cardiovascular disease

Under pressure - How's yours?

Under pressure - How's yours?

Is your blood pressure under 120/80mmHg? If you don’t know your numbers, here’s why it really matters.

· According to Blood Pressure UK (the Blood Pressure Association), every day in the UK, 350 people have a stroke or heart attack that could have been prevented.

· 1 in 2 strokes and heart attacks are the result of high blood pressure.

· 1 in 2 adults with high blood pressure don’t know they have it or aren’t receiving treatment.

· 6 million people in the UK alone have high blood pressure and don’t know it.

· £2.1 billion – that’s how much high blood pressure costs the NHS every year.

Salt - Too Much of a Good Thing

Salt - Too Much of a Good Thing

Since 6000BC salt has been a basic commodity and a valuable resource for many cultures. Used as currency in ancient times, salt routes crossed the globe, and it had crucial economic importance to many nations. Wars have been won or lost by it the lack of it, due to its antiseptic qualities and cities such as Venice famously rose to greatness on it’s trade. Religions have embraced it’s use in their ceremonies and revolutions have been fought as a result of high salt taxes (Louis XV1 and the French Revolution).