Kids take responsibility for asthma meds early
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children with asthma start taking their daily medication on their own at an early age, a new study finds.


has a diet listed on their website.  The purpose of the diet is to try to lower elevated blood pressure.  Jackson Siegelbaum Gastroenterology maintains that with proper food selection, a diet for can be varied and adequate in all nutrients, including vitamins and minerals.

The HealthCastle.com website offers the DASH diet.  DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.  The DASH diet concentrates on grains, then vegetables and fruit.  The DASH diet limits sweets, fats, oils, nuts, seeds and dry beans to a weekly count and not a daily count.

There is talk about a diet on the Go Ask Alice website.  Go Ask Alice is the health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice, the Columbia University's Health Promotion Program.  This is a division of Health Services at Columbia.  Limiting sodium was the main thrust of the dietary recommendations by Alice.

FamilyDoctor.org has lifestyle suggestions in addition to a diet.  They believe that a lifestyle makeover is in order after a hypertension diagnosis.  The first lifestyle change that they mandate is quitting smoking cigarettes.  They go on to recommend an evaluation of your weight and physical activity level.

The American Heart Association stresses potassium in their diet.  They recommend that following any diet that is rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium and protein and low in total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol will be beneficial after a hypertension diagnosis.

Here are some more high blood pressure articles...