Category: Blood Pressure

Every second person with high blood pressure is salt-sensitive. But don’t get mistaken. Salt-sensitivity is seldom hereditary. It is mostly acquired. There are at least 7 easily modifiable lifestyle factors …

There are at least a dozen factors that cause high blood pressure, but salt isn’t one of them. Despite what your doctor is telling you, low-salt diet won’t fix your …

The last thing you want is to get a heart attack, so heart health is constantly on your mind. Wouldn’t it be ideal if you could check in an instant …

It’s not that easy to see whether you eat too much salt, unless you dedicate a large portion of your day to input data into a food tracker. But then …

You’ve been told to ditch salt, right? Not so fast. You need sodium! And you need it more than you think. The bottom line is: you can’t live without it. …

Here is the second video-post in the High Blood Pressure Series. You won’t believe it, but salt-sensitivity, high blood pressure and dry skin tend to go together. We know that …

Should high blood pressure and low-sodium diet go together? Not necessarily. Despite a heavy push towards lowering sodium in the diet among heart patients, low-salt diet isn’t a hypertension panacea. …

Recurring colds are not just a nuisance. Besides bringing unpleasant symptoms of coughing, sneezing, and malaise, common colds are additionally big energy drainers and work interrupters. There are about 500 …

Your doctor covered it already: to avoid stroke and heart attack you need to lower cholesterol. Hmm.. if only things were so simple… Here is a surprise: low cholesterol does …

Did you know that a spike in blood pressure after eating is less of an indicator of the food quality, but more of a marker for cardiovascular problems? All jokes …