Habits And Hypertension An increased risk of high blood pressure, especially the malignant variety, is incurred by smoking and tobacco use. Nicotine from tobacco chewed or smoked is a vasoconstrictive agent, aggravating the blood vessel narrowing that is the immediate cause of the hypertension . Alcohol ...

Heart Disease Diet Initiatives include increasing the intake of whole foods, including vegetables, fruits, whole unrefined grains, legumes, beans, nuts, seeds, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids. Only 8 percent of Americans meet the governmental nutritional standard of at least two fruit and ...

Although many of my patients have had success with the eight step following program for hypertension, I only use the general guidelines discussed below after reviewing a patient’s personal and medical history, performing a thorough examination and evaluating the laboratory studies to make sure that the program will ...

Although most studies look at the effects of a single vitamin, mineral or phytochemical, some researchers have studied “whole” foods. Some of the findings are surprising and suggest that there are many tasty ways to keep the heart beating strongly for a long time. Putting ...

Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health summarized over 30,000 studies that implicated cigarette smoking and nicotine as a significant cause of early death and disability in the United States. Indeed, about 1o percent of all hospital admissions in our country can be attributed to cigarette ...

Heart Disease ans vitamin C . A low tissue concentration of vitamin C, many re-searchers now agree, should be considered a bona fide risk factor for heart disease. The nutrient’s stellar performance in protecting blood fats from turning into atherosclerotic plaque makes it one of our best tools against what ...

Most of us follow a specific diet for one or two reasons. These are usually to enhance our appearance or improve our cardiovascular health. From an appearance point of view, being slender seems to be considered more attractive by both men and women in Canada and USA today....