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Keeping your blood pressure in check

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Keeping your blood pressure in check

Do you suffer from high blood pressure?
Over 700,000 people die from hypertension every year…and the American Heart Association’s updated its guidelines to help you keep yours in check, according to BestLife.
They recommend you:
  • Limit sodium intake
  • Limit alcohol intake
  • Reduce stress
  • Maintain a healthy weight
  • Follow the DASH Diet
  • Increase physical activity to at least 75 to 150 minutes per week
  • Monitor your blood pressure at home
Prevention, early detection and management of high blood pressure are critical to long-term heart and brain health…talk to your doctor to see what’s right for you!

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