But dosing yourself without medical advice is not a good idea, especially if your blood pressure is high. You're soon going to be hearing a lot more about potassium. The FDA allows only a handful of health claims on foods, but it recently approved a new one, saying that potassium-rich diets may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke. This claim is already appearing on a few foods, including some brands of orange juice. At least one out of every four sports injuries involves the knee, and female athletes have a much higher rate of knee injuries than men.
Several factors help explain the higher risk of knee injuries among women.
While you can't do anything about anatomical factors, you can protect your knees when exercising or playing a sport and at other times. Here are steps that will reduce the risk, especially if you're a woman. Keeping an Eye on Ions Machines that produce negative ions have been on the market for years. One or two small studies have found that negative ions, along with bright light, produced small benefits in treating winter depression. Of course, people who think these machines make them feel better may actually feel better when there's one humming away.