Blood pressure: 5 fruit juices that could lower your reading - 'allows kidneys to work'
msn.comblood pressure. It can be potentially dangerous as it puts strain on your organs such as the heart and brain. Over time this can put you at risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease.
Blood pressure is recorded with two numbers; the higher number - systolic pressure - refers to the force at which your heart pumps blood around your body.
And the lower number - diastolic pressure - is the resistance to the blood flow in the blood vessels. High blood pressure is considered to be 140/90 millimetres of mercury (mmHg).
Potassium is a key mineral needed within our diet to stay healthy and for those living with high blood pressure it can be even more important. READ MORE: Warning: Woman who ate the same fruit daily almost lost her leg from dangerous blood clotBlood Pressure UK explains why: "Potassium plays a role in how much fluid is stored in your body, and how much is released in your urine. "If your body is holding onto water, there will be more fluid in your blood. "This puts extra pressure against your blood vessels walls, raising your blood pressure. "Normally, excess fluid is removed from your blood by your kidneys and filtered into the bladder.
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