Know & Heal Blood Pressure

Whether or not you develop blood pressure (hypertension) is influenced by several factors. These are your genes, the way you eat, and other aspects of your lifestyle such as the amount of exercise you take, whether or not you smoke, and the amount of alcohol you drink. Eating to beat hypertension is not only possible, it is one of the mainstays of effective treatment. This book looks at how various dietary changes can help to reduce a raised blood pressure and lessen your risk of developing associated complications such as coronary heart disease and stroke. Making simple, healthy changes to your lifestyle can also significantly reduce your chances of contracting coronary heart disease. For instance, if you stop smoking, your risk of getting heart disease drops by 5070 per cent within five years. If you take up regular exercise, your risk falls by 45 per cent. Keeping your alcohol in- take within healthy limits will also have a beneficial effect. Drinking two or three units a day can reduce your chances of heart disease by as much as 2545 per cent, but excessive intakes increase the risk. Losing excess body weight will bring your chances of heart disease down by 3555 per cent. For more on lifestyle changes.

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