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You know when you go to the doctor the nurse wraps that thing around your upper arm and squeezes the air pump? Then they tell you a number that you most likely forget. This number is your blood pressure and it's actually important. So, what's healthy in terms of blood pressure? What's a Healthy Blood Pressure? Less than 100/60 Less than 140/80 More than 140/80 More Read more
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
