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Prevention
To help reduce your risk of getting high blood pressure, take the following steps:
- Eat a well-balanced diet. The DASH diet —rich in fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy foods, and low in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol—may help keep your blood pressure in the healthy range.
- Exercise regularly.
- Maintain a healthy weight. (Your body mass index should be below 25.)
- If you smoke, quit .
- Drink alcohol in moderation. Moderate is two or fewer drinks per day for men and one or fewer drinks per day for women and older adults.
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