- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
High Blood Pressure Quotes
Honest words on hypertension and health
High blood pressure touches diet, genetics and lifestyle alike, and these quotes speak plainly about the Average American diet's role in pushing numbers higher.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a vegetarian first. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer, and I knew it was in the food, so I changed my diet.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lifetime probability of developing high blood pressure - so even if your blood pressure is normal now, if you continue to eat the typical American diet, you will be at risk.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as protecting yourself against Alzheimer's disease, well, it turns out that fish oil has the effect of reducing your risk for Alzheimer's disease. You should also keep your blood pressure down, because chronic high blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020