Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance tasked with carrying digested fat from your liver to other body parts that require fat for healing and energy. It also brings fat to your body’s “fat storage sites”. Cholesterol travels within your blood in “packets” of lipoproteins, or protein outside and fat inside. These lipoproteins exist in the […]
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High Blood Pressure
Blood pressure, the force of blood pressing against the artery walls, is measured using two numbers: systolic “over” diastolic (110 “over” 80 or 110/80). The first number, systolic blood pressure, is the pressure of blood flow when the heart beats. The second, diastolic, is when the heart is relaxed between beats. What do these numbers […]