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I walk approx 5,000 steps daily and am very careful about my diet but my bp has always been boderline. what is the 1 thing that i can do to reduce it?

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Hypertension: Dietary salt restriction, DASH diet, weight loss, exercise, limit alcohol intake. They are all lifestyle modifications that should be tried before any pharmacological therapy is initiated.

Answered 4/21/2016

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