Unsafe food and unhealthy dietary habits are contributing to the increasing prevalence of hypertension and other non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. Speakers highlighted this information at a ...

Dr Nazma Shaheen, professor at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science of Dhaka University, said, "In order to control hypertension, a diet rich in vegetables, nuts, and unprocessed foods should ...

Another powerful natural remedy is garlic, which has been shown to lower blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels and ...

Excess sodium causes fluid retention, which makes the blood volume increase. This also increases pressure on the arteries and therefore contributes to hypertension, a significant risk factor for ...

No more than 240 milligrams of sodium per serving. For those following a low-sodium diet, the American Heart Association (AHA ...

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From Aug. 1 to the end of the year, Medicaid beneficiaries received 33,035 claims for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, a number ...

What's on your plate can help maintain your cardiac capacity. "Heart-healthy foods contain nutrients that have been shown to ...

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The difficulty is that eating less salt means accepting a less salty taste. It also requires changes to established ways of preparing food. This has proved too much to ask of people making food at ...