What behaviors will help you prevent high blood presure?

Answer 1

A healthy lifestyle, low alcohol intake, non-smoker, low fat diet, you get the picture.

A proportion of families however, show inherited high BP with no obvious confounding factors, i.e smokers, overweight.

Drugs can also lower BP for chronic sufferers, such as those slowing heart rate, Beta-blockers, Ca channel blockers, and those which lower blood volume. Lowering blood volume reduces pre-load and then after-load of the heart, essentially reducing the work of the heart, and as a consequence, it will contract less forcefully at a lower arterial pressure.

Answer 2

Maintain a healthy weight

Be more physically active

Choose food that is lower in salt and sodium (eat no more than 6 grams of salt a day)

Buy fresh poultry, fish and lean meat, and fresh, or canned with "no salt added", vegetables

Cut back on frozen dinners, Pizza, canned soups, broths and salad dressings, which are high in sodium

If you drink alcohol, do it in moderation. If you have no more than 2 drinks a day, your risk of high blood pressure is low

I hope this helps :)