Before chronic headache pressured me to seek medical care where my blood pressure readings were found be above limit of 120/80. My favorite delicacy was fatty meat flavored with high amount of salt which I was advised to limit or avoid to prevent hypertension. Hypertension [high blood pressure] is when the blood pressure-force of the blood on the inside walls of the blood vessels-is consistently higher than normal. Save for my chronic headache assisted medic to diagnose my blood pressure and get cured with diet ; there are no outward signs of High Blood Pressure until it has caused serious damage. [The Silent Killer]
To measure blood pressure, health care professionals use a blood pressure cuff around arm that gradually tightens. The results are given in two numbers. The first number, called systolic blood pressure, is the pressure caused by heart contracting and pushing out blood. The second number, called diastolic blood pressure, is the pressure when heart relaxes and fills with blood.
Notably, a blood pressure reading is given as the systolic blood pressure number over the diastolic blood pressure number. Blood pressure levels are classified based on those two numbers. The ideal blood pressure is considered to be between 90/60 mmHg and 120/80 mmHg.
The preventive diet I observe to maintain my BP [Blood Pressure] within normal range of medication successfully is : Eating vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy, fish, poultry, beans, nuts and seeds, and I avoid fatty meats, full-fat dairy, sugary drinks, sweets and excess salt.