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How to lower high blood preasure

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High blood pressure (HBP) is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and other very serious medical conditions. “Blood pressure” is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. If this pressure rises and stays high over time, it can damage the body in many ways. About 1 in 3 adults in the United States has HBP. The condition itself usually has no signs or symptoms. You can have it for years without knowing it. During this time, though, HBP can damage your heart, blood vessels, kidneys, and other parts of your body. Knowing your blood pressure numbers is important, even when you are feeling fine. If your blood pressure is normal, you can work with your health care team to keep it that way. If your blood pressure is too high, treatment may help prevent damage to your body’s organs. Blood pressure numbers Blood pressure is measured as systolic (sis-TOL-ik) and diastolic (di-

How to know stroke early warning

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The main reasons for handicap in adults, and the fourth dominant reason of death in America is the stroke. Stroke is a grave medical condition and it happens when there is not blood supply to certain part of the brain. The strokes can be of two types, ischemic and hemorrhagic. Caused by reduction or barring of canals to your mind, the more common strokes are the ischemic and they can lead to gravely reduced blood flow. Induced by hemorrhaging in the brain, hemorrhagic strokes are not that common. Recognizing the manifestation of a stroke therefore obtaining medical help is of great importance in order to diminish the risk of serious damage to the mind. The risk of death and handicap can be lowered and it can increase the chances of recovery. The symptoms and signs can have different manifestation depending on the type of the stroke, the affected brain part and the seriousness of the damage. Nevertheless, they have the tendency to happen without warning. Here are some of the

HEALTH BENEFIT OF TAKING LEMON WATER DAILY

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We often hear health experts say that drinking a glass of warm water with lemon every day early in the morning is good for our health. Here’s why: Water is extremely good for your health as it is the best way to keep the body hydrated, and it helps flush out harmful toxins. Lemon is a good source of many nutrients like   calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron and vitamins A, C and B-complex as well as pectin fiber, proteins and carbohydrates . Lemon’s citric acid and strong antibacterial, antiviral and immune-boosting powers also help keep you healthy. To easily reap the benefits, just squeeze the juice from half a lemon into a glass of purified, lukewarm water. If you want, you can add a little honey too. Drink it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, and wait 30 minutes before eating your breakfast. Here are the top 10 health benefits of drinking lemon water. 1. Improves Digestion Several components in lemon stimulate your liver to produce more bile n

Causes Heart Related Disease

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We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong.. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries,today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact. I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.”  Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol. The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease. Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice. It Is Not Working! These recommendations are no lo

Dental cavities perfect cure

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A fine example of what is often deemed as an incurable health problem is dental cavities, but extensive research is now becoming more public about the true nature of tooth decay and the fact that there are proven remedies that can remedy it. The lies perpetrated about tooth decay According to the American Dental Association, the reason we have tooth decay is as follows: “[Tooth decay] occurs when foods containing carbohydrates (sugars and starches) such as milk, pop, raisins, cakes or candy are frequently left on the teeth. Bacteria that live in the mouth thrive on these foods, producing acids as a result. Over a period of time, these acids destroy tooth enamel, resulting in tooth decay.” There are a few problems with this theory, including: • Groups of indigenous people who had fermentable carbohydrates stuck on their teeth all the time that did not brush or floss were mostly or completely free of tooth decay. • Bacteria do not consume processed sugar or flour because o

Benenfit of eating water melon daily

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One cup of diced watermelon (152 grams) contains 43 calories, 0 grams of fat, 2 grams of sodium, 11 grams of carbohydrate (including 9 grams of sugar and 1 gram of fiber) and 1 gram of fiber. One cup of watermelon will provide 17% of vitamin A, 21% of vitamin C, 2% of iron and 1% of calcium needs for the day. Watermelon also contains thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, choline, lycopene and betaine. According to the National Watermelon Promotion Board, watermelon contains more lycopene than any other fruit or vegetable. Here are a few of the benefits adding a cup or two of watermelon daily to your diet will bring: Asthma prevention:  The risks for developing asthma are lower in people who consume a high amount of certain nutrients. One of these nutrients is vitamin C, found in abundance in watermelon. Blood pressure:  A study published by the American Journal of Hypertension