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Dr. Ashraf Abdel-Aziz, a professor of nutrition at the Faculty of Home Economics, Helwan University confirms that high blood pressure patients can maintain a normal rate of blood pressure through attention to ways of prevention in 8 steps:


*. Stop smoking and stay away as much as possible contact with smokers.


*. exercise daily if possible, or 4 times a week at least, an average of half an hour a day, such as walking, running and swimming.


*. if the patient is obese,he should loss the weight following the diet under the supervision of a dietician, studies have shown that there is a close relationship between obesity and high blood pressure, and it is found that the more weight loss less chance of developing high blood pressure, it turns out that people who gather they have fat in the upper part of the body are more prone to high blood pressure than those who have fat accumulate at the bottom.


*. Reduce adding salt to food and eating salted foodsuch as pickles food spicy fried potatoes and cheese plus salt and canned and dried soups and ketchup.


* eating a lot of foods rich in calcium, potassium, and calcium-rich food such as milk and dairy products, preferably low-fat, , Potassium is found in bananas, orange juice, apricots, spinach and tomatoes.


*. Limit the intake of saturated fat and cholesterol, which is found in animal foods such as butter, cheese, red meat, egg yolk and liver.


*. Reduction of drinking coffee and tea as much as possible.

*. Stay away from tension and stress.