Drinking and Blood Pressure Has to do With Habits

Excessive alcohol consumption can raise your blood pressure to unhealthy levels.

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Drinking and Blood Pressure Has to do With Habits

Excessive alcohol consumption can raise your blood pressure to unhealthy levels. Your blood pressure starts rising temporarily after three or more alcoholic beverages, but with binge drinking, it can lead to a long-term chronic disease and the development of a bad habit. Drinking in moderation can prevent your blood pressure from rising.

Blood pressure is the pressure of blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels. High blood pressure reduces the blood flow to your heart, forcing your heart to work harder to pump enough blood. Tracking your blood pressure daily can help you identify your risk for heart disease, better understand your overall health, and lower your healthcare cost.

Chronic diseases – such as diabetes, cancer, asthma, and heart disease – are leading causes of death and disability. The Liu Foundation offers philanthropic app and video series promoting evidence-based lifestyle habits to prevent chronic diseases. LiveItUp integrated Harvard, Stanford, and CDC’s Public Health findings into an easy-to-use behavior conditioning app and series of lifestyle motivation videos to prevent chronic diseases.

The app and videos cover physical, mental, social, financial, and medical health aspects with 10 healthy lifestyle habits. GoLively enables corporate social responsibility to lower the annual $4 trillion spent on preventable chronic diseases in the United States. Healthy habits can lead to improved employee health, saving healthcare cost, increasing productivity, and morale. Download the Lively Habits app to help you keep track of your 10 healthy lifestyle habits. Live It Up to preventing chronic diseases!

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