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Should you take medications for high blood pressure lifelong?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

These measures would include maintaining ideal body weight, having a regular exercise program, modifying your diet to avoid high salt diet – not no salt diet, which will bring in other problems, adding fruits and vegetables to your diet and stress management.

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Lifelong dietary interventions linked to improved retinal health and reduced cardiovascular risk

Cardiology Update

The primary goal was to evaluate the long-term effects of a heart-healthy diet on cardiovascular health. As the study demonstrates, a heart-healthy diet from a young age can lead to substantial long-term benefits, potentially reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases and improving quality of life.

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How to control high blood pressure without medications

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Importance of a healthy diet cannot be overstressed. Aerobic exercises like walking, jogging, cycling and swimming are the most suitable. If you have high blood pressure, get medical opinion before starting an exercise program.

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Sugar-sweetened beverages linked with about three hundred and forty thousand deaths from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease globally – Study

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Less quantities of healthier food may be consumed in the diet by those with higher intake of sugar sweetened beverages. High doses of fructose can directly activate hepatic fat synthesis causing ectopic fat deposition and metabolic dysfunction in liver and muscle.