Blood pressure measurement guidelines explained. Natural approaches to blood pressure control can work better than drugs because you’re treating the underlying cause, and can end up having only good side effects.

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Stay tuned for How to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally with Lifestyle Changes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-lower-blood-pressure-naturally-with-lifestyle-changes), which compares the effect of fasting to medications, cutting down on alcohol, meat, and salt, eating more fruits and vegetables, or eating completely plant-based. And then finally a review of all the fasting trials to date coming up in Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-to-naturally-reverse-high-blood-pressure).

Is salt really that bad? See, for example, Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprinkling-doubt-taking-sodium-skeptics-with-a-pinch-of-salt) and The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure).

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