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Too Much Salt Tied to High Blood Pressure in Children

Are your kids getting too much salt in their diets? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new research on sodium intake, in which they observed the sodium intake and blood pressure of 6,235 U.S. children and adolescents. According to the findings, boys consume more sodium than girls do and lowering this intake — while increasing exercise — can help to reduce elevated blood pressure in children and teens.

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5 Tips For Crafting Your Massage Experience

It’s been two weeks and I am still brooding over the last massage I received. It was awful and it was all my fault! I want to help you avoid this disappointing and potentially painful experience. I have been a Massage Therapist for over seven years and have been privileged to work with some of the best in the business. I have received massages that have sent me around the moon, to another world and back. I have had excruciatingly deep sports massage that while at the time, uncomfortable, afforded me tall posture, nimble muscles and a clear head in the end. I know massage. And I know better than to walk into a place I have never been and let my new therapist take the reins.