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Best Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure

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Best Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure

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  1. Best Home Remedies for High Blood Pressure By:S.vijaySudarsanam

  2. Introduction • High blood pressure is also known as hypertension which is a sign that the heart and blood vessels are being over-worked. It is a severe health problem which can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure. • A reading of 140/90 mm Hg or above is considered to be high blood pressure. It has no signs, and you can identify this by doing a regular blood checkup.

  3. Factors causing high blood pressure • Smoking • Overweight or obesity • Taking too much salt in your diet • Regular consumption of alcohol • Genetics • Age • Stress • Family history

  4. Prevention of High Blood Pressure • Losing weight • Getting regular exercise • Following a healthy diet • Stop smoking • Limit the amount of salt • Cutting down on caffeine

  5. Top 6 home remedies to bring down high blood pressure • 1. Regular Physical Activity • To lower your high blood pressure, doing regular exercise is one of the best thing. It makes your heart stronger and pumps more blood with fewer efforts. Also, it improves your heart health. • According to the “National Walkers Health Study,”  doing more exercise reduces your high blood pressure.

  6. 2. Reduce your salt intake • Too much salt in your diet increases your blood pressure and it results in high blood pressure, and causes other problems such as heart disease and atherosclerosis. • According to “American Heart Association,” eating high salt food or using too much table salt raises blood pressure or hypertension. Experts suggest cutting down of sodium intake to no more than 1500 mg per day would be an effective way to prevent or lower your high blood pressure. • So include more fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet instead of eating more processed or refined foods.

  7. 5. Eat potassium rich foods • Potassium is an essential mineral for proper body functioning. It helps you out from the adverse effects of salt and controls your blood pressure level. So focus on eating more fruits and vegetables which are rich in potassium. • Limit alchohal

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