Doctors consider prescribing drugs when your blood pressure is high—that is, it’s at least 140 over 90. But it’s a threat to your blood vessels before it crosses that line.…
Category: Heart and Disease
“An optimal blood pressure is less than 115 systolic over 75 diastolic,” says Norm Campbell, professor of medicine, community health sciences, and physiology and pharmacology at the University of Calgary…
When you eat fat, it first shows up in the bloodstream as chylomicrons—lipoproteins that are triglyceride-rich. A lipoprotein is a particle that consists of some protein and some lipid like…
Replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fats is important for protecting your heart, but it’s not the only precaution you should be taking. “This may sound surprising, but saturated fat is…
Researchers examined eight trials on 554 people (with or without high blood pressure) who were told to eat either beans (about a cup a day) or other foods with the…
Added sugars—including ordinary sugar and high-fructose corn syrup—have been linked to a higher risk of dying of a heart attack or stroke. Researchers tracked roughly 11,700 people in the National…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that adults get at least 2½ hours of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 1¼ hours of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, or an equivalent…