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Your doctor has just told you that you have high blood pressure — hypertension — and that you need treatment, but you feel* fine. High blood pressure may have few, if any, symptoms. That’s one reason why it can be dangerous, according to the American Heart Association.
There are many factors that you can control to reduce yur risk of high blood pressure.
One of these factors is diet. If you weight significantly more than your ideal body weight, your physician might advise cutting down on calories. As a person loses weight, blood pressure often drops automatically.
Sometimes reducing sodium intake can help lower blood pressure. A reduced-sodium diet will mean avoiding salty foods, processed foods and controlling the amount of salt used in cooking and at the table.
Another important control factor for reduction of high blood pressure is exercise. A regular fitness program that involves 20-30 minutes of aerobics three or four times each week can help shed extra weight or he.p maintain ideal weight and relieve anxiety. An important thing to remember with any modified eating
plan or exercise program is that it should be undertaken under the direction of your doctor. This is especially important when the dietexercise regime is designed to help control hypertension.
For some people, weight loss, sodium reduction and exercise will not
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