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 fastacting medications to choose from. You can use sublingual antihypertensive 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 Blood Pressure
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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 antihypertensive 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.
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