Thursday 20 October 2016

MAINTAINING NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE


BY: Ikanyeng Simololang
Blood pressure is the force your blood exerts on the walls of your arteries, the blood vessels that carry oxygen –rich blood away from your heart. When your heart beat and forces more blood into your arteries, the force is a little higher, this is called your systolic pressure. Between beats, the pressure drops this is called your diastolic pressure.
Tips for keeping normal blood pressure
Getting older, having diabetes and having a family of diabetes are some of the factors that increase your risk for high blood pressure but you can fight back through the following measures;
  • Exercise
  • Loss excess weight
  • Eat healthy
  • Put the brakes on smoking and drinking of alcohol beverages

Jogging can help to keep the body free from diseases as the blood vessels and veins


 
Photo Credit: Louis Jalon

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