More Exercise Can Lead to Lower Blood Pressure

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Although you can’t run away from most health conditions, if you have high blood pressure, you may be able to walk away from it. Walking and other forms of physical activity play a crucial role in the prevention and control of high blood pressure, also called hypertension.

When you think about the changes you can make to your lifestyle to protect yourself from high blood pressure, you probably know that cutting back on salt and sodium can help. Although that’s important, you should also put a priority on more physical activity. According to an American College of Sports Medicine position stand on physical activity and high blood pressure, “Enormous public health benefit could be realized by people with hypertension if they habitually exercised.” Read more

TV or French Fries?

What’s worse for your health—TV or French fries?

The answer may surprise you… it’s watching too much TV and therefore being inactive. The lack of physical activity can cause high blood pressure, unbalanced blood sugar levels, an increase in “bad” LDL cholesterol and more! So, while we’re not advocating indulging in those deep-fried potatoes… being lazy and camping out in front of the TV is no better!

Let’s Get moving Pickens County!

Healthy Personal Pan Pizza

Who says you have to give up all the good foods you love to lose weight? Well, you don’t. You just have to eat all the good foods you love in a different way and in different portions. We have been eating all the good foods that we love and we have been losing weight. My husband has lost 45 pounds in the last 6 months. I have lost 15 pounds and feel great.

The other evening we were both craving pizza. Now to go out to Pizza Hut and get a pizza, well, that would be a ‘no no’ because you cannot control what is put into and on the pizza. Now at your own home, you can have a personal pan pizza with all your favorite toppings to enjoy and it will be healthy for you!

We fixed a personal pan pizza on a whole wheat pita and it had red and green bell pepper, red onion, sauce, mushrooms, spinach and soy cheese. We added crushed red pepper at the table and it was fabulous! Just know if you make the right choices, you can eat just about anything you want.