Salt & High Blood Pressure
In our previous blog post, we discussed how high blood pressure (or hypertension) can be impacted by lifestyle factors such as a high salt intake. So how does salt increase blood pressure? When our salt...
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High Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats, it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest...
Think Before You Drink
If you have too many alcoholic drinks, you might be sabotaging your weight management plans. Alcohol contains 29 kilojoules per gram, which is only slightly better than fat (with 38 kilojoules per gram). Alcohol...
55 Reasons to Exercise Regularly
You’ve probably heard many times before that being active is good for you. If you are not exercising regularly, here are 55 reasons why you should. It gives you more energy. Exercise helps you...
No More Excuses
Michael Jordan was probably one of the best to have ever played basketball. In a National Basketball Association (NBA) career between 1985 and 2003, “His Airness” scored over 32,000 points, won six NBA Championships,...
Ways to Shrink Your Waist Without Dieting
At Health Jigsaw we don’t promote fad diets, magic pills, supplements or meal replacements. We encourage and educate our clients to change their lifestyle rather than a quick fix. Being healthy is...