Physical Health — Page 154

February 16, 2010 by admin

High blood pressure is a big problem around the world. Many people are given a diagnosis of high blood pressure and have no idea how they received the condition.

For starters, it’s good to understand that there are two different types of high blood pressure: secondary high blood pressure, and primary high blood pressure. Each type is caused by a different thing.

Secondary high blood pressure can be caused by a number of things. For starters, it can happen in chronic kidney disease. Any sort of disease of the adrenal gland will also cause high blood pressure, as will any tumor. These cause high blood pressure because your body is trying to react and fix the problem, but is unable to. If you were born with a narrowing in the aorta of your heart, you can have high blood pressure. One of the side-effects of using birth control pills is that you may wind up with high blood pressure. Pregnancy can also cause high blood pressure, which can bring on a condition called pre-eclampsia.

If you have primary high blood pressure, there is a good chance that your doctor will have no idea why you have it. In over 90% of people with primary high blood pressure, doctors do not know what caused the condition. There are some risk factors, however, that can point to a higher risk of having high blood pressure. Men tend to get high blood pressure more than women do, and those who are overweight also tend to suffer with high blood pressure. As you grow older, your arteries harden and you have a much higher chance of having high blood pressure, and if you have a family history of high blood pressure, you are much more likely to have the condition.

Source: Causes of High Blood Pressure

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How to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy

February 15, 2010 by admin

Eating together as a family more regularly is a good way to bring up healthy-eating kids. The fact that you are all sitting down together for a meal will make meal times more of an occasion. This will help you to plan what your family is eating more carefully. And as soon as you start thinking about the food that you’re eating, you are taking the right steps to get your children to eat healthy.

Teaching your children about healthy eating requires common sense. Forbidden foods will be more appealing to your kids. Instead, make these foods a treat for eating the healthier options first. Keep the treats lower in moderation and that way everyone is happy and you kids will start to enjoy eating healthier food.

Kids are drawn to foods that have different shapes, and bright colours. There are many fruits that you can incorporate into cool shakes and smoothies. Be creative, instead of handing your child a whole apple, why not put it together with other similar coloured fruit and create a smoothie like Hulk Juice, or split an orange and, together with other fruit, create a face on the plate, a little creativity and fun will make a lot of difference.

Putting more vegetables in their diet will truly make a difference to their healthy eating habits. Training them to eat healthy at an early age will also lead them to lesser health problems in their adulthood. Again, create a meal that’s good to look at for the child and they will find it more fun to eat. Use the vegetables to create a picture and you will be amazed at the difference in you childs attitude towards it.

You will need patience to make your kids love vegetables, but if they see that you are also eating them, they will be more willing to start eating healthy. Tell them it’s their favourite super heros favourite power food. If you make it fun then they will want to join in.

It is our responsibility to make sure our children grow up to be as healthy as possible. Child obesity is rising constantly and it needs to be stopped. Teaching our kids how to eat healthy is the best way possible for them to become healthy, successful adults. For more ideas and tips visit http://www.squidoo.com/simplerecipesforchildren and ensure your children become the best adult they can be.