How can I maintain normal blood pressure?
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Use MAWDS to help you remember and follow the basics for maintaining a healthy blood pressure.
- Take medications as prescribed.
- Perform aerobic activity for at least 30 minutes per day, most days of the week.
- Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Your healthcare provider can help you set a good target weight for you.
- Follow a healthy diet. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products. Limit salt (sodium), saturated and total fat, and alcohol.
- Stop smoking and manage your stress.
Helpful? 1 person found this helpfulUse MAWDS to help you remember and follow the basics for maintaining a healthy blood pressure. Take medications as prescribed. Perform aerobic activity for at least 30 minutes per day, most days of the week. Achieve and maintain a healthy... More -
Bryce Wylde answered:With a blood pressure cuff in every pharmacy these days and all of the available information on how to achieve and maintain ideal body weight and composition through diet, lifestyle, and exercise, we need to start taking the responsibility upon ourselves to keep and maintain optimal blood pressure. You don't want to resort to prescription medication when recent research shows that only 34 percent of individuals with hypertension respond favorably to drug treatment.With a blood pressure cuff in every pharmacy these days and all of the available information on how to achieve and maintain ideal body weight and composition through diet, lifestyle, and exercise, we need to start taking the responsibility... More -
Riverside Heart and Vascular Center answered:To maintain a healthy blood pressure, keep the following healthy-living practices in mind:
- Eat healthy foods from all of the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, breads, dairy products, meat and fish. Eating healthy foods may help you feel better and have more energy. Ask your doctor if you need to be on a special diet.
- Drink 6 to 8 cups of liquid each day. Follow your doctor's advice if you must change the amount of liquid you drink. Good liquids to drink are water, juices and milk. Limit the amount of caffeine you drink, such as coffee, tea and soda.
- Talk to your doctor before you start exercising. Together you can plan the best exercise program for you. It is best to start slowly and do more as you get stronger. Exercising makes the heart stronger, lowers blood pressure and keeps you healthy.
- It is never too late to quit smoking if you smoke. Smoking harms the heart, lungs and the blood. You are more likely to have a heart attack, lung disease and cancer if you smoke. You will help yourself and those around you by not smoking. Ask your doctor for more information on how to stop smoking if you are having trouble quitting.
- Stress may slow healing and cause illness later. Since it is hard to avoid stress, learn to control it. Learn new ways to relax (deep breathing, relaxing muscles, meditation or biofeedback). Talk to your doctor about things that upset you.
To maintain a healthy blood pressure, keep the following healthy-living practices in mind: Eat healthy foods from all of the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, breads, dairy products, meat and fish. Eating healthy foods may help you feel... More -
Kristy France of Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered:Healthy lifestyle choices can help you maintain normal blood pressure. Here are some healthy lifestyle choices that will help you maintain normal blood pressure:
- Eat a healthy diet, low in salt, fat, and alcohol.
- Be physically active.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Quit smoking.
- Manage stress effectively.
The more lifestyle changes you make the more likely you are to maintain normal blood pressure.
Healthy lifestyle choices can help you maintain normal blood pressure. Here are some healthy lifestyle choices that will help you maintain normal blood pressure: Eat a healthy diet, low in salt, fat, and alcohol. Be physically... More
