Today I'm going to talk about a patient I saw in the office who thought he was eating correctly and had successfully changed his eating habits. A quick search at the United States Nutrient Data Laboratory suggested otherwise.

Hear this patient's story and learn how you can improve your eating habits and get that blood pressure under control with less medication. Also, if you need additional help, Alegent weight loss information can be found here.

In part two of the conversation, we are going to take a look at the sheet that is filled out during the monitoring process.

Many people have what's called "white coat hypertension." Their blood pressure goes up when they go to the doctor's office only to return to a normal level when they go home. To help differentiate those with this phenomenon from those with chronic hypertension, Alegent Nephrology has launched 24-hour blood pressure monitoring. There are so many benefits to this procedure. The machine checks your blood pressure at home for a 24-hour period. The process is easy, but I wanted to show you how it's done so you know how it works. This is part one of a two part series. Please make sure to get through the entire lesson so that we can utilize the test to its full potential.

A video is worth 1000 words! Today I will develop the concept that "lower blood pressure is better blood pressure."

The bottom line is, whether you are young or old, you need to think about your blood pressure and getting to your goal. Your life depends on it!

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