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What Causes High Diastolic Blood Pressure Levels?
Question: what cause the diastolic to go high?
Brief Answer:
Following advice
Detailed Answer:
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I read your query very carefully.
High diastolic BP levels are caused by the following factors:
- Increase salt intake
- Eating fatty foods (food reach in cholesterol)
- Consumption of alcohol tobacco and energy drinks
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Metabolic syndrome (including Diabetes)
If you were my patient I would recommend as follows:
- a healthy lifestyle and diet to loose weight
- Quit smoking and other unhealthy habits (fatty foods, alcohol, energy drinks etc.)
- Increase physical activity and exercise
- Use magnesium supplements, omega fish 3 oil and CoQ 10 to stabilize diastolic BP.
Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu
Following advice
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query very carefully.
High diastolic BP levels are caused by the following factors:
- Increase salt intake
- Eating fatty foods (food reach in cholesterol)
- Consumption of alcohol tobacco and energy drinks
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Metabolic syndrome (including Diabetes)
If you were my patient I would recommend as follows:
- a healthy lifestyle and diet to loose weight
- Quit smoking and other unhealthy habits (fatty foods, alcohol, energy drinks etc.)
- Increase physical activity and exercise
- Use magnesium supplements, omega fish 3 oil and CoQ 10 to stabilize diastolic BP.
Hope this will be of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu
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