Hypertension- SILENT KILLER. So how to lower it ? Medical posts

I am medical student so i come up with an idea of sharing with you my knowledge about hypertension, I want to tell you today what is hypertension, why it is dangerous to our body and how to lower it.

Hypertension is increased blood pressure :
140-159/90-99 mm Hg it's called hypertension level 1 while optimal is 120/80 mm Hg.

Hypertension is really common problem, it's often ignored but did you know that is our ''silent killer''? Scientist calculate that 40% of people (above 25 yo) on planet suffer from hypertension and it has serious consequences for example brain stroke in 51% is caused by hypertension also people with increased blood pressure live much less than this one with lower blood pressure.

So what are risk factors of hypertension?

-CIGARETTE SMOKING
-obesity
-sedentary lifestyle
-too much salt in diet
-drinking lot of alkohol
-chronic stress

How to lower it? try to remove as much risk factors as you can your.

-You don't have to be an athlete but start going for walk more, use bike or walk than use car.

-Lower your salt and sugar intake.

-Cigarettes are bad for each body system (respiratory, circulatory) and if you stop smoking you are gonna avoid many danger such as lung cancer.

-Sometimes getting rid of stress is hard but you can try to stop for an moment to drink some tea and try to calm down.

-Eat more food with potassium for example banana because its really healthy for our heart.

-Eat dark dark chocolate as it is good for our veins by making them flexible and avoid veins cramps.

-Try to get rid of some kilograms if you weight to much.

I can write about it really lot but just wanted to make this post as clear as possible and point at most important things.
That was my first post and if you want to know more about common health problems and how to reduce them just give me informations in comment what would you like to read. REGARDS !!