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About one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure.Your blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury, which is abbreviated as mm Hg. There are two numbers involved in the measurement:Systolic blood pressure. The top number represents the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart beats.Diastolic blood pressure. The bottom number represents the pressure in your blood vessels between beats, when your heart is resting.Your blood pressure depends on how much blood your heart is pumping, and how much resistance there is to blood flow in your arteries. The narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure.Blood pressure...

Hypertension is an elevated blood pressure. The main causes are functional disorders of those parts of the nervous system that are responsible for the operation of the brain centers regulating cardiovascular activity. As a result of such violations, a spasm of arterial walls arises.The main factors that cause hypertension are mental trauma, nervous system overload( especially chronic), overwork. Hypertension is accompanied by headache, nausea, dizziness, noise in the corners, increased fatigue and disability. Often, the disease causes increased irritability, rapid excitability, sleep disturbance. In severe cases, dyspnoea, palpitations, heart pains, swelling, brain disorders( up to the hemorrhage to the brain)...

Each of us wants to have a slim and toned body. Often it is necessary to lose extra pounds, which requires a certain amount of physical activity. It is not enough to take care of yourself, attend cultural events-the physical component directly affects the mood and perception of yourself. No diet or special pills can keep the body in the right shape. The best solution is yoga for weight loss.Yoga classes solve not only physical problems, but also psychological ones. After all, the main principle that yoga preaches is acceptance of yourself, your body. When a person gains inner integrity,...

You do not sleep well, get tired quickly, feel a heaviness in your stomach, and micro-inflammations have appeared on your face... You may have recently been eating unhealthy food or drinking too much alcohol, which means it's time for a day of fasting. But won't it hurt even more?The practice of fasting days or short mono-diets has been known in medicine for a long time. The principle is simple: for 1-3 days you need to eat only one specific product (rice, cottage cheese, apples, kefir, eggs, etc.). It gives the body the necessary nutrients, but does not overload the digestive...

The buckwheat diet, although it consists of only one main product, is not as harmful to the body as some other mono-diets, since buckwheat is extremely nutritious and contains a lot of vitaminsaccording to nutritionists, it gives a fairly quick result with its short duration. Recommendations will help you get out of the diet smoothly enough so that the lost pounds do not come back immediately.Advantages of the buckwheat dietThe principle of the buckwheat diet is to eat only buckwheat for a week or two. There are more gentle varieties, where it is allowed to add dried fruits, honey, natural...