Documents tagged 'Blood'
Published: 21/07/2008
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is not something to be taken lightly. It is a serious disease the cause of which is unknown. One fact health care professionals do know is that left untreated, high blood pressure over time can lead to serious heart disease and other vascular troubles,...
Published: 21/07/2008
You should always keep in mind that whatever actions you do today can either help to prevent, delay or minimize the effect of heart disease or worsen it. The key is to control risk factors. Granted that you cannot control every risk factor for heart disease such as family history but you...
Published: 21/07/2008
Did you know that there are key health benefits that can result from owning a pet? Having one can enhance your physical, mental and social wellbeing.
1. How can a pet help your physical health?
Owning a dog, for instance, will encourage you to get more exercise. With your faithful...
Published: 21/07/2008
It’s an unfortunate reality that throughout the years there has been a growth of strength training techniques without any scientific proof to back them up. As in life, and in training the simplest is always the best. Have a look at the facts presented in this outline of weight gain...
Published: 21/07/2008
What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is an important part of cell membranes and is important to the structure and function of all of your body’s cells. Liver makes about 80% of the cholesterol for your body. Animal products are the source for the rest of the 20% of cholesterol of the...
Published: 21/07/2008
Women who get lots of folic acid from both diet and supplements have less chance of developing high blood pressure than women who get very little, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2005;293:320-9) that re-analyzed data from two previous studies.
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Published: 21/07/2008
Incorporating these fat loss tips will improve your nutrition program. Start off slowly and add one a week, you don’t have to adopt all of them at once. Before long, youve cleaned up your nutrition program and on your way to reaching your goal. Trendy diets, fads and the infomercial...
Published: 21/07/2008
With puberty, comes great responsibility.
What with all the changes including the way your body looks and the way it smells happening during this exciting phase in your life! Theres nothing to worry about. These changes are a normal part of becoming a woman, but sometimes, they can...
Published: 21/07/2008
Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose (sugar) for our bodies to burn to create energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, produces a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of...
Published: 21/07/2008
WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE; WE ARE BIO ELECTRICAL ENGINES
In order to accomplish all the many millions of complex functions that occur over the course of the day, your body has to be able to communicate with itself all the way down to the cellular level. And do you know how it...
