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Can brisk walking reduce high blood pressure ?
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Yes: Walking would lower BP by its effects on healthy living; namely if u walk briskly your vascular tone/reactivity/resistance ought to improve and hence lower BP; additionally u would be more fit Ofcourse and probably weigh less, also having a + effect on BP
Answered 3/17/2015
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