Take Control of Your Life
1. Slow down
Save some energy for your body and life, instead of giving every last ounce to work, worry, other demands or entertainment.
2. Make a change
Change something in your life that is damaging. No matter how small any successful change builds self confidence and makes the next change easier.
3. Get help
None of us can do it alone; life is a cooperative effort. Learn to find and ask for help.
4. Value your body and your life
Listen to your body and treat it with respect. Fill your life with more pleasure, love and reason to live.
5. Grown up. Educate yourself, take responsibility, be assertive
Accept yourself the way you are, but don’t give up in getting better.
These steps would sound intimidating, even to me, except for three things.
First, we rarely need the whole program. Anything we do for ourselves is likely to pay dividends.
Second, every single step should feel good; the whole idea, supported by scientific studies, is that improving quality of life will improve our health.
Third, we’ve probably doing many things right already.
Take Control of Your Life
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Exercise and Hypertension
Exercise and Hypertension
Lifestyle plays a major role in the development of hypertension and any program to reduce blood pressure must take this into consideration.
Medical experts note that any changes that are implemented must be maintained if blood pressure is to be controlled in a long term basis.
Smoking should be moderated or preferably totally avoided and alcohol intake should be kept to a minimum.
Weight loss reduces blood pressure in this with and without hypertension and be primary goal for hypertensive who are obese or moderately overweight.
Other factors for reducing and controlling hypertension are increased exercise and stress management.
Regular exercise reduces stress and blood pressure, so it is highly recommended as an integral part of your life.
Consistent aerobic exercise can both prevent and lower hypertension.
Swimming, which is frequently prescribed as a non impact exercise to lower high blood pressure, can produce a significant decrease in resting heart rate (a sign of cardiovascular health) and systolic blood pressure in previously sedentary people with elevated blood pressure.
Exercise and Hypertension
Lifestyle plays a major role in the development of hypertension and any program to reduce blood pressure must take this into consideration.
Medical experts note that any changes that are implemented must be maintained if blood pressure is to be controlled in a long term basis.
Smoking should be moderated or preferably totally avoided and alcohol intake should be kept to a minimum.
Weight loss reduces blood pressure in this with and without hypertension and be primary goal for hypertensive who are obese or moderately overweight.
Other factors for reducing and controlling hypertension are increased exercise and stress management.
Regular exercise reduces stress and blood pressure, so it is highly recommended as an integral part of your life.
Consistent aerobic exercise can both prevent and lower hypertension.
Swimming, which is frequently prescribed as a non impact exercise to lower high blood pressure, can produce a significant decrease in resting heart rate (a sign of cardiovascular health) and systolic blood pressure in previously sedentary people with elevated blood pressure.
Exercise and Hypertension
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