Blood pressure is the force that your blood exerts against the walls of your blood vessels. There is a range of blood pressure measurements that are considered to be healthy. If your measurement exc [...]
The digestive tract, the gut, influences the health of the whole body through the digestion of food, absorption of nutrients, elimination of waste, and control of the immune system. The digestive tr [...]
Your immune system performs an amazing job of defending the body against invasion by disease-causing microbes and cancer cells. Yet, sometimes it fails, resulting in more infections and cancers. Thi [...]
Nitric oxide is a compound that is produced in almost every type of cell in the human body. It is important for blood vessel health in that it causes them to widen, increasing blood flow and reducin [...]
Nitric oxide is a compound that is synthesized in many body tissues, particularly the endothelial cells of the blood vessels, and plays various roles in almost every cell in the body. One of the its [...]
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