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Thick thighs, in fact is a good thing

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  Thick thighs, longer life A paper published in the top journal British Medical Journal (BMJ) analyzed the health data of more than 2.52 million adults and found that A 5 cm increase in thigh circumference was associated with an 18% reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality. In contrast, the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality is significantly increased when leg fat content is too low.  The inability to store fat in the legs is likely a key factor in the elevated risk of cardiovascular metabolic disease in lean individuals. This type of metabolic problem causes an increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular events even more than in the obese population. Fat has always been criticized, why grow on the legs has become a "life extension" good thing? This is because the subcutaneous fat of the thighs is protective fat. They are important endocrine organs that grow in different places and secrete different hormones and play different roles. When the fat ...

Hypertension guidelines 2023 | Changing lifestyle habits can lower blood pressure!

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Manipulating your blood pressure normally is saving your life. The risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and even death, becomes greater with elevated blood pressure, even though many times there are no symptoms. But many people's blood pressure control is not good, either very high or very volatile. In addition to not taking medication regularly, one of the main reasons is: or keep their original habits, the food and drink, do not pay attention to the adjustment of the lifestyle. There may be 2 thoughts behind it. - All are now taking antihypertensive drugs, the way of life is not important. - It is difficult to do this, and it is difficult to stick to an "ascetic" style of life. In fact, adjusting your lifestyle is not as difficult as you think, and its impact on blood pressure is seriously overlooked. It's not just antihypertensive drugs that can lower blood pressure  The effect of lifestyle modification is underestimated The key to controlling blo...