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Is It True That Salt Is Bad for Your Heart?

“Conventional wisdom” states that a high-sodium diet will increase your blood pressure, thereby raising your risk for a cardiac event. This claim is largely based on uncontrolled case reports from the early 1900s,1 and despite more rigorous studies finding no support for the low-sodium recommendation, the dogma around it has been hard to break through.… Read More »

Heart Failure Tied to Increased Cancer Risk, Study Finds

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Heart Failure Tied to Increased Cancer Risk, Study Finds People with heart failure may live for many years and should continue to get regular cancer screenings, experts say. Credit…Chloe Cushman July 19, 2021, 3:49 p.m. ET People with heart failure may be… Read More »

Heart Disease Risk Reduced With One Cup of Leafy Green Veggies a Day

Research has found that individuals can significantly reduce their risk of heart disease by eating just 1 cup of nitrate-rich vegetables every day. The research looked at whether individuals who regularly ate higher quantities of nitrate-rich vegetables, such as beetroot and leafy greens, had reduced blood pressure, and it also looked at whether these same… Read More »

Keto diet heart rate running

Myself along with others on this forum have experienced lower blood pressure after a workout. Sasquatch16 UTC At first, I had to keep taking a lot of walking breaks. It continues over months and years. Another major function of potassium is blood-pressure regulation by decreasing sodium reabsorption, which is one reason why when sodium is… Read More »