White Coat Symptoms Proven in Studies

White Coat Symptoms Proven in Studies

by | Apr 16, 2012 | 25 comments

White coat syndrome, or the phenomenon where a person’s blood pressure raises simply because they are stressing out over visiting a doctor, has been shown to affect over 1/3 of people over 50. A study conducted by researchers at The National Clinical Guideline Center...
Raisins Help Reduce Blood Pressure

Raisins Help Reduce Blood Pressure

by | Apr 14, 2012 | 22 comments

Recently, study findings from the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center showed that pre-hypertensive participants who ate raisins three times a day were able to reduce their blood pressure during the 12-week study. Compared to participants eating...
Soy Helps Lowers Blood Pressure

Soy Helps Lowers Blood Pressure

by | Apr 9, 2012 | 42 comments

Researchers at Columbia University in New York found that people who consumed more soy protein than non-soy eating counterparts had much lower blood pressure. The data suggest that the isoflavones in soy work to boost the body’s natural production of nitric oxide,...
Why Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Rise With Age

Why Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Rise With Age

by | Apr 7, 2012 | 26 comments

Is there a single reason why these levels creep into the danger zone with age? Most doctors will tell you no… that there are simply too many other variables that accompany aging that will affect blood pressure, cholesterol, sexual performance, metabolism, etc. But are...