Weight Loss

Each year, more than 16 million people across the globe die from cardiovascular disease, and this disease is also the cause of more than 30% of all deaths worldwide. In the United States alone, heart disease and strokes are the cause of more than 40% of all adult deaths. In 2006, more than 450,000 coronary bypass surgeries were performed in US hospitals, followed by more than 2,000 heart transplant surgeries in 2007. There are a number of risk factors for heart disease, including:

High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the leading causes of stroke, heart attack and kidney disease, making blood pressure a crucial number to regulate. In fact, more than 73 million Americans have hypertension. For many years, it was thought that the main way to keep blood pressure under control was to limit salt intake, quit smoking and learn how to reduce stress. Today, we know that there are a number of factors that can lead to high blood pressure, and there is a lot more we can be doing to ensure that we do not end up having high blood pressure or related health conditions. Some of these things include making sure that we monitor our weight, regulating what we eat, and checking our blood pressure daily, which can be done with a home unit, or at any number of pharmacies that have free blood pressure testers.