To reduce high blood pressure without using pills, people with hypertension need to get rid of bad habits, doctor Svetlana Bagavieva said in an interview.
Medic called several ways to reduce high blood pressure without medication. In particular, for this purpose, it is useful to eat foods with potassium, a mineral that the heart muscle “loves”.
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“It is recommended to reduce salt intake, but you should not completely exclude it – sodium, which is part of food salt, is necessary for metabolic processes,” Bagaviyeva told Moscow 24.
Other methods named by the doctor to reduce high blood pressure without drugs.
- Rejection of cigarettes and alcohol, the use of which contributes to damage to the cardiovascular system.
- Loss of body weight in the presence of excess weight.
- Physical activity: physical education, walking, swimming.
- Reducing stress, adjusting the mode of rest and work.
- Rejection of fatty and fried foods, industrial sweets – all this contributes to the formation of cholesterol plaques in the vessels, narrowing them and increasing blood pressure.
“If a person with high yes kidney function is also impaired, the liquid is poorly excreted from the body, then the list of prohibited foods will be longer,” said doctor Bagaviyeva.
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