Ten Things to Do This Month to Lower Your Blood Pressure
It's a new year and a perfect time to reassess your heart health and steps you need to be taking to promote a lower blood pressure. Here are ten steps you can take this month to get started on the right path.
Lose weight and/or maintain a healthy weight
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Maintaining a healthy weight or losing weight will lower your blood pressure and make any medication you take to treat high blood pressure more effective. One of the easiest ways to evaluate your weight is by calculating your body mass index (BMI).
Source: Ten Things to Do This Month to Lower Blood Pressure, by Lisa Nelson, RD
By — Last Modified: 03/26/2012, First Published: 02/14/2012
