Ten Ways to Control Your High Blood Pressure
1. Know your blood pressure. Have it checked regularly.
2. Know what your weight should be. Keep it at that level or below.
3. Don't use too much salt in cooking or at meals. Avoid salty foods.
4. Eat a low in saturated fat diet according to American Heart Association recommendations.
5. Control alcohol intake. Don't have more than one drink a day for women or
two a day for men.
6. Take your medicine exactly as prescribed. Don't run out of pills even for a
single day.
7. Keep appointments with the doctor.
8. Follow your doctor's advice about physical activity.
9. Make certain your parents, brothers, sisters and children have their blood
pressure checked regularly.
10. Live a normal life in every other way.
American Heart Association, Inc.