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Lifestyle Change

Making lifestyle changes is essential to reducing high blood pressure. This section has information on the change process including goal settings, overcoming obstacles, social support, and making daily progress.

Salt and High Blood Pressure

Understanding salt (sodium) is important to control your blood pressure. Read here about how salt can change blood pressure, the current recommendations for salt intake, and what salt sensitivity is.

The DASH diet

An introduction to the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) including links to the National Heart, Lung and and Blood Institute's guide on the DASH diet.

S.M.A.R.T. Goals for Lifestyle Change

Using S.M.A.R.T. Goals to make lifestyle change for high blood pressure - a technique to create specific, measureable, attainable, realistic, and time-based goals.

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