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How can I help lower my blood pressure?

Most people with high blood pressure take medicines to lower it, sometimes needing several different kinds. But lifestyle changes can also help. These include:

• Losing weight
• Increasing activity levels – regardless of whether it causes weight loss.
• A specific kind of exercise called isometric strength training involves holding a strenuous position for as long as possible. One example is the “plank”, where you hold yourself above the ground, resting on your toes and forearms.
• Lowering the amount of salt in your diet. Food will seem more bland at first, but tastes generally adjust over days and weeks.
• Raising your potassium intake can also help, probably because it causes sodium – the harmful part of salt – to be lost in urine. Most “heart-healthy” salts replace some of the sodium with potassium.

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