Relaaaax. High Blood Pressure May Lead to Alzheimer’s

Do you have high blood pressure? If so–and this applies even if you’re under 40–you really need to do something about it.  A new study found that high blood pressure–and by “high blood pressure” researchers mean anything more than 120/80)–may have some serious negative consequences for you brain. Specifically, it may prematurely age your brain.Continue reading

Seeing Red: How Tomatoes May Reduce Men’s Stroke Risk

Back in the early 1980s, the Secretary of Agriculture suggested that ketchup should be considered a vegetable. Nutritionists (and critics of then-President Ronald Reagan) were outraged. But in the decades since then, there has been a lot of research showing that a chemical component found in tomatoes called lycopene (LIKE-a-peen) is associated with a number...Continue reading

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