Can Anxiety Affect Your Blood Pressure?

> Bella Breakdown Even for the healthiest person, your blood pressure will fluctuate throughout the day. Depending on what you eat, how much sleep you’ve gotten and how active you are throughout the day can increase or lower your blood pressure. One thing you may not know has an extreme effect on your blood pressure is your anxiety. Depending on the person, your anxiety can either lower or increase your blood pressure due to the activated fight or flight system. When anxiety occurs one can experience increased heart rate which is one of the main contributors to higher blood...

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Doctors Are Warning Women To Keep Their Feet Out Of Platform Sandals

Bella Breakdown If you’re thinking about hitting up that new BOGO sale at your favorite department shoe store you might want to avoid platform sandals. Doctors are now warning women about the dangers of platform shoes due to the long-term effects it will have your back. According to Dr. Hillary Brenner, a Manhattan-based podiatrist, the rigid heel soles can throw off the body’s gait stability which will could tweak your ankles. “Definitely stay away from this one,” the podiatrist advises. “Nine times out of 10,” patients who wear the platform sandals visit her office for an ankle sprain,” says...

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