Change your diet
People with high blood pressure are often advised to eat less salt. Reducing the amount of sodium in your diet can be difficult because many foods you wouldn't think of as salty actually contain a lot of sodium.
Weight management
If you are overweight and have high blood pressure, losing weight can help your blood pressure return to normal. This is because when you have less body fat, your heart is under less pressure when pumping blood throughout the body.
Get enough exercise
Regular exercise and physical activity is one way to lower blood pressure. Some ways to do this exercise include:
- Water aerobics
- Walk or hike
- Golf
- Practice yoga
- Weightlifting
- Exercises with resistance bands
- Dancing
- Running
- Tennis
- Ride a bicycle
- Swimming
Quit smoking
Smoking increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. Quitting smoking can make a big difference in your blood pressure. Even switching to a less harmful alternative, like e-cigarettes , can be beneficial for blood pressure.
