High Blood Pressure

Hello again - welcome back to The Pressure Point. Don’t forget that you can ask your own questions and see it appear on the site - just use the button top left and follow the instructions. Thanks for visiting …. !My question is whether pain from the neck can cause my blood pressure to go [...]

I know that eating more fruit and vegetables is good for you but does anyone actually have a list of fruits and vegetables that lower blood pressure.
I’m thinking of things like tomatoes and beetroot - I’ve read that both of them are good at lowering blood pressure levels but I’m sure their must be more [...]

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Can anyone help me out to understand this better?
I know that countries like Spain and Greece seem to have less health problems and I’ve read that it’s due to the mediterranean diet. I also heard from my doctor that the good bits are the red wine and the olive oil. And also not too much [...]

I love to eat salty peanuts but is it going to cause problems with my blood pressure?
Surely peanuts are good for me - high natural fats and the salt level doesn’t seem all that high really.
If I look after my blood pressure in other ways is it OK to keep eating peanuts? I heard that [...]

Chocolate and blood pressure …… mmmm
How much chocolate should I eat if I want it to lower my blood pressure? And is it a special kind of chocolate that I need or is it just the normal sort I can buy anywhere.
I need to be careful because I have borderline diabetes but if I balance [...]

I just read an article about how taking the blood pressure reading round the ankle is a good way to predict my risk of stroke or heart attack.
Can I do this ankle blood pressure test with my own home blood pressure monitor?
What readings should I look out for?
I have a history in my family of [...]

I get so angry sometimes that my wife says I will have a stroke or a heart attack if I dont calm down.
Is this true?
Can being angry all the time trigger off a heart attack.
I checked my blood pressure on a home monitor one day when I felt stressed and angry and it was really [...]