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Potassium and Heart Health
Potassium is a simple mineral with an essential function: helping your heart beat. About a hundred thousand times per day, potassium helps trigger your heart’s squeeze of blood through your body. If you currently suffer from high blood pressure, heart failure, or heart rhythm problems, consuming enough potassium is extremely important. And even though potassium and cholesterol are not directly linked, eating a diet rich in this mineral may lower your cholesterol as well. Potassium: Abundant and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Adult nutrition, Diet, Heart Disease
Even minimal smoking can damage young adult’s arteries.
Smoking only one cigarette can stiffen the arteries of young adults by about 25 percent, states a new study. The harder a persons arteries, the higher their propensity for stroke or heart disease, says Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou, a specialist on internal and vascular medicine at McGill University Health Center in Montreal. She assessed arterial stiffness in both smokers and non-smokers, from ages 18 to 30, at rest and after exercising. To set up a base measurement, the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness, Heart Disease, Smoking Cessation