For World Menopause Day this year, the International Menopause Society launched a campaign to raise awareness on the effects of hormones on cardiovascular health in women. Specifically, they highlighted the potential cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk associated with various reproductive milestones in a woman’s life. These milestones include menstrual cyclicity, adverse pregnancy outcomes, breast cancer treatments, and menopause itself. This is such an important topic in the sphere of women’s health, and something that I review with my patients regularly. Let’s dive into the details shall we!
Read more3 Foods to Combat Hypertension - Dr. Melissa Bedford, ND
Hypertension, otherwise known as high blood pressure, is an important risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease. It is a modifiable risk factor, meaning it is something we have the ability to alter based on our behaviors (unlike our age, ethnicity, and family history, which are examples of nonmodifiable risk factors). There are a number of foods that have shown benefit in treating hypertension and I’m going to highlight 3 of them here.
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