What should be noted in the treatment of hypertension?

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My husband is 40 years old this year and has just been diagnosed with high blood pressure. In addition to taking medication, he was also advised to change his lifestyle. Could you please give more specific instructions?

Huong Lan ( Hanoi )

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Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Hoai, Director of the National Heart Institute, Bach Mai Hospital answered:

In addition to drug therapy, lifestyle changes are the "golden key" in a comprehensive strategy to prevent and treat high blood pressure. Specifically:

A healthy, appropriate diet will help prevent and support the effective treatment of high blood pressure. The basic principles of choosing a diet are to increase vegetables, fruits, whole grains; low-fat dairy products with reduced saturated fat content, limit saturated fat; increase fish and poultry intake, limit red meat; limit salt, carbonated drinks, sweets; supplement minerals and vitamins such as potassium, magnesium, etc.

A healthy diet can reduce systolic blood pressure by up to 5 mmHg (possibly equivalent to the effect of a low-dose antihypertensive drug) in patients with hypertension and by about 3 mmHg in people without hypertension.

In addition, other measures have also been proven to help reduce blood pressure in people with high blood pressure and are very good in preventing high blood pressure in healthy people such as: Regular, consistent exercise, especially full-body exercises such as: Walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, cardio... a diet rich in potassium; drinking less alcohol, beer and alcoholic beverages.

If we strictly follow lifestyle changes, we can help prevent, treat and support the treatment of high blood pressure very effectively, safely and sustainably.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/dieu-tri-tang-huyet-ap-can-luu-y-gi-192250310205256816.htm