Make Me Happy, Sweet Chocolate, and Lower My Blood Pressure.
July 21, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Easy Health Tips, Food and Drink, Happy Living Tip, Junk Food That Isn't, Nutrition, WOO hoo!, Womens Health
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Is there just anything better than reading about the health benefits of steak, beer or chocolate? Methinks not.
So here’s another gem for you: German researchers say that eating a square of dark chocolate every day can reduce your systolic blood pressure (the top number) by 3 points and your diastolic pressure by 2! And you don’t have to worry about breaking the diet bank, either. Each square only totals about 30 calories (calories full of bliss, I might add.)
The trick? Natural compounds found in dark chocolate raise your levels of nitric oxide, …read more
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.
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