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Losing Weight Brought Blood Pressure Down

Q. I’m a 48-year-old male not taking any medicines, just daily vitamins. At the start of this year, my blood pressure was about 135 over 86. It had been hovering around that level for months.

I recently lost nearly 50 pounds (down from 261) and my blood pressure has dropped to 118 over 78. If you weigh more than you should, then it is possible to control your blood pressure by losing weight, eating right, and exercising.

A. What a great success story! Congratulations on your weight loss. We agree that losing excess pounds is a great way to control blood pressure. There is much more information on nondrug approaches for controlling hypertension in our Guide to Blood Pressure Treatment.

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Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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