February is American Heart Month
According to the American Heart Association, half of the adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. Chronic hypertension can lead to debilitating health conditions such as heart and kidney disease. Yet, it rarely shows symptoms of its own, so it can silently wreak havoc on your heart health without ever making its presence known.
One thing you can do to help lower your blood pressure and distress: Use the 4-7-8 breathing method. Breathe in through your nose for four seconds, hold your breath for seven seconds, and breathe out through your mouth for eight seconds. Repeat at least three times.
Other preventative measures you can take, from Health Med Inc.: lower salt intake; limit alcohol consumption; cut back on red meats; avoid saturated and trans fats; eat potassium-rich foods and veggies; maintain a healthy weight; avoid smoking; manage your stress; and check your blood pressure regularly.
Whereville, AL
Identify and place this Alabama landmark and you could win $25! Winner is chosen at random from all correct entries. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Send your answer with your name, address and the name of your rural electric cooperative, if applicable. The winner and answer will be announced in the March issue.
Submit by email: [email protected], or by mail: Whereville, P.O. Box 244014, Montgomery, AL 36124.
Do you like finding interesting or unusual landmarks? Contribute a photo you took for an upcoming issue! Remember, all readers whose photos are chosen also win $25!
January’s answer: This full-size, steel replica of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s biplane is perched near Interstate 65 and the Maxwell Boulevard overpass in Montgomery. The biplane commemorates the Wright brothers’ first civilian flying school, a short-lived enterprise that opened and closed in Montgomery in 1910, seven years after the brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. The replica measures 25 feet by 40 feet and is held about 30 feet in the air on three support beams. It was installed in 2013. (Photo by Allison Law of Alabama Living). The randomly drawn correct guess winner is Robert Dunn of South Alabama EC.
