Tips To Lower Your Blood Pressure

If you need to lower your blood pressure, but exercise and dieting isn’t helping, you might want to consider these other factors

- Simone Momberg

Around one in five adults in New Zealand have high blood pressure, but would you know how to prevent it from creeping up on you? Lifestyle factors play a big role in our blood pressure levels, so here are some surprising ways to naturally reduce hypertension.

Give a helping hand

Volunteering and helping others is a great way for people to stay socially connected and feel more positive overall, but the benefits have also been found to extend to physical health. A US study found that subjects over 50 who volunteered on a regular basis were 40 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who did not. So not only is volunteering a wonderful way to give back, but it goes full circle and can benefit you too!

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