DIET AND HYPERTENSION Hypertension or High Blood Pressure‚ as it is commonly called‚ is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated. With each heart beat‚ heart pumps blood through the arteries to the body. Blood pressure is the pressure or force with which blood is pushed against the walls of the blood vessels. If the pressure is too high‚ the heart has to pump harder which in turn can damage the body organ and cause illnesses like stroke‚ heart attack‚ heart
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In 1886‚ the Coca Cola Company was developed but it wasn ’t until 1898 that the fierce competitor Pepsi-Cola entered into the market. These 2 companies are the two major players that dominate the consumer beverage (soft-drink) industry. Coke and Pepsi have since been competing to rein the global market in consumer beverages. The market of drinks in the United States alone is valued at more than thirty million dollars annually. With the growth of these two companies‚ PepsiCo has developed and acquired
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The Paleo diet plan mainly focuses on the lifestyle of an individual. It is intended to restrict and eliminate specific food groups that may cause a person to gain weight. You can compare the Paleo diet to eating like a caveman. This is based on the understanding that the ideal human diet was the one we had in earlier times. These are foods that were eaten by those living in the Paloelithic era‚ hence the name‚ Paleo diet. The main foods of the Paleo diet include: -Fish -Vegetables -Meat -Nuts
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quality and expectancy. One example that comes to mind is the paleolithic diet. In order to understand what our body consumes best‚ to keep it functioning properly‚ we need to understand what our ancestors were consuming when our bodies were developing. Research has shown that our body was not designed to eat the processed foods that are so heavily consumed today. One study had ten participants consume a paleolithic style diet of fruits‚ vegetables‚ lean meat‚ and nuts for ten days. At the end of the
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A healthy diet is one that helps maintain or improve health. It is important for lowering many chronic health risks‚ such as obesity‚ heart disease‚ diabetes‚ hypertension and cancer.[1] A healthy diet involves consuming appropriate amounts of all essential nutrients and an adequate amount of water. Nutrients can be obtained from many different foods‚ so there are numerous diets that may be considered healthy. A healthy diet needs to have a balance of macronutrients (fats‚ proteins‚ and carbohydrates)
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ATKINS DIET ANALYSIS Phuong Nguyen NUTR 1322 Friday 6pm What is Atkins Diet? The Atkins Diet is also known as the Atkins Nutritional Approach. It was made by Dr. Atkins‚ an American cardiologist. Atkins Diet was developed by reducing one’s carbohydrate intake. The body is an engine; carbs are the gas that makes it go. Low carb –Atkins is a modern and science diet based on energy metabolism. The principle of this mode is to cut the total amount of carbohydrates in the body because carbohydrates
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The Atkins Diet is a diet where you eat less carbohydrates and more fats and proteins so; your body goes into Metabolic State and starts to burn fat instead of carbohydrates. 1. Many health problems can occur including blood problems‚ vomiting‚ bad breath‚ constipation‚ kidney problems and heart attacks. The one that I will be focusing on today is the higher risk of heart attacks. According to BHF (The British Heart Foundation)‚ when they competed a study‚ they found out than an additional four
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Over the last few months there has been a lot of talk about the best diet. (Check out U.S. News’ evaluation of 20 popular diets‚ for instance -- the DASH diet came out on top.) But what about those diets that didn’t make the cut ... by a longshot? While it’s great to know what we should be doing to make healthy eating choices (especially since 66 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese)‚ it’s clear that societal pressures to look a certain way (read: thin) push people to look for quick
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03/10/13 FSN429 Follow The Diet Assigned Diet Plan: It is your 55th birthday and your recent doctor’s visit alerted you of the fact you have HTN and are very overweight. In order to keep CVD at bay‚ your doctor recommended the following diet: 20-25 kcal/kg‚ .8 g pro ( or- 15% kcals as pro)‚ 30% kcal from fat ( follow TLC guidelines) and 1500 mg Na. Be sure to eat no less than 35 gm fiber/d. 1. Meal Pattern A. wt: 184# ( 84 kg) Ht: 6’0” (72 in/ 183 cm/ 1.83 m) Age: 22 YOWM
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The Paleo Diet There are plenty of diets which are believed to be good for health. The Paleo diet is one of them‚ which is based on a unique and interesting theory. It comes from the eating habit in the Paleaolithic times‚ and the proponents believe it is the best diet for modern people to keep themselves healthy. Over 10‚000 years ago‚ humans ate only what they hunt and gathered‚ such as animals‚ nuts and berries. It is after the advent of agriculture that humans began to eat grains‚ legumes‚
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