Chuck that Giant Handbag for Lower Blood Pressure
June 21, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Easy Health Tips, Health, Heart Health, Prevention, Your Body
Easy Health Tip of the Day:
Give your massive handbag the ‘ol heave-ho to lower blood pressure.
Why?
Because wearing a heavy bag compresses the veins in your shoulders and increases your BP in as little as 10 minutes! So imagine the kind of damage you could be doing during an all-day shopping marathon. Aye Chihuahua!
The fix? A lighter bag (duh) or one with a strap over two inches wide to help distribute the bag’s weight more evenly. A clutch or backpack would work, too.
Image: eluxury.com
Blood Pressure Problems? Put Down that Energy Drink!
May 13, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Drink, Easy Health Tips, Health, Heart Health, Prevention, Your Body
Image details: Arm with blood pressure cuff ‘ Color served by picapp.com
Love the buzz of a Red Bull or Rock Star? If you have high blood pressure, you may want to fall out of love…quickly!
A study by Wayne State University in Michigan which was recently presented at the American Heart Association found that the blood pressure and heart rates of healthy adults increased after they downed 2 cans of energy drinks a day. Most of these drinks, of course, are packed to the gills with caffeine and taurine, an amino acid which can adversely affect the heart.
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