If you're interested in blood pressure and how it relates to you -- but you're not sure how to maintain healthy blood pressure or where to start looking to research the topic -- then you've come to the right place!

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My name is "Heart Healthy" Henry and I'm going to show you the ins and the outs of blood pressure, both low and high. If you want to know about heart attack symptoms -- I'll teach you. If you want to know what to do to lower your blood pressure naturally -- you'll find it here.

I'll also be sharing information about your cardiovascular system, why diet and exercise are so important and what you need to look for when you think you may be having heart problems. If it's related to blood pressure, you'll find it at this site. I look forward to helping you lower your blood pressure...

When you've got high blood pressure, maintaining good health can be like negotiating a minefield. Watching your diet, exercising, and taking your meds are foundational to keeping your blood pressure at reasonable levels...but there are plenty of "nos" to worry over, and unfortunately, that list keeps on growing.

The best you can do is stay on your toes, and take note of new dangers as they come to the attention of medical science. Today, we'll look at a high blood pressure trigger that's recently come to the fore: fructose.

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It's rare to hear the terms "brain" and "high blood pressure" used in the same sentence. If the brain is mentioned at all in the context of hypertension, it's usually in the sense that high BP can damage brain tissue if allowed to get out of hand.

But there's a more direct association between the brain and hypertension, according to some researchers, so it's a good idea to keep an eye on the possibility of brain involvement in your own case. Let's take a brief look at the issue.

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Some doctors will tell you earnestly that there's a definite causal link between sodium intake and hypertension; others dismiss the possibility as myth. So who do you believe? It's hard to tell who's right, frankly, because the evidence seems so contradictory.

But it's starting to become clear that there's a third factor in play that sometimes presents and sometimes doesn't: salt sensitivity. About half of us have it; the rest of us don't.

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Although there are many ways to treat hypertension, pharmaceutical blood pressure medications tend to work the best. But medical science being the complicated mess it is, most of us have only a hazy idea of how our meds work.

In this article, we'll take a look at the basic specs on the six most common classes.

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Once you understand the basic causes of hypertension, the relationship between blood pressure and BMI, or body mass index, becomes fairly obvious. This is because BMI is one of the key measures for determining obesity. And like it or not, obesity -- simply being overweight, as most Americans are -- is one of the prime risk factors for hypertension.

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Recently, a process called biofeedback has become popular for the non-medical treatment of high blood pressure. You've probably heard of it before, in other contexts. Though it may smack to some of crystal energy and other New Age sensibilities, it does seem to work for many of the people who try it.

Now, a caveat before we get started: please understand, we're not saying that you should go off your meds in favor of biofeedback. But as a supplement to your standard hypertension treatment, at the very worst it can't hurt -- and we honestly think it can help.

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Did you know that you can lower your blood pressure by getting a good night's sleep, or by meditating?

If you're like most of us, you already take medication for your hypertension, and that's a good thing. Pharmacology seems to work best for high blood pressure, so do keep taking your meds.

That said, it never hurts to help them along a little, especially when doing a few simple things can push your BP down a few points. So let's take a closer look at taking it easy.

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