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Ways To Prevent High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
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Prevention
To prevent high blood pressure, you should:
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Get regular aerobic exercise
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Limit your intake of salt and alcoholic beverages
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Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats
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Avoid smoking
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Maintain a desirable body weight.
It is important to try to modify all the risk factors for coronary artery disease that are under your control. In addition to the above actions, you should:
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Quit smoking
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Reduce your...
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