The Circulatory
Can Breathing Affect Blood Pressure?
Breathing. We can’t live if we don’t do it. And as it turns out, if periodically throughout the day we’re deliberate about how we do it, it can help us lower our blood pressure.
In our pursuit of good health through the management of normal blood pressure, we here at 120/Life want to be on this journey with you by helping to familiarize you with (or remind of) natural and effective tools to augment your blood pressure normalization behaviors.
Potassium and Its Heart Health Benefits
If you’re among the nearly half of American adults who have received a diagnosis of hypertension, you may recall that one of the first things your healthcare professional told you was to limit your sodium intake (as discussed in our previous blog post). However, there is also an abundance of research linking an increased incidence of hypertension with low levels of potassium—so much so that researchers are now suggesting that naturally increasing your potassium levels may be as important as decreasing your sodium levels.
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Combating Hypertension: Separating Myths from Facts in Your Diet
Statistically, one in every three American adults suffers from hypertension. Although hypertension won't always have devastating consequences, it does have a significant impact on your quality of life. Over time, it can increase your risk of kidney disease and more severe forms of heart disease. At 120/Life, we do what we can to help people prevent and treat hypertension.
What Comes From The Heart Helps The Heart
As you all know, we are living in very uncertain times. And it’s in times like these that many of us feel a natural calling to help our fellow man. You may be surprised to learn that acts of kindness can have a positive impact not only on the people they’re directed toward, but on your blood pressure. Turns out our hearts truly have a built-in mechanism for incentivizing us to help each other.
In this spirit, we came across two studies that we really wanted to share with you, in the Journal Health Psychology. These 2 studies address the heart. The emotional heart AND the anatomical heart.
