Wellness \ Everwell Challenge

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Can birth control pills raise blood pressure? Is stress the main cause of high blood pressure? Test your blood pressure knowledge with our Everwell Challenge.

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Helpful Tips and Hints

Here are a few simple ways to lower your blood pressure and how much they can help depending on where you start:

• Limit alcohol to one or two drinks a day
  

2 – 4 points

• Get 30 minutes of exercise on most days
  

4 – 9 points

• Follow the DASH diet
  

8 – 14 points


• Limit sodium to 2,400 mg/day (1 tsp.) for healthy adults
  

2 – 8 points


• With high blood pressure keep sodium below 1500 mg/day
  

2 – 8 points

For More Information

Calculate your risk of high blood pressure at the American Heart Association Website.

Tips for accurate blood pressure readings from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.