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    What Is Hypertension? 6 Ways To Prevent Hypertension

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    What Is Hypertension? 6 Ways To Prevent Hypertension

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    Hypertension has many risk factors including age, diet, tobacco and alcohol use, and chronic conditions. The document provides 6 ways to prevent hypertension such as maintaining a healthy weight, eating balanced diet, exercising regularly, and monitoring blood pressure. It also lists 6 herbal plants such as garlic, ginger, and tomatoes that may help treat high blood pressure.

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    Hypertension has many risk factors including age, diet, tobacco and alcohol use, and chronic conditions. The document provides 6 ways to prevent hypertension such as maintaining a healthy weight, eating balanced diet, exercising regularly, and monitoring blood pressure. It also lists 6 herbal plants such as garlic, ginger, and tomatoes that may help treat high blood pressure.

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    High blood pressure has many risk

    What is factors, including:


    6 Ways to Prevent
    Hypertension?  Age. The risk of high blood
    pressure increases as you age. Hypertension
     Too much salt (sodium) in your
    High blood pressure is diet. Too much sodium in your
    1. Maintain a
    a common condition in diet can cause your body to retain
    fluid, which increases blood
    healthy weight.
    which the long-term pressure.
     Using tobacco. This can cause 2. Eat a balanced
    force of the blood your arteries to narrow and
    increase your risk of heart disease. diet.
    against your artery Secondhand smoke also can
    increase your heart disease risk. 3. Cut back on
    walls is high enough  Drinking too much alcohol. Over
    salt.
    that it may eventually time, heavy drinking can damage
    your heart. Having more than one
    4. Exercise
    cause health problems, drink a day for women and more
    than two drinks a day for men may regularly.
    such as heart disease. affect your blood pressure.
     Certain chronic 5. Limit the
    conditions. Certain chronic
    conditions also may increase your alcohol.
    risk of high blood pressure, such as
    kidney disease, diabetes and sleep 6. Monitor your
    apnea.
     Stress. High levels of stress can
    blood pressure
    lead to a temporary increase in
    blood pressure.
    Herbal plants that treat High Blood
    pressure:

    1. Garlic In individuals with increased


    systolic pressure, garlic may decrease
    HYPERTENSION
    blood pressure through the increase of
    nitric oxide production.
    2. Ginger Frequently used for digestive
    issues, ginger also has been shown to
    improve blood circulation and relax
    muscles surrounding blood vessels.
    3. Radish The edible root of this
    mustard family plant has been shown
    to reduce blood pressure and heart rate
    in animal studies
    4. Moringa A crude extract
    from Moringa oleifera, the most
    cultivated plant in its genus, caused a
    fall in systolic, diastolic, and mean
    arterial blood pressure in animal
    studies
    5. Tomato An extract of the tomato has
    been shown to reduce blood pressure
    in individuals with mild, untreated
    hypertension. Additionally, a
    significant correlation has been
    discovered between systolic blood
    pressure and lycopene, a carotenoid
    pigment in the tomato.
    6. Soybean may provide a modest
    reduction in blood pressure.

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