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Its easy to walk about day after day without a second thought about your health, but you do not have to feel sick for there to be a problem. Blood pressure is one of those health issues that seems to go unchecked and I should know because I never got mine checked and it was high without my knowledge, there are plenty more walking around with the same condition.
Why not buy yourself your own blood pressure monitor and then you can check your families as well as your own. A good Pharmacy will also do a check for you or there is always your Doctor, its only a quick procedure. Don't wait for your health to be at risk before you think about taking this simple test, you can feel perfectly healthy and still have high blood pressure.
Some believe that high blood pressure only affects people as they get older, but this is not the case, whatever your age you can get high blood pressure. So what ever your age get it check at least every year, if you have high blood pressure then it will need to be checked more often even if you have managed to get it under control.
When you get it checked if it is high, there is no reason to panic and it won't mean that you have to necessarily start taking medication. It is worth trying to lower your blood pressure naturally first with some changes to your lifestyle. It can be done.
Looking at your present lifestyle with a Doctor may well show the areas that you can change to help in lowering your blood pressure. The things to look at are the kind of foods you consume and what exercise if any that you do during a typical day or week.
If you are strict in the suggestions that you have been given then there is every chance that you will be able to reduce your blood pressure over a short period of time and thus avoid having to take medication. Sticking with your new lifestyle should then keep it under control.
A balanced healthy diet and a good regular exercise routine does really have an affect on how healthy your body is on a whole, including blood pressure. A few things to try and avoid if you are trying to reduce your BP is salt, cigarettes and excessive alcohol intake. There are more but these are probably the first place to look at if you do any of them and you have had high blood pressure.
If you have high blood pressure then now is the time to make a commitment to the changes that need to be made to help lower your blood pressure. It is time to take a look at your lifestyle for possible improvements even if your blood pressure is normal. But if you have not had it checked yet, then it is time for your own sake and your families sake.
Why not buy yourself your own blood pressure monitor and then you can check your families as well as your own. A good Pharmacy will also do a check for you or there is always your Doctor, its only a quick procedure. Don't wait for your health to be at risk before you think about taking this simple test, you can feel perfectly healthy and still have high blood pressure.
Some believe that high blood pressure only affects people as they get older, but this is not the case, whatever your age you can get high blood pressure. So what ever your age get it check at least every year, if you have high blood pressure then it will need to be checked more often even if you have managed to get it under control.
When you get it checked if it is high, there is no reason to panic and it won't mean that you have to necessarily start taking medication. It is worth trying to lower your blood pressure naturally first with some changes to your lifestyle. It can be done.
Looking at your present lifestyle with a Doctor may well show the areas that you can change to help in lowering your blood pressure. The things to look at are the kind of foods you consume and what exercise if any that you do during a typical day or week.
If you are strict in the suggestions that you have been given then there is every chance that you will be able to reduce your blood pressure over a short period of time and thus avoid having to take medication. Sticking with your new lifestyle should then keep it under control.
A balanced healthy diet and a good regular exercise routine does really have an affect on how healthy your body is on a whole, including blood pressure. A few things to try and avoid if you are trying to reduce your BP is salt, cigarettes and excessive alcohol intake. There are more but these are probably the first place to look at if you do any of them and you have had high blood pressure.
If you have high blood pressure then now is the time to make a commitment to the changes that need to be made to help lower your blood pressure. It is time to take a look at your lifestyle for possible improvements even if your blood pressure is normal. But if you have not had it checked yet, then it is time for your own sake and your families sake.
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Have you got Hypertension, if the answer is that you do not know then now is the time to find out. To find out more about blood pressure, what it can do to the body if left unchecked and the steps you can take to reduce it, then visit MonitorBloodPressure.Net. Just a Simple Breathing Exercise performed on a daily basis might be all you need to reduce your blood pressure.
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