Understand your doctor's recommendations
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Understanding High Blood Pressure 5
Chapter 1: Introducing High Blood Pressure 7
Chapter 2: Detecting High Blood Pressure 13
Chapter 3: Determining Whether You’re at Risk 23
Chapter 4: Reviewing the Causes of Resistant High Blood Pressure 29
Part 2: Considering the Medical Consequences of High Blood Pressure 49
Chapter 5: Protecting Your Heart from Heart Disease 51
Chapter 6: Caring for Your Kidneys 69
Chapter 7: Keeping Your Brain Intact 87
Chapter 8: Eyeing Your Blood Pressure 101
Part 3: Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure 105
Chapter 9: Choosing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure 107
Chapter 10: Keeping Salt and Sugar Out of Your Diet 121
Chapter 11: Avoiding Tobacco, Alcohol, and Caffeine 129
Chapter 12: Lowering Blood Pressure with Exercise 141
Chapter 13: Taking Medications to Lower Your Blood Pressure 153
Chapter 14: Considering Important Clinical Studies of High Blood Pressure 185
Part 4: Taking Care of Special Populations 191
Chapter 15: Handling High Blood Pressure in Older Adults 193
Chapter 16: Handling High Blood Pressure in Children 203
Chapter 17: Treating High Blood Pressure in Women 211
Part 5: The Part of Tens 221
Chapter 18: Ten Simple Ways to Prevent or Reduce High Blood Pressure 223
Chapter 19: Ten (or So) Myths about High Blood Pressure 231
Appendix: Resources 239
Index 243
