VOLUME 22, ISSUE 2 ·FEBRUARY 2018 “The time is always right to do what is right.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. BE HEART HEALTHY by Ken Babal, C.N. One of the best kept secrets is that to obesity, high blood pressure and vascular disease. The “polypill” would...
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VOLUME 22, ISSUE 2 ·FEBRUARY 2018 “The time is always right to do what is right.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. BE HEART HEALTHY by Ken Babal, C.N. One of the best kept secrets is that to obesity, high blood pressure and vascular disease. The “polypill” would we don’t have to have heart attacks. high cholesterol, and increases your consist of a statin drug to reduce cho- The biggest killer of Americans is risk of dying from cardiovascular lesterol plus a diuretic, beta blocker completely preventable. But we’re not disease. and ACE inhibitor to reduce blood going to end this epidemic with drugs, pressure, and folic acid and aspirin stents and bypass operations because It’s important to note that it’s not just for additional benefits. they don’t address the cause. It’s going about what we exclude from our diet, to take strong dietary measures. but also what we include. Surveys In response to the polypill concept, show that most people subsist on the an article was published in the same Govern
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