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1in every 3 persons are suffering from high
blood pressure in America. You can also be one of them, if you
a) are overweight
b) are a man over the age of 45
c) are a woman over the age of 55
d) have a family history of high blood pressure
e) have pre-hypertension (that is, blood pressure in the range of
120–139/80–89 mmHg)
There are also other things that can raise your blood
pressure. These are as follows:
1) Eating too much salt
2) Drinking too much alcohol
3) Not getting enough potassium in your diet
4) Not doing enough physical activity
5) Taking certain medicines
6) Having long-lasting stress
If you fall in any of the above brackets, then you need to be mighty
careful. You also need to check your blood pressure regularly.
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