week she's schooling us on hypertension. A recent study from the University of North Carolina found that about one in five young adults, between the ages 24 and 32, has high blood pressure, referred to as hypertension in medical terminology. The concerning part about this rise is that many of those at risk are unaware of this health issue, making this statistic Read more
Being that February is heart health month, it's a good time to review how to keep your ticker ticking properly. Ditching artery-clogging meat and dairy products, which increase risk for heart disease, sounds like a step in the right direction, but unfortunately going vegan like Alicia Silverstone doesn't automatically put you on the safe list. According to research, vegans may not be getting Read more
I grew up in a household that never kept a salt shaker on the dinner table, because high blood pressure runs rampant in my family. Even I suffered from it in high school and all the way through college. My parents and grandparents succumbed to popping prescription pills, but I didn't want to be medicated for my entire life. To get my numbers under control, I started eating healthier and Read more
Salty cravings run rampant in my house, so I can understand people's obsession with using this white stuff. The problem is, between overly salted processed foods and excessive dumping sprinkling, most Americans end up eating over a teaspoon and a half a day, which Time magazine reports as "more than double the 1,500 mg our bodies need." This line from the article just about sums up our salt Read more
A recent study has linked brown rice to better heart health. Researchers found that two kinds of rice, brown rice and half-milled rice, may reduce the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure. An ingredient in these types of rice interferes with angiotensin II, a protein linked to both high blood pressure and clogged arteries. This special ingredient is found in the brown layer of the rice Read more
When I was growing up, my parents had high blood pressure, so there was no salt next to our pepper shaker, and both mom and dad were always popping pills to lower their numbers. I always thought high blood pressure was something old folks had to worry about, so I was shocked to learn mine was high when I was in college. Of course, I was packing on about 20 extra pounds from all the candy, pizza, Read more
With American Heart Month coming to an end, I'd like to urge you to get your blood pressure checked. According to a new report from the Institute of Medicine, hypertension — aka high blood pressure — is becoming a neglected disease. When the doctor slips the Velcro cuff on and off of our arm, it's easy to zone out, but consider this: one in three American adults has hypertension and one in Read more
No matter how much the Corn Refiners Association tries to convince us that high-fructose corn syrup is healthy, I'm not buying it. Now I have another reason to avoid it: new findings have linked high-fructose corn syrup to high blood pressure, aka hypertension. In the past 20 years alone, Americans have increased fructose intake by 30 percent, and that increase tracks closely to the rise in Read more
High blood pressure (hypertension) isn't something only older people have to worry about. It can happen at any age and since it can lead to serious heart problems, you want to get yours checked and do all you can to keep it at a healthy level. Aside from exercising regularly and limiting your salt intake, there's something else you can do to ward off high blood pressure. A new study in the Read more
