There are literally scores of ways to reduce high blood pressure (BP) without having to take recourse to drugs.
Osteoporosis, which means ‘porous bones’, describes any condition that reduces bone mass. Symptoms include leg and foot cramps; height loss; lower-back pain; hip, wrist and spine fractures;
Lately, evidence has emerged to show that some foods considered 'bad' are actually not so bad for you, and some foods, traditionally considered 'good', may not be as good for us as we'd always believed. These include:
Q My 17-month-old has what my dentist calls ‘baby-bottle mouth’. She has lost most of the enamel from one tooth and has cavities in three others. The dentist says it’s due to nighttime feeding (she is breastfed).
Q My wife has been taking drugs for high blood pressure for six years, and suffers distressing side-effects from whichever type she is prescribed. She is convinced the drugs have no beneficial effect whatsoever, as her blood pressure goes up and...
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High blood pressure in the elderly can be safely reduced without drugs just by taking a mineral salt containing magnesium and potassium, researchers in the Netherlands have discovered. ...
We all know that too much salt is bad for you but too little can be just as harmful. ...
Reducing salt in your diet will not help lessen the risks of high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack. The long cherished belief that salt was a major culprit in raising blood pressure has bee ...