Archive for March, 2008
Watch Your Weight gain while Quitting Smoking
March 27th, 2008
Quitting smoking? It’s definitely a step in the right direction towards improving your health. But make sure to watch your weight in the process or your lungs won’t see all the benefits that come from butting out.
“The overall effect of quitting smoking on lung function seems beneficial, but this effect could change over time if mean BMI continues to increase in the population,” writes author Dr. Susan Chinn in the journal The Lancet.
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Smoking and High Blood Pressure – A Deadly Combination
March 13th, 2008
Health is not just a goal, it is an ongoing process. Health and ill health depend on the power of digestion. Healthy, low fat foods are a great way to change your diet for the better. Healthy food provides quality fuel, and will improve your health while raising your energy levels. Healthy people who have blood pressure that is low but still in the normal range (when measured at rest) tend to live longer than people who have higher normal blood pressure.
Blood pressure is an important diagnostic index, especially of circulatory function. It is continually changing depending on activity, temperature, diet, emotional state, posture, physical state, and medication use. Blood pressure is elevated for two main reasons: too high blood volume too narrow blood vessels due to a substance our kidneys make called angiotensin. However, the biggest problem with treatment of high blood pressure is not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of the application of our current knowledge.
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