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All About YOU: Be Artery-Smart

How artery-smart are you? In other words, how well do you understand the aging effects that high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other health threats have on your arteries?

Here's a one-question quiz to help clue you in. Which of the following poses the greatest threat to your arteries?
  1)  An elevated blood pressure of 160/90 mm Hg
  2)  An elevated LDL (bad) cholesterol level of 200 mg/dL
  3)  An elevated helping of fried zucchini sticks
  4)  An elevated amount of time spent on the couch

Blood pressure of 160/90 mm Hg is more than three times more of a threat to make your arteries dysfunctional than any of the other conditions.

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nikkie

2 of 2 people found this helpful.

5/29/2008 3:19:46 PM

I have been haveing trouble controlling my blood pressure it has been 175/107,in my plus,130.I have been dieting,exercising to lose my weight.been useing the total gym that helps a lot,I just don't no why my blood pressure is going to high,it allso happens when I have a bad asthma attack to and haveing more Inflammation in my lungs.

[Edited by nikkie on 6/3/2008 7:33:12 PM]

copperboy

2 of 2 people found this helpful.

5/14/2008 9:54:22 AM

love and appreciate what you have instead of hoping and wishing your life away for things that are irrelevant

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