Eating healthy has quickly risen to the top of many adults “to do” list. Knowing the facts about what is indeed unhealthy and was is healthy are the first and most important steps on your road to healthy eating. Taking in all if this information can be quite overwhelming and hard to remember, so having […]
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Diet Can Lower Blood Pressure As Much As Taking A Medication, From The March 2013 Harvard Men's Health Watch
Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 25, 2013 Many people eat their way to high blood pressure (hypertension). It's also possible to eat your way out of it, according to the March 2013 Harvard Men's Health Watch. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan—low in animal fat and salt; abundant in blood-pressure-lowering nutrients—is scientifically proven […]
Weight-loss drugs: Is no news bad news?
In the mid 1990s I attended a conference on medical treatment of obesity where many of the participants were nearly giddy with excitement. The FDA had just approved Redux (fenfluramine), an appetite suppressant which, combined with an older drug, phentermine, became the wildly popular “Fen-Phen.” Doctors listened eagerly to lectures about this drug, which might […]
