After being diagnosed with hypertension your doctor will recommend you change of lifestyle and perhaps prescribe a medication or combination of several medications for lowering blood pressure levels. It is highly important to change your diet, to be adequately physically active and avoid or limit all other factors which contribute to high blood pressure levels such as consumption of salt and alcohol, smoking tobacco, etc. Once you achieve your goal blood pressure levels your doctor will perhaps prescribe less medications or any at all depending on severity of hypertension and your medical condition.
Optimal blood pressure maintenance is a lifelong process. Besides taking medications for lowering blood pressure as directed long-term blood pressure control requires the following lifestyle changes:
- Healthy diet. Patients suffering from high blood pressure are usually recommended to follow the DASH diet which emphasizes lots of fruits and vegetables, foods high in essential fatty acids such as fish, nuts, seeds and some cold pressed oils, and foods high in calcium, potassium, fibers and other nutrients which promote cardiovascular health and avoidance of foods high in saturated fat, salt, alcohol, caffeine and smoking tobacco.
- Adequate physical activity. Exercise at least 30 minutes most days of the week improves blood flow and helps to lower blood pressure.
- Healthy body weight maintenance is crucial for optimal blood pressure maintenance.
- Stress management. According to some health experts stress is the cause of over 50% of all diseases and health problems. Try with relaxation techniques such as yoga, meditation, taking short walks in the park or anything which helps you to reduce the impact of stress.
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