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Health Talk:

Improve Your

Blood Pressure

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We all know about high blood pressure because almost everyone has a friend or a

relative who has not manageable blood pressure. When blood pressure is high,

the heart exerts more effort to be able do its job which is to distribute oxygen

carrying blood all throughout the body.

Because of this extra effort, the arteries become less

elastic making it more susceptible to blood pressure

symptoms and complications. High blood pressure is a

problem that you should be careful with because it can

lead to stroke or heart attack which can become fatal.

Hypertension is the clinical term given to the condition of

having high blood pressure and it affects millions of

people around the world. In the past, only old and

middle aged people tend to get hypertension but because of the increased

sedentary lifestyle of today’s generation, many young unhealthy adults and late

teens is becoming hypertensive.

Try some of these tips to improve your hypertension.

Keep your medication close

There are various ways of treating hypertension but if it attacks and the elevated

blood pressure is affecting your

productivity, there are a lot of fast-

acting medications to choose from.

You can use sublingual anti-

hypertensive drugs available in the

market because they act faster than

the usual orally taken drug.

Watch your diet

If you want to successfully control

your blood pressure, you should also

make some improvements on the food that you eat. There are variations of

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proper diet for hypertensive patients depending on the organization whose

advice you follow. All of the diets agree however that the recommended diet

should have decreased fat and salt content. You could consider taking Robert

Miller ‘s advice in choosing an anti-

hypertensive diet.

Begin regulated exercise

As a hypertensive, you can’t engage in just any

exercise you want because exercise and other

physical activity also increase your blood

pressure for a short period of time. If you want to begin exercising, you should

begin with small workout plans. your aim is to make a habit out of it and to make

your workouts regular. When your cardiovascular health has improved, then you

can begin planning for more intensive workout plans with the aid of your

physician or trainer.