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The Best Diet for Heart Health & Lowering Cholesterol
What Foods Help Lower Cholesterol & Improve Heart Health? You probably know that you need more than your fork to ... -
Blood Pressure Medications and Exercise
“People often have the impression that if they’re taking blood pressure medications, they don’t have to change the ... -
Blood Pressure Guidelines | 130 Is the New “High”
With a blood pressure reading of 130/80, “you’ve already doubled your risk of cardiovascular complications compared to ... -
Do You Have Masked Hypertension?
Masked hypertension poses the same dangers that any diagnosis of hypertension has, including increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney ... -
Staying Fit: National High Blood Pressure Education
What Is Blood Pressure? As blood pushes against artery walls, it creates a force. This force is your blood pressure ... -
High Blood Pressure Symptoms
If you suspect you have hypertension, you may be asking, “What are common high blood pressure symptoms?” In ... -
I never put salt on anything. Why do I have high blood pressure?
It’s important to know that about 75% of the salt (sodium-chloride) Americans eat every day does not ... -
Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally – 7 Tips
The higher our blood pressure, the greater our risk of stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, impotence, and ... -
The Dangers of Salt:
It’s More Than Just a Blood Pressure ProblemIn a recent comprehensive review in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the authors concluded that even in ... -
Shopping List for Lowering Blood Pressure
“We have many people with hypertension who come to Pritikin,” says Pritikin’s Medical Director Danine Fruge, MD, “and within ... -
Are salt substitutes safe?
Most salt substitutes contain potassium chloride. Potassium chloride tastes somewhat like sodium chloride (salt), though some people complain of a ... -
How Long Does It Take To Lower Blood Pressure?
It was just a routine doctor’s visit, but you heard news that surprised you. “You have high blood ... -
Alternatives To High Blood Pressure Medication
Get the details of a healthy lifestyle plan so powerful that many people can wipe out the need for high ... -
Super-Simple Meal Plan For Blood Pressure and Weight Loss
This 5-Day, Super-Simple Meal Plan is based on the ultra-healthy foods served at the renowned Pritikin Longevity ... -
Salt and High Blood Pressure
Salt is everywhere, and high blood pressure (the result of too much salt in our diets) is an American epidemic ... -
How do I lower blood pressure naturally?
In a new video airing on Public Television stations nationwide, experts at the Pritikin Longevity Center discuss how to lower ... -
Resistant Hypertension Treatment
People with resistant hypertension (there are 15+ million in the U.S.) are told that there’s nothing they can ... -
Music and Your Health – Lowering Blood Pressure
Listening to music may help lower your blood pressure, reported scientists from the University of Florence, Italy, at the American ... -
What Is Hypertension? And Other Common Questions
I’m taking pills, so I’m fine. I don’t need a heart healthy diet.” That’s how ... -
The Best Diet For High Blood Pressure
What you do eat is just as important as what you don’t eat. Men who followed a diet ... -
High Blood Pressure Cures – Diet Is #1
In a new American Heart Association scientific statement, the nation’s experts in hypertension research concluded that of all environment ... -
Are low-sodium diets healthy?
Two new studies suggest a link between low-sodium intake and higher risk of disease and death. Are they right ...