| The pressure of the blood in our vascular system | | | | control your blood pressure. |
| is important for blood to flow throughout or | | | | There is only one way to find out if you have |
| bodies. With no blood pressure we would simply | | | | high blood pressure and that is to have yourself |
| stop to exist. It is important that the pressure of | | | | checked. Your doctor can do this and tell you |
| the blood in our body fall within a normal and | | | | what is a healthy range for your blood pressure. |
| healthy range. To much pressure can be the | | | | After you learn to check your blood pressure you |
| cause of many health problems. | | | | can do it yourself, its easy to do. After you are |
| So it is important that you educate yourself about | | | | checked you then can work to bring it down to a |
| blood pressure and what you can do to control it. | | | | reasonable level if it is high or if is normal you can |
| There are many thing that we can do to insure | | | | make sure you take the steps necessary to |
| that our blood pressure stays within a safe | | | | keep it there. The first place to look is at your |
| range.When your heart beats, it pumps blood and | | | | diet.There are high risk groups for high blood |
| this in turn creates pressure on the arteries. | | | | pressure, find out if you fall into one of these |
| Blood pressure is created by both the force that | | | | groups. |
| your heart creates by pumping blood and the by | | | | If you do see what needs to be done to get |
| the arteries as they resist the flow. For healthy | | | | yourself out of a high risk group. Quitting smoking |
| blood pressure both the heart and the arteries | | | | and eating right are the first steps you can take. |
| must be functioning properly. healthy normal | | | | Excess salt in your diet can cause a high blood |
| arteries are stretchy and elastic and how much | | | | pressure. Salt is an acquired taste and just as you |
| they stretch has a direct effect on our blood | | | | got used to it you can slowly get unused to it. |
| pressure. If they are not elastic then they are | | | | Start slowly reducing the salt you use. There are |
| unable to deliver proper healthy blood pressure. | | | | low and no sodium salt substitutes available at |
| Recent studies have concluded that as many as | | | | your food store, just ask the clerk.Remember it |
| one third of adults in America have high blood | | | | is you that is ultimately responsible for your own |
| pressure. High blood pressure is known as the | | | | health. Prevention is the key to a healthy body. |
| silent killer because it has almost no symptoms. | | | | If you mistreat and neglect your health then don't |
| It quietly does its damage and unless it is checked | | | | be surprised if in the future your health mistreats |
| can lead to heart attack and stroke and many | | | | you. So make you blood pressure a part of you |
| other health related problems such as kidney | | | | health maintenance program. Do the right things |
| failure. Information is the key to preventing high | | | | and you will be rewarded with blood pressure in a |
| blood pressure. Knowing what causes it and what | | | | healthy range and you in turn can avoid the health |
| prevents it is the only way you are going to | | | | problems that high blood pressure can bring. |