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Your HBP deserves your attention. • Uncontrolled high blood pressure can be fatal. • Know your numbers • It is recommended that everyone, with diagnosed high blood pressure or not, maintain blood pressure below 120/80 mm Hg. • Work with your health care professional • Make a few lifestyle changes • Maintain a healthy weight. If you are overweight or obese, weight loss will help reduce your blood pressure. • Eat healthier. Eat lots of fruit, veggies and low-fat dairy and less saturated and total fat. The DASH diet is geared toward reducing blood pressure. • Reduce sodium. Ideally, stay under 1,500 mg a day, but aim for at least a 1,000 mg per day reduction. • Get active. Aim for at least 90 to 150 minutes of aerobic and/or dynamic resistance exercise per week and/or three sessions of isometric resistance exercises per week. • Limit alcohol. Drink no more than one to two drinks a day (one for most women, two for most men). • Keep checking your blood pressure at home • Take your medication https://www.atherbs.net