Health

Fri Oct 7

Seven things to eat or avoid to lower your blood pressure

Written by Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle

To improve your blood pressure, eat rolled oats or oat bran for breakfast.Rasulov/Shutterstock

High blood pressure is called the silent killer. That’s because it has no symptoms. Having high blood pressure (hypertension) increases your risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure and kidney disease.

Six million Australian adults (34%) have...

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