How to manage high blood pressure through diet if you have high blood pressure you are more than twice as likely to develop heart disease and six times more likely to have a stroke than people with normal blood pressure manage your condition through diet you will need foods low in saturated fat fruits and vegetables low salt foods and moderate alcohol consumption optional a doctor never change your diet without first consulting your physician step 1 eat less saturated fat if you are used to eating a diet high in fat reducing your fat and cholesterol intake will reduce your blood pressure step 2 count calories and keep your weight in check putting on extra pounds tends to raise blood pressure step 3 eat more produce fruits and vegetables contain potassium a mineral that appears to lower blood pressure step 4 reduce your salt intake if your blood pressure responds to salt in your diet about fifty eight percent of people with high blood pressure are salt sensitive if you are not sure whether you are salt sensitive consult your doctor about trying a low salt diet to see if your pressure drops step 5 drink alcohol in moderation although studies have shown that one alcoholic drink a day can lower your blood pressure drinking excessively will raise it did you know over the course of an average lifespan the human heart beats about two and a half billion times without stopping
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