Choosing a Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Device Can Be a Daunting Experience

Measuring your blood pressure ranks among the most important ways to assess your health status. High blood pressure puts you at risk for heart attack, stroke, can damage the brain, eyes and kidneys.

If you are a person who has high blood pressure consistently it may not be enough to have it checked intermittently at your doctor's office. Invest in a simple, inexpensive home blood pressure monitor to keep an accurate record of your blood pressure measurements. Having a home device to check your blood pressure is especially helpful when you start new medication or when you are taking several different medications and still working to reach your blood pressure goal.

You will find that using a home blood pressure device encourages you to keep taking your medications. This especially rings true when you see your blood pressure improving.

Where to get one and what kind? Drug store, Wal mart, K-Mart and many online merchants sell a variety of home blood pressure monitors. As with anything else making a choice can sometimes be a daunting task. Some health insurance will cover at least part of the cost if not all of the cost.

Tips for choosing a home blood pressure monitoring device:

• A monitor that goes around your upper arm instead of one for the wrist and finger give more precise measurements
• Be sure the cuff fits your arm. One too big or one too small will give you inaccurate measurements
• Choose an automated monitor with a cuff that inflates itself
• Choose one with a large and bright digital readout so it is easier for you to see
• Choose a monitor with the pulse rate  read out
• A cord that plugs into your smartphone to transfer readings to an app that creates a graph of your progress is handy
• Some devices made by Nokia Health and iHealth can send readings wirelessly to your phone 

Take your home monitor to your next medical appointment so a nurse or assistant can check to see the device is properly calibrated and that you are using it correctly.

Your doctor is the best source for advising you when and how often to take your blood pressure. It can be counterproductive to check your blood pressure too frequently. I had a friend once who started using a home blood pressure device. She treated it like a new toy. Had the device on her arm almost constantly, every little while, pumping it up checking her blood pressure. She actually became a little neurotic about her blood pressure measurements. Best thing to do is follow the advice of your personal physician for how often and when you take your blood pressure and record the measurements for each medical appointment. I would even suggest you keep the recorded readings with you along with your other medical identification information in case of out of town emergencies occur. (source: Harvard Heart Newsletters)

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Excess Sugar In Our Diet Is a Heart Health Enemy

Excess fat and salt are well-known enemies to our hearts especially. Now there is mounting evidence that says excess sugar in the diet is on our list of enemies as well.

A major study done just recently found that a diet full of sugar may raise your risk of dying from heart disease. You can be at an ideal weight, not even overweight and still experience the adverse effects of too much sugar in your diet.

The American Heart Association recommends women consume less than 100 calories of added sugar per day. This is the equivalent of about 6 teaspoons. Men should consume less than 150 calories per day in sugar. This is the equivalent to 9 teaspoons per day.

Added sugar to the diet includes not only sugar you spoon into your food or beverages, but also the sugar that is added to many processed foods. Added sugar does NOT include sugar found naturally in foods such as fructose in fruit and lactose in milk.

Sugar sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks and sports drinks are by far the biggest sources of added sugar in the average American's diet.

Too much sugar can raise the blood pressure and may even trigger the liver to dump more harmful fats into the bloodstream. (source: Harvard Heart Newsletters)

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Give Your Immune System a Head Start In Helping to Keep You Well

Even though your immune system most of the time does great defending you against disease-causing microorganisms, sometimes it fails. A germ gets through and you end up sick. It is possible to strengthen our immune system to at least block most of the germs and keep us up and running at full speed.

The immune system requires balance and harmony. There is still a lot researchers do not know about our elusive immune system. What makes it tick? How can we make it better? Take certain vitamins or herbal preparations? Improve your diet? Make lifestyle changes proven to boost our health. At this moment in time, there are no scientifically proven direct links between lifestyle and boosting the immune system.

The effects of lifestyle on the immune system can still be studied and evaluated. Researchers every day are studying the effects of diet, exercise, age, psychological stress and other factors on the immune system. In the meantime, general healthy-living routines are a good way to start giving your immune system an extra boost.

Start with:

• no smoking
• eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables
• exercise regular
• maintain a healthy weight
• drink alcohol in moderation
• get enough sleep
• wash your hands frequently
• cook meats thoroughly
• minimize stress
• live with pets

source: Harvard Health

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 No products to stock or ship out. Life's Abundance takes care of the entire purchase transaction along with shipping.

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DISCLAIMER: THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. ALL HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.  THE ARTICLE CONTENT IS OFFERED AS A RESOURCE FOR HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES.