However it is possible to get a favorable policy for a low rate if you have a steady history
of keeping your blood pressure under control.
Not exact matches
To reduce their risk
of developing kidney disease, patients should be attentive to their
blood pressure and
keep it
under control, maintain a diet that isn't high in salt; avoid or reduce use
of medications that are directly toxic to the kidneys; including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; and get their rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation
under as good
of control as possible, he adds.
«Our findings suggest that DDT may be targeting the system in the body that
keeps blood pressure under control,» said Michele La Merrill, a toxicologist at the University
of California, Davis and lead author
of the study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives.
«When you're sleeping you're regulating hormone levels, you're regulating insulin levels, your
blood pressure is being
kept under control, there are a lot
of things going on, and if you're not getting enough sleep you're throwing these things out
of whack,» says Shelby Freedman Harris, PsyD, director
of behavioral sleep medicine at Montefiore Medical Centers Sleep - Wake Disorders Center in New York City.
Overall, the researchers aimed to meet three American Diabetes Association goals:
keep blood pressure under control; lower low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL); and limit levels
of hemoglobin A1C, a protein that's a measure
of out -
of -
control blood sugar.
According to the American Heart Association, dietary intake
of potassium helps reduce the effects
of sodium in the body, which can
keep blood pressure levels
under control.
Managing Type 2 Diabetes cuts through the confusion
of conflicting advice and sets out clearly and simply what you need to eat and do to help you: reduce your risk
of developing diabetes; improve your cardiovascular health;
keep your
blood glucose levels,
blood pressure and
blood fats
under control; and maintain a healthy body.