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High Blood Pressure and Weight Loss

Posted on August 3, 2010
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It truly is frightening how fast time goes. One minute you are wishing away a working week and within what appears to be a blink of an eye you are waking up to begin a new week. This is how my life has been over the last year or so, time certainly hasn’t stood still.

I remember when I began my weight loss journey, I was of course seriously overweight, I never considered the side effects of the excess weight or fat I was carrying. Looking back on it now I can laugh but it really was a serious issue I was unprepared for. I was very good at kidding myself. It’s all muscle, very little fat!

There were three main issues I can remember distinctly when I was a lump of lard; namely lower back pain when standing for a short amount of time, knees ached and perhaps more seriously headaches three or four times a week. I put the headaches down to lack of water intake and dehydration, I never for one moment thought it was my blood pressure. I was still able to play sport, despite my weight and this I believe aided my denial – not that I’m making excuses.

18 months ago my blood pressure (as far as I can remember) was 150 over 110. Which I understand is dangerously high and not at all healthy! High blood pressure (or Hypertension) can lead to strokes, heart attacks and heart failure and a risk of kidney disease and dementia – it is dubbed the silent killer.

Blood pressure is the force created by each beat of your heart pushing the blood around your body.

Taking my reading as an example 150/110 the first number is systolic pressure, when the heart beats, and …

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Beyonce and her Maple Syrup Diet

Posted on August 17, 2006
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Want a body like Beyonce ? Simple according to her, just do the Maple Syrup crash diet and you could lose 14lbs in 10 days !!! Following a statement by Beyonce that she used the diet to lose weight for a film have helped sales for Madal Bal Natural Tree Syrup soar! The syrup is flying off the shelves and into the homes of those desperate to lose weight, let’s face it that’s half the population! Aol have an opinion too !

Simply mix the syrup with water, lemon juice and cayenne pepper and you are set to go. You drink the concoction in place of your meals at dinner time. The diet was devised in 1985 by a Swiss company and appeared on UK shores five years ago but it takes a huge (not in body proportions!) celebrity like Beyonce to bring this latest fad to light. If you know of any companies making versions of the Madal Bal Natural Tree Syrup then this is the time to buy into them!!

If Beyonce claims it worked for her there is no doubt that thousands of people will want to try this regime, however let’s not forget she also has an army of trainers and nutritionists to help her through any regime she wants. Azmina Govindji of the British Dietetic Association warned dieters should treat any “miracle” products with caution.
“There is no evidence that detoxing is any better for you than eating a balanced, healthy diet.

“Fasting for that length of time, whether you are having that drink or any other drink, is likely to give you drastic weight loss anyway because it is all about the deficit of calories.

“It is unlikely to have enough calories or the balance of protein, carbohydrates and essential fats and other …

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