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The discussion of benefits and harms of vitamin C in people who suffer from cardiovascular disease, leading to long. The data from recent studies published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that vitamin C reduces the risk of stroke. Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health believe that women who daily consume more than 360 mg of vitamin C within the group with lower risk. For them the possibility of developing cardiovascular disease is reduced by about 30%. According to Professor Osganian, author of the study, the inclusion of supplements containing vitamin C, in the daily menu in combination with a healthy lifestyle and use (if any) of certain drugs provide effective assistance in the prevention of coronary heart disease. The scientist is clear that people aged 30-35 years (it was then that the risk of cardiovascular disease is greatest), who adhere to a particular diet, providing more vitamin C the body are less likely the development of such diseases. Interesting is also the fact that the risk of these diseases is reduced by more than 27% in cases of use of supplements with vitamin C, rather than an increase in products rich in this vitamin, also show the survey data.
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If you sit at the computer with raised shoulders, your head is bent forward or to one side and feel the tension in the neck and occipital muscles, it causes congestive phenomena in the system of the dorsal arteries and breach of normal blood flow to the brain that leads to headaches, more rapid fatigue, reduced memory, increased blood pressure, heart pain and arrhythmia. If a long time sitting on the one hand, issued with one shoulder hunched forward, you might get heart pain, accelerated development of osteochondrosis of the spine and radiculitis. If the keyboard is positioned too high or too far, increasing the risk to get called. “Syndrome carpametacarpal it, which is difficult to treat and in some cases leading to disability. If you constantly work with the computer, follow two basic rules:
- More often change the position and
- Control your muscle tension.
Set near a sign your computer and every 10-15 minutes check how you sit, tense Is your back, I feel tiredness in the hands. Move on the chair, adjust your posture, bend and release your fingers, lift your shoulders.
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The heart is particularly sensitive to any sudden change in not only time but also in food habits. It is influenced significantly by the content of some foods. Several studies have shown that there products whose consumption (in a certain amount) is reflected favorably on its function. For example:
1. One glass of red wine protects against heart attack better than the use of aspirin, at least according to some studies. The drink does not allow the coronary vessels to clog up with blood clots, decreasing by 75% the activity of platelets.
2. Milk can save us from heart problems. American scientists from Detroit have proved that daily use of skimmed milk 2 cups reduced to 2 times the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system.
3. Products rich in vitamin E (vegetable, cheese, cottage cheese, pulses, vegetable fat), strengthen your heart, say scientists from the National Institute of Cardiology in the USA.
4. Single use of fish once a week may reduce by up to 44 percent risk of heart attack. Marine products protect the body from the development of different heart disease.
5. Walnuts really prolong life (up to 7 years). According to Prof. Harry Cooper of the University of California, the composition of walnuts enter substances that protect the heart from the harmful effects of cholesterol.
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Israeli cardiologists have found that white bread and other products with high content of carbohydrates are harmful not only to the figure, but for the heart. They lead to distention of the arteries due to shoulder high glycemic index, and elasticity of arteries, as is known, is an important indicator of healthy heart. According to scientists, the sharp expansion of the walls of arteries INVOLVE negative consequences of various diseases and sudden death. In the experiment on processes to arteries in weight after administration of food with high glycemic index, involved 56 people. Participants were divided into four groups. For months some maize grains fed with milk, the other with sugar mixture, bran cereal with third, fourth adhere to simple mode. Those three groups received products with a high glycemic index, rich in carbohydrates and high artery causing stress. Scientists found that the fast food that increases the level of sugar in the blood, and then provoke crises and sudden cardiac death. continue reading »