Q: what is a good diet to reduce high blood pressure?

Diet: A low salt diet is excellent to reduce hypertension

Q: can you reduce high blood pressure without medication?

Sometimes: The dash diet (google it) (it should be a lifestyle, not a diet, because diets are temporary) may reduce BP by 5-8 mm hg (points). Some drastic improvements in lifestyle (dash, wt loss, quit alcohol) may make meds unnecessary, but in some patients, BP will require medicine to get to safe level even with a healthy lifestyle.

Q: what can be done to reduce high blood pressure in 3 days.?

No salt: Consume no salt whatsoever. You would basically not be able to eat any preprepared foods. You would have to track all the sodium intake, and keep it less than 1 gram per day. Aerobic exercise each day for 1 hour. If you can't do it all at once, break it up into smaller periods. Your goal should not be to control BP in 3 days, but rather, to control it over a period of months.

Q: what should i do to effectively reduce high blood pressure?

See Below: Healthy diet high in potassium , fruits and vegetables, low salt diet. Exercise 30 min or more most days, stop smoking. Limit alcohol. Medications as needed.

Q: how and how comees regular cycling reduce high blood pressure?

It doesn't: Losing weight will. Immediately after cycling, BP falls temporarily from dilatation of blood vessels in your muscles but that doesn't affect your long term control of high blood pressure. That said, regular exercise is good and is encouraged.

Q: what are helpful recommendations to reduce high blood pressure?

Healthy life style: Eat a mediterranean diet, get plenty of exercise, do not smoke and take care of any risk factors you may have like diabetes, hypertension or gout. Avoid excess alcohol and don't use drugs, learn to control stress.

Question 1

i have high blood pressure from 1 month 150/100 i take met xl 25 mg at afternoon and propranolol 20 mg at night around 11 pm blood pressure from past 15 days is around 115/75 at night and 105/65 at day can i reduce the dose?

Accepted Answer

: Any adjustment to the antihypertensive medications you are taking should be discussed with the physician who treated you with those medications.

Question 2

what are tips to reduce high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

Life style modificat: Low salt diet, exercise , wt loss. Take your meds as perscribed.

Question 3

what can you do to reduce high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

Lifestyle and meds: Depends on how high your BP is. Start with: dash lifestyle, lose weight, walk 40 mins every day. Limit alcohol and dietary salt/sodium.  If not controlled (<140/90) you likely need medicine. Which meds to start and how much depend on other factors like your past history and other illnesses, your age, and race.

Question 4

can give a tips to reduce a high blood pressure?

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Many: Low salt diet, minimize stress (easier said than done), fresh air and exercise, healthy diet (vegitarian ideal), keep weight down, ...

Question 5

what is a good diet to reduce  high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

Diet: A low salt diet is excellent to reduce hypertension

Question 6

can you reduce high blood pressure without medication?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: The dash diet (google it) (it should be a lifestyle, not a diet, because diets are temporary) may reduce BP by 5-8 mm hg (points). Some drastic improvements in lifestyle (dash, wt loss, quit alcohol) may make meds unnecessary, but in some patients, BP will require medicine to get to safe level even with a healthy lifestyle.

Question 7

what can be done to reduce high blood pressure in 3 days.?

Accepted Answer

No salt: Consume no salt whatsoever.  You would basically not be able to eat any preprepared foods.  You would have to track all the sodium intake, and keep it less than 1 gram per day. Aerobic exercise each day for 1 hour. If you can't do it all at once, break it up into smaller periods. Your goal should not be to control BP in 3 days, but rather, to control it over a period of months.

Question 8

what should i do to effectively reduce high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

See Below: Healthy diet high in potassium , fruits and vegetables, low salt diet. Exercise 30 min or more most days, stop smoking. Limit alcohol. Medications as needed.

Question 9

how and how comees regular cycling reduce high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

It doesn't: Losing weight will.  Immediately after cycling, BP falls temporarily from dilatation of blood vessels in your muscles but that doesn't affect your long term control of high blood pressure. That said, regular exercise is good and is encouraged.

Question 10

what are helpful recommendations to reduce high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

Healthy life style: Eat a mediterranean diet, get plenty of exercise, do not smoke and take care of any risk factors you may have like diabetes, hypertension or gout. Avoid excess alcohol and don't use drugs, learn to control stress.

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