High blood pressure (BP) will continue to rise if a person leads a sedentary lifestyle and eats unhealthy food. It is important to understand that hypertension, if not controlled, can lead to very serious health problems. The heart also suffers, its rhythm is disturbed, shortness of breath appears. And finally, a stroke or heart attack is also inextricably linked to high blood pressure.
Heart surgeon Larry Creswell told the Express that cycling is one of the most beneficial activities for lowering blood pressure. If you do this regularly, you can lower your blood pressure by 10 millimeters of mercury without medication.
An active lifestyle keeps the heart and blood vessels in good shape, and also strengthens bones, improves body balance and mood.
Specialists recommend dancing, brisk walking, swimming, tennis, smart gardening. Exercises are united by the fact that they are aerobic, that is, they saturate the body with oxygen and make the cardiovascular system work.
It is recommended to do aerobics daily for 30 minutes five to seven times a week, do not forget to warm up and finish with stretching. These exercises will help not only reduce blood pressure, but also lose weight, control blood sugar levels and minimize the risk of heart and vascular diseases.
Blood pressure readings are divided into two parts:
- Systolic – upper value
- Diastolic – lower.
It was previously believed that the blood pressure of a healthy person at rest was not should exceed the values: 120/70 – 130/80 – at 20-40 years old, 140/90 – at 40-60 years old, and 150/90 – for people over 60 years old.
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Now it is believed that normal blood pressure is in the range from 110 to 70 to 130 to 85 mm. rt. Art. The indicators largely depend on age, gender, body characteristics, living conditions and even time of day.
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