Healthy guide to defeat hypertension

It is called a silent killer since it slowly gets worse without any serious symptoms. Here's what you can do to thwart hypertension or high blood pressure.

People who sleep five hours or less a night may be at higher risk of developing high blood pressure.

Salt makes your body retain water. If you eat too much, the extra water stored in your body raises your blood pressure.

Exercise is your drug-free treatment for hypertension. Regular physical activity makes your heart stronger. A stronger heart can pump more blood with less effort. But to maintain a healthy BP, you need to keep exercising regularly.

Stress is your body's natural alarm system. It releases a hormone called adrenaline that causes your breathing to quicken, and heart rate and blood pressure to rise.

Research proves that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables combined with low-fat dairy foods significantly lowers blood pressure, especially in patients with hypertension.

Obese individuals have an increase in fatty tissue that increases their vascular resistance and in turn increases the work the heart has to do.
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-Inputs from Dr Anjali Hooda, clinical nutritionist
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