Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition of the cardiovascular system where the pressure level within the blood vessels of the body run too high, either because the heart contracts too forcefully or because the blood vessels are too stiff to stretch and accommodate the increase in pressure during a normal contraction. This forces […]
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How much you eat matters, but the quality of the food you put into your body matters more – it turns good genes on and bad genes off, revs up your metabolism and ultimately creates the health you experience. Clean eating as a movement goes beyond the current diet in-fashion from your lifestyle magazine or
Daily maintenance processing emotional and bodily stress is highly necessary. This is especially so if you lead a high stress life. The relationship between mind and body in the western biomedical healing tradition was first acknowledged and described during World War 1 by Walter Cannon, followed by others who went on to define this relationship
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Valentine’s Day shines a light on romance, in the heart and in the bedroom. A healthy sex life is an important component of a loving relationship, be it with yourself or another. But sometimes the inclination of the mind does not match the willingness of the body. To begin correcting this mismatch, it helps to