Blood Pressure - Fottima Mahkomova

Blood Pressure

According to the doctors, 120/80 mm Hg is considered normal.  Hypertension means high blood pressure.  Hypotension means low blood pressure.  Both hypertension and hypotension can lead to serious health problems, hypertension can cause heart attack, stroke and heart disease.  Women are less prompt of having hypertension compare to men, but as women get older, the risk is the same as of a man.  Women can still lower the risk of high blood pressure, as they get older, by exercising, lower alcohol consumption, maintain a healthy diet by eating more vegetables and fruits and less meat and prevent anemia by taking supplements of folic acids.

Notes from “Going on a Diet” - Fottima Mahkomova

Notes from “Going on a Diet”

·      People in this video are stressed because of their weight, as it has increased.

·      They prefer using diet pills over exercising.

·      They are afraid of getting obese, but don’t do anything about it.

·      Gaining means, increase in weight.  Losing means, decrease in weight.

·      Diet pills help you lose weight, which they think is easier than exercising.

·      But by using diet pills, you don’t lose weight for good, you can gain it back immediately.

·      Foods like meat, fish and cheese are rich in protein.

·      Foods like sugar, rice and cereals are rich in carbohydrate.

·      Yoyo is a toy, which is used as an example of losing and gaining weight. 

·      Coming around something, means seeing something in a new way, change in perspective. 

·      Doing something like someone, is following someone’s example.

·      To be obese, means to be overweight.

·      It is estimated that a very high population of the United States is obese.

·      To shed extra pounds, means to lose some weight.

·      They prefer fasting over exercising, which means no eating, which can lead to health issues. 

Fottima Mahkomova

Another fun thing we did over the holidays was, decorating the Christmas tree.  My kids were really excited, and they put in so much effort in making it look good.  After decorating the tree, they placed the presents under the tree.  Then the next mourning they opened them, and they were extremely happy when they opened their presents.