While prescription drugs can lower blood pressure, it may cause side effects such as leg cramps, dizziness, and insomnia. Fortunately, most people can bring down their pressure naturally without medication with home remedies for low pressure (called hypotension). First, get to a healthy weight (these tips can help you get there). Then try these strategies to reduce the risk of heart disease.
High blood pressure plays a contributing role in more than 15% of deaths in the United States.
In recent times so much emphasis has been laid on staying healthy that it seems to be quite a sought after affair. Who doesn't want to stay active and healthy? But when it comes to older adults it could well be the need of the hour rather than a wishful desire. Staying active ensures not only a healthy body but a healthy brain also.
Exercise is known to be a good antidote of depression. It releases chemicals in the brain called endorphins, which boosts your mood. Studies have shown that exercise can make you happier, build stamina, and boost self-esteem.
There are those who smoke and are happy. Hey, we all have our vices. Then there are people who don't want to smoke but can't manage to quit. They walk around with bad odours, empty wallets, crippled lungs and an aura of failure.
All of which is unnecessary.
If you smoke and want to quit, you've probably tried patches or gum. Or maybe you kept it simple and quit cold turkey. Both strategies have similar succeed rates, which is a polite way of saying they don't work. Nicotine supplements assume the problem is chemical. It's not.
