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Article: Do the DASH - diet, that is - to control high blood pressure
- Article from:
- The Gazette
- Article date:
- May 17, 2000
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High blood pressure is a time -bomb in your blood vessels, just
waiting to explode in a stroke or heart attack. Like a time bomb,
there may be no outward signs or symptoms. It just keeps ticking
away, speeding the artery-clogging process until the blood vessels
finally burst. And the higher the pressure, the shorter the fuse.
High blood pressure is common among U.S. adults. Some 25 percent
of us have what's clinically defined as high blood pressure: 140 over
90.
Another 25 percent have cause for concern, with systolic readings
between 130 and 139 and/or diastolic readings between 85 and 89. As
we age, our blood pressure tends to creep up. It should come as no
surprise that heart disease ...