Healthbolt » Lower Blood Pressure http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt Health News and Commentary - Weird Health News and Information Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Make Me Happy, Sweet Chocolate, and Lower My Blood Pressure. http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/make-me-happy-sweet-chocolate-and-lower-my-blood-pressure/ http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/make-me-happy-sweet-chocolate-and-lower-my-blood-pressure/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:00:57 +0000 Liberty Kontranowski http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/07/21/make-me-happy-sweet-chocolate-and-lower-my-blood-pressure/ Post from: Healthbolt

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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, a known blood-vessel relaxer.

So…more chocolate in your life = better health? Man, what great news for a Monday, eh?

Bon apetit!

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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

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