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Goalfinder Blood-circulatory-system (Photo credit: gfinder ) Constant cold feet may be symptoms of anemia, a circulatory disorder or a hormonal problem. If the cause of cold feet is poor circulation, a prescribed course of treatment might include water applications, foot exercises, aerobic exercise, massage and diet to improve blood flow and warm up the extremities. During cold weather, the body maintains its temperature by shutting off the blood flow to the hands and feet to ensure blood supply to heart and brain to help them to function properly. This causes cold to distant organs like hands and feet. People complain cold feet, even when in a warm places, can also happen due to poor nutrition or nicotine abuse. If there is no underlying organic disorder, the problem may be alleviated by eating a balanced diet rich in vitamins and minerals and exercising regularly. But once you start naturopathic applications like mentioned along with foot baths, foot exercises and massages,...

Avocado Sandwich (Photo credit: J. Chris Vaughan ) In general, aim to consume about 3,500 milligrams of potassium a day. Your best bet is simply to eat more potassium-rich foods, especially fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products. If you're following the DASH diet, eating these foods shouldn't be much of a problem. Have a cup of orange juice with breakfast, half an avocado in a salad at lunch, and half a cup of cooked spinach or a baked potato with dinner. For snacks, try a banana, 8 ounces of low-fat yogurt, or five dried prunes. Cantaloupe Bowl (Photo credit: Washthebowl ) Below you will find foods that contain plentiful amounts of potassium (starting with those that contain the greatest amounts of the mineral). Don't just home in on the best sources of the mineral; eating a wide range of foods provides healthy benefits, like phytochemicals and fiber. Apricots, dried: 1 cup, 1,567 mg Avocado: 1 medium, 1,097 mg Potato (baked with skin): 1 medium, 84...

a baked potato with butter (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A medical student checking blood pressure using a sphygmomanometer and stethoscope. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The potato’s stereotype as a fattening food for health-conscious folks to avoid is getting another revision today as scientists report that just a couple servings of spuds a day reduces blood pressure almost as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain. Scientists reported on the research, done on a group of overweight people with high blood pressure. “The potato, more than perhaps any other vegetable, has an undeserved bad reputation that has led many health-conscious people to ban them from their diet,” said Joe Vinson, Ph.D., who headed the research. “Mention ‘potato’ and people think ‘fattening, high-carbs, empty calories’. In reality, when prepared without frying and served without butter, margarine or sour cream, one potato has only 110 calories and dozens of healthful phytochemicals and vitamins. We hope ou...

Raisins. Français : Raisins secs. Русский: Изюм. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) taking blood pressure in PE (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Raisins: Eating raisins and soy appears to help reduce high blood pressure, thus warding off heart disease. Munching on a handful of raisins three times a day helped people with slightly elevated blood pressure lower their numbers after several weeks, said one of the studies presented at the American College of Cardiology conference. Blood pressure ranged from 120 over 80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) to 139 millimeters of mercury over 89 mm Hg, or just higher than normal. The raisin-eating group saw significant drops in blood pressure, in some cases lowering the top number, or systolic pressure, by 10.2, or seven percent over the 12-week study. Researchers think that high level of potassium in the shriveled, dried grapes. "Raisins are packed with potassium, which is known to lower blood pressure," said lead investigator Harold B...

Ashley Judd, the award-winning actress best known for her role in Double Jeopardy, has denied she has undergone plastic surgery on her face following a talk show appearance in which she looked "a little different", reports E! Online.

  Tennis Michaëlla meets Krajicek in the second round of the highly acclaimed tennis tournament in Miami no less than Viktoria Azarenka, the current leader of the world.The Dutch won the wednesday of the Czech qualifier Eva Birnerova, in three sets. She started slowly and lost mainly due to a bad first service the first set 5-7, but they then presented convincing things in order: 6-4 6-0. The White Russian Azarenka did because of her status in the first round not to play.

Ball-and-stick model of the aspirin molecule, as found in the solid state. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data from Kim, Y.; Machida, K.; Taga, T.; Osaki, K. (). "Structure Redetermination and Packing Analysis of Aspirin Crystal". Chem. Pharm. Bull. 33 (7) : 2641-2647. ISSN 1347-5223. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) BRUSSELS - There is additional evidence that aspirin can prevent cancer, and can help treat. A regular small dose of aspirin is today prescribed to heart problems. Soon cancer? Previous research has found evidence that prolonged aspirin intake, about ten years every day reduces the risk of cancer. New studies reinforce that suspicion now. And the beneficial effect appears to act quickly: after three to five years. Moreover, aspirin appears to the emergence of metastases of cancers already present to slow down. This is contained in a series of three articles published yesterday in the medical journal The Lancet . The three studies are meta-analyzes "in which...