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...manufacturers to pull medications containing PPA off pharmacy shelves. PPA has been on the market since the mid-1930s, and consumers take 6 billion doses of it annually, in such products as Alka-Seltzer, Robitussin, Dexatrim and Tavist-D. Though PPA is widely used in many popular cold and diet pills, medications with the safer alternative pseudoephedrine are easy to find...
Doctors have long known that cutting back on salt or sodium can help lower blood pressure in folks with hypertension, a silent condition that increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. What hasn't been so clear is whether reducing the amount of sodium in the diet will benefit those whose blood pressure is normal. Now comes word that restricting salt can indeed lower normal blood-pressure levels. Though the effect isn't as great, it's still important, according to a study published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine...
...decrease in blood pressure occurred regardless of race or gender and whether or not study participants ate a "typical American diet," which is high in saturated fats and skimps on fruits and vegetables, or the so-called DASH (for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, which emphasizes lots of fresh produce, low-fat dairy, fish and fewer sweets and which was proved in 1997 to reduce hypertension. The biggest decreases in blood pressure in this study were recorded in subjects who ate the DASH diet and reduced their sodium intake...
...attention to how much salt you're eating, but don't forget to make fruits, vegetables and whole grains a larger part of your diet. They'll help lower your cholesterol levels as well as your blood pressure. Be sure to drink alcohol moderately, if at all. Losing weight--even just 10 lbs.--and exercising at least 30 minutes most days of the week can also have a marked effect on blood pressure...
...DIET BACKLASH With holiday gorging finally over, you'd think Americans would focus on improving their eating habits. Don't bet on it. A study finds that Americans are fed up with worrying about what to eat. More than 40% report they're tired of hearing about which foods are good for them and which aren't, and 70% say the government has no business doling out nutrition advice. The folks most likely to eat as they please? Those over 60 and men ages...