Nearly 1 in 3 American adults has high blood pressure, or hypertension. If it is not found and treated, the condition can cause major health problems such as stroke, heart disease, eye problems, or kidney failure. Your doctor can tell you how to prevent and control high blood pressure. NCCAM is studying complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for this condition—such as mindfulness-based stress reduction. Be sure to tell your doctor about any CAM therapies you are considering, including herbal or dietary supplements. Ask your health care providers about its safety, effectiveness, and possible interactions with medications (both prescription and nonprescription).
Nearly 1 in 3 American adults has high blood pressure, or hypertension. If it is not found and treated, the condition can cause major health problems such as stroke, heart disease, eye problems, or kidney failure. Your doctor can tell you how to prevent and control high blood pressure. NCCAM is studying complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for this condition—such as mindfulness-based stress reduction. Be sure to tell your doctor about any CAM therapies you are considering, including herbal or dietary supplements. Ask your health care providers about its safety, effectiveness, and possible interactions with medications (both prescription and nonprescription).
Nearly 1 in 3 American adults has high blood pressure, or hypertension. If it is not found and treated, the condition can cause major health problems such as stroke, heart disease, eye problems, or kidney failure. Your doctor can tell you how to prevent and control high blood pressure. NCCAM is studying complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for this condition—such as mindfulness-based stress reduction. Be sure to tell your doctor about any CAM therapies you are considering, including herbal or dietary supplements. Ask your health care providers about its safety, effectiveness, and possible interactions with medications (both prescription and nonprescription).
After recent revelations that KFC in the US appears to have higher transfat content than the same KFC items in the UK, they're being taken to court. The high content of some foods is bad enough, but transfats are even worse when it comes to human health. With the heart disease rates in the US skyrocketing, this should be a major concern to us all.
According to this article from Reuters Starbucks is being targeted over the high fat content of their popular coffee drinks. I have a good friend who blasts back a couple of these a day and I am concerned that he's going to find out–too late–that he has congestive heart failure. Yes, the body does need some fat in the daily diet, but there's a big difference in the fats that are good for us, and the fats that basically everyone is consuming.
I think we're going to see more and more of these suits over the next several years. Sometimes this fat content is being hidden in our food. Not only is full disclosure necessary, people also need to know just how damaging these foods are to their health. The coffee drinks are especially insidious as many seem to think they're in a class well-above the fast food crowd. Sorry folks–just because it's more expensive and takes more effort to learn how to order a drink with a cool name, you're blasting your body with the same junk: processed sugar and processed fat.
Americans need to learn there's a difference between "fun to eat" and "healthy." Every time you eat, "fun to eat," you've likely done some damage to your body. Hopefully, it'll be able to repair.
