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[P640]Prevent High Blood Pressure
by Hans Hasselfors, Han
Blood pressure is directly proportional to the body weight; it means that if your weight increases the blood pressure also rises. Overweight people have an increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and other illnesses. Losing weight reduces the risk Even if you don't have high or low blood pressure problems due to being overweight, a healthy weight can help you feel active and lower your risk of blood pressure and other diseases.

It's not just how much you weigh that's important: It also matters where your body stores extra fat. Just like the other things your body shape is also inherited from your parents. Some people are ?Apple-shaped?; these have extra fat at the waist while others are ?pear shaped? having more fat at their hips and thighs. The former have higher health risks than the later.

Anyways, wherever that extra weight is you can still prevent it and control your blood pressure. Even if you are already captured by the high blood pressure; no problem just start loosing wait and it will help you lower your pressure.

To loose weight, you should use up more calories than you eat. You need to use up the day's calories and some of the calories stored in your body fat. Eating 300 to 500 calories less per day, may lead to losing between one and two pounds per week. This is a realistic weight loss. It may seem slow, but would add up to a weight loss of more than three stone in a year.
Increase your physical activity if you really want to loose your weight. Being active controls your weight 10 times by eating less. Besides losing weight, there are other reasons to be more active: Being physically active can help lower high blood pressure and your total cholesterol level while raising HDL-cholesterol, and reduces your risk for heart disease. Physically active people have a lower risk of getting high blood pressure (20% to 50% lower) than inactive people.

You are not being asked to join a gym but at least try to fit various physical activities into your daily routine in small but important ways. If light physical activities done on regular basis can reduce the risk of blood pressure and heart disease.

Do at least 30 minutes of exercise like swimming or running. If you don't have 30 minutes for exercising, try to find two 15-minute periods or even three 10-minute periods. Try to do some type of aerobic activity in the course of a week or try brisk walking, most days of the week. These exercises can condition your heart and lungs and can prevent you from diseases.
Most people don't need to see a doctor before they start exercising, since a gradual, sensible exercise program has few health risks. But in case of any health problem like, heart disease, blood pressure problem or any other you should first consult your physician. Your doctor or other health worker can help you set sensible goals based on a proper weight for your height, build and age and help you prevent high blood pressure. Men and very active women may need up to 2,500 calories daily. Other women and inactive men need only about 2,000 calories daily. A safe plan is to eat 300 to 500 fewer calories a day to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week.

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The best way to prevent high blood pressure is to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle starts with maintaining good health. How would you maintain good health? Let's start with food, our life revolves around it. If you follow a healthy eating plan, which is geared around green vegetables, fresh fruits and low fat diary products. Maintain intake of salt and sodium in low quantity helps in keeping body healthy. Moderate you're eating habit, taking meals on time and in right quantity will keep your weight in check. Avoid or moderate alcoholic beverages. Follow these basic steps and you will find remarkable change in your health. This healthy lifestyle habit will help you in preventing high blood pressure.

Another important factor is keeping your body weight in check. The more weight you carry in your body results into more blood pressure. People who are overweight have more chances of developing high blood pressure than you are at recommended weight. One should keep body weight in desirable range to avoid high blood pressure from developing.

Overall maintain your body weight in right proportion. Be physically active; bring some routine in your life such as daily 15-30 minutes walk or lightweight exercise or playing active sports. There are many weight watcher programs, which claim of reducing weight in days or weeks. There program work but for brief period, once you stop following program; lost weight will bounce back.

Best way is to go slowly reducing your weight by 1 pound a week by being active. Take part in physical activity, eat healthy. Keep your calories intake less than what your body is burning. By exercise and eating healthy food you can cut down on fat and calories will keep your body in healthy shape and good spirit.

Lot of research has been done in this direction to find ways to prevent high blood pressure. Lab results have shown good amount of data, which suggests following healthy diet and workout plan, reduces chance of developing high blood pressure.

Remember five important rules:

1. Maintain a healthy weight and don't be overweight.
2. Be more physically active.
3. Take less salt and sodium.
4. Fresh vegetables and fresh fruits
5. Moderate or avoid alcoholic beverages.

Once you follow above precautions, you will see noticeable change in your blood pressure reading. Consult your doctor, he will in be good position to advise you what diet plan, exercise and if any medication is needed to lower your blood pressure.

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