Lose weight for lower blood pressure

July 28, 2009 on 12:01 pm | By admin | In Health

Many overweight people take dangerous medications or buy expensive supplements without realizing that all they need to do is to lose weight for lower blood pressure. The connection between weight and high blood pressure is now so strong that experts specifically call it “obesity hypertension”.

It is estimated that 75% of all cases of hypertension in America are caused by obesity. The risk of hypertension for the obese is 5 or 6 times as great as that for people of normal weight.

Of course this means that losing weight if you are overweight is a reliable way to lower blood pressure naturally. Even losing just 5% of total body weight can bring significatn reductions.

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