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...cardiovascular-disease symptoms, especially high blood pressure. By acting as the sole signaling molecule for blood-vessel relaxation, nitric oxide is central to blood-pressure regulation. Such observations have been made in laboratory research. The natural production of nitric oxide in the body can be supported by supplementing the diet with the amino acid l-arginine in combination with antioxidant nutrients and by engaging in a moderate exercise program. Louis J. Ignarro, Ph.D. Center for Vascular Biology David Geffen School ofMedicine at UCLA Los Angeles The emphasis on the risks of high blood pressure couldn't have been more timely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/6/2005 | See Source »

...National??League's??best??hitter, left fielder Barry Bonds, is an exceptional athlete with a legendary training regimen, strict diet and unequaled discipline at bat. Steroids may pump you up, but they won't help you bat .362 or hit homers more often than you strike out. Commentators who try to credit steroids for Bonds' success are doing a disservice to America's youth by implying that drugs--not talent, hard work and discipline--are what make athletes great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 10, 2005 | 1/2/2005 | See Source »

...cardiovascular-disease symptoms, especially high blood pressure. By acting as the sole signaling molecule for blood-vessel relaxation, nitric oxide is central to blood- pressure regulation. Such observations have been made in laboratory research. The natural production of nitric oxide in the body can be supported by supplementing the diet with the amino acid l-arginine in combination with antioxidant nutrients and by engaging in a moderate exercise program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 2004 | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

...gone? There are many of those new low-fat and low-carb foods, but I bet they contain more sodium to make up for a lack of taste. Nowadays everybody is expected to just take a prescription medication to solve blood-pressure problems. I want to combat hypertension through diet and exercise, not by taking pills. Listen up, marketers: low carb is out; no salt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 2004 | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

Instead of looking to drug companies to fix the problem, maybe we should explore the reasons behind the rise in hypertension. Yes, diet and exercise have always been important to a healthy lifestyle. But never before have we been under so much stress. Our children, especially, are scheduled down to every minute of their day. I am concerned about Americans' pill-taking mentality. But the magic bullet for hypertension is not in a bottle; it's a healthy lifestyle. How about making the right foods more affordable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 27, 2004 | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

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