If your cholesterol number is a little high – DON’T WORRY
Your cholesterol number needs to be just right and the just right number, if you don’t have high…
Sunshine stops blood vessels feeling pressurized
Your blood pressure is UP. Your instinct says, this CAN be fixed, with a little sun, sea and…
Swooshing with mouth wash will increase your blood pressure
Swooshing, stops the conversion of nitrate to nitrite by the bacteria living in your mouth – since nitrite…
Fat is not the enemy but fried foods might be
Frying with fresh oil, has little to no impact on blood pressure, used oil causes blood pressure to…
Blood vessel torture can save hearts and lives
Remote ischemic preconditioning, uses a blood pressure cuff, to deliberately cut off the blood supply – it’s cruel,…
Baroreceptor sensitivity in the insulin resistant
We look at how agile your baroreceptors are, or should I say, aren’t and why this matters, in…
Dipping into high blood pressure – are you solving the problem ?
The time you want your blood pressure to be LOW, is not when you’ve visiting your doctor, you…
The “safe” way to eat salty foods
A bowl of salty soup, will send your blood pressure up. If you’re salt sensitive, this is a…
Aldosterone in insulin resistance
We look at aldosterone, a hormone associated with high blood pressure, in this week's episode of the UPS…
Could a little bump on a blood vessel be the reason you’re insulin resistant ?
Insulin needs wide blood vessels to work, but widening blood vessels causes blood pressure to drop – the…