Have high blood pressure?   KIWI TO THE RESCUE!

No, not the Kiwi bird…thank goodness…

Kiwi the fruit.

They say that three Kiwis a day will make the high blood pressure go away.  Who are they?  The American Heart Association.

“Research presented at the scientific meeting of the American Heart Association shows that eating three kiwis a day is linked with decreased blood pressure.”

                                                     I do love a Kiwi.

This little fruit can appear not so tempting to the eye.  I don’t like the feel of the outer shell. The outside shell feels like my legs when I have not shaven for some time and just like my legs rough and winter dry.

I do have to start moisturizing more often.

I have an idea         

maybe I should use the moisturizer that sits on my night table just for that purpose.  Am I that lazy? YES.

Back to the Kiwi – When you slice off that ugly skin the surprise is this beautiful color inside.  Good thing I don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

Of course, we all know that there is no one single food, just like there is no one magic pill, that is the key to heart health, but the kiwi has joined the ranks of one of the heart healthy fruits.

I know the recommended amount of kiwis,  three a day, can be a little much,

So just start with one and mix in other heart healthy fruits.

I have been eating Kiwi’s for many years so I guess that is way my blood pressure is low.  Well, I cannot give the kiwi all the credit…but I cannot not  give it some 🙂

If more info on lowering your blood pressure, click the link below…

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf

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 Me and Merci started smoking when we were 14 years old – summer of ’66.  A couple of nights a week we would walk as fast as we could to The Village.  On the way we would chip in .25 cents each and by a pack of Taryton – that’s right,  the I’d rather fight than switch smokes.  When we got to the Village we would go into the Cafe Wha? or The Cock n’ Bull, order a cherry coke and have a smoke or two.  I don’t remember if we inhaled at that time or not, probably not.  But oh did we feel cool…..so very cool……bell-bottoms, beads and everything.  Then like Cinderella we would run back home to make our 9 pm curfew.  Merci had a baby boy in February 1977 and in November 1977,  I had a baby girl  – a very good year in deed.  During our pregnancy we both stopped smoking and using extra sugar and salt.  I thought I would go back to all three after my daughter was born – I only went back to one – smoking.  Bad idea.  During those years we both would quit and then start up again for one reason or another.  But we never gave up and always encouraged each other.  Thank God it has been 20 years plus since we had a last cigarette – it was not easy – as you know – but it has to be one of the best decisions we ever made. Please stop smoking – November 17, today,  is The Great American Smokeout – plan to be a part of it – know that you are not alone and that you can  beat smoking.  Alot of people  love you and need you to stick around for all the times ahead.  Do it for them – do it for yourself.

ls – for more information visit:

http://www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/