The bottom number is the more important of the two. Below 85 is fine, 85 to 89 is prehypertension, and 90 or above is hypertension. The top number is more tricky because that one can be easily influenced by different factors such as exercising which can easily shoot your 135/85 BP up to 170/85. If someone registers a 150/80 BP on a doc visit, he'll probably be put on a monitoring program first to determine whether the top number is normally that high or being influenced by some activities being done.
Those with high BP should cut their sodium intake way down. The body only needs something like 500 mg. Most Americans eat 3,000+ mg of it daily. They should also lose weight down to the normal range for their height. Most (not all) can avoid taking BP pills if they do these two things.
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The bottom number is the more important of the two. Below 85 is fine, 85 to 89 is prehypertension, and 90 or above is hypertension. The top number is more tricky because that one can be easily influenced by different factors such as exercising which can easily shoot your 135/85 BP up to 170/85. If someone registers a 150/80 BP on a doc visit, he'll probably be put on a monitoring program first to determine whether the top number is normally that high or being influenced by some activities being done.
Those with high BP should cut their sodium intake way down. The body only needs something like 500 mg. Most Americans eat 3,000+ mg of it daily. They should also lose weight down to the normal range for their height. Most (not all) can avoid taking BP pills if they do these two things.
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