Mayo Clinic 5 Steps to Controlling High Blood Pressure: Your Personal Guide to Preventing and Managing Hypertension

How to play a vital role in your own health and longevity: A handbook from"one of the most reliable, respected health resources that Americans have" (Publishers Weekly).

This easy-to-use guide will help you understand the many issues related to high blood pressure and assist you in preventing it, managing it, and making essential treatment decisions.

· Learn which single factor you can do the most about when it comes to influencing your blood pressure. This one step may be all it takes to lower your blood pressure and keep it under control.

· How losing as little as 10 pounds may reduce your blood pressure to a healthier level—includes practical help for maintaining a healthier weight.

· Discover a great alternative that may lower your blood pressure just about as much as medications—without the expense of prescriptions.

· Why your blood pressure goes down if you make your heart stronger—and dozens of tips to realize this goal.

· How to manage your sodium intake.

· Information about medications for when changes in lifestyle aren't enough and more

© 2020 Mayo Clinic Press (Ebook): 9780795347788

Data di uscita

Ebook: 1 ottobre 2020