Sunday, May 17, 2015

NEWS: Is bread killing South Africans?

South Africans eat a lot of bread and it forms part of every meal in the day, according to Dr Vash Mungal-Singh, who is the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa (HSF).

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Excess salt is known to cause high blood pressure or hypertension, which is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke in South Africa. With Sunday being World Hypertension Day (WHD), South Africans are being urged to test their blood pressure regularly as most have no idea what their blood pressure is like, and could be heading towards a health catastrophe.

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