Fwd: Yoga and the Heart

I know blood pressure isn't everything but many people who get this blog regularly are interested in effects and results of many of the activities mentioned in the email below.  It is from the respected and longtime nutrition people at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Michael Jacobson.  I recommend reading about isometrics (squeezing a muscle vigorously for 6 seconds), said below to be quite effective and probably the easiest, cheapest and quickest method of working on muscles.

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From: Nutrition Action <nutritionaction@nutritionaction.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 6:01 AM
Subject: Yoga and the Heart
To: olderkirby@gmail.com

Friday, February 7, 2014 Click here if you cannot see this E-newsletter				Featured Product: Nutrition & Health Advances 2013 Collected from the pages of the award-winning Nutrition Action Healthletter, Nutrition & Health Advances 2013 will give you snapshots of emerging research on a broad range of important topics. Each “quick study” summarizes the results of a recent study—on vitamin D and knee pain, say—in easy-to-understand language. And we always end with a “What to do” section that helps you figure out how to use the results to improve your health. Read More.
		Yoga and the Heart Does yoga lower blood pressure? Author: Stephanie Scarmo in: Heart and Disease “Patients often say, ‘I don’t like to take medications. What can I do to lower my blood pressure?’” says Robert Brook, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. “There’s been an increasing interest in yoga, acupuncture, and other alternative ways to lower blood pressure, but no one had sifted through the data.”…[Read More]
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Bill
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