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What’s the deal with Keto?

The “Keto” diet (or ketogenic) diet is a low carbohydrate, high fat diet with fat comprising up to 90% of total calories.  Many people have had incredible success stories with the keto-diet in short periods of time, which have made it incredible popular, and the business world has taken advantage of that for sure, with new keto products being marketed and pushed everywhere you turn.

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How can you lower Blood Pressure

High blood pressure (Hypertension) affects 1 in 3 adults in the United States. It is a leading health problem in America. Having high blood pressure over time can cause problems like strokes and heart attacks. It can put excess strain on your heart muscle and organs, leading to heart failure and chronic kidney disease, for example. Just ignoring your high blood pressure is not an option- it will not go away if you ignore it!

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Things you need to know about the flu

The flu is a virus that causes cold symptoms, and sometimes serious complications. It can even lead to death. This flu season has hit HARD! Georgia is among one of the highest ranking states for influenza and influenza-like illnesses at present. The CDC has noted record breaking activity this year with the flu and estimates that there have been between 15-21 million flu illnesses,  7-10 million medical flu visits, and 8,200-20.000 flu related deaths between Oct 2019-Now! If you are experiencing flu symptoms such as runny or stuffy noses, headaches, fatigue vomiting, diarrhea, fever or shaking chills, cough, sore throat, then you may have the flu. Usually the flu comes on suddenly. Influenza (the flu) can cause mild illness that can be recovered from conservatively in a few days, or it can cause more severe illness that lasts up to 7-10 days. Some people develop secondary infections and complications when they have the flu or after the flu has resided, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, or other related illnesses that require further medical evaluation and treatment.

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