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Can you still have high blood pressure at a healthy weight and why?
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Unfortunately yes: Many different factors are involved in hypertension. Age plays a big role as the arteries "stiffen" over time. While weight reduction & regular exercise help prevent this there is no panacea as more than 75% of us develop HTN at some point in our lives.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Stress and diet: Elevated BP can also be caused by mental or emotional stress or diet related such as high salt or caffeine or alcohol -- and then there is a true essential hypertension that is quite common with the onset after the age of 30 and you would need medicine for this condition.
Answered 7/22/2014
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