World Hypertension Day - 17th May 2012

 "World  Hypertension Day" atau Hari Tekanan Darah Tinggi Sedunia disambut pada setiap 17hb May setiap tahun. Tema tahun ini ialah  "Healthy Lifestyle Healthy Blood Pressure". Maklumat ni dipererolehi  selepas membaca  status Haji Azali Abdol  di facebook berkenaan sambutan tersebut . Thanks a lot Tn.Hj. Setelah mendapat maklumat tersebut saya pun meng"google" untuk mendapat maklumat lanjut. Antara maklumat yang diperolehi:



  Target healthy blood pressure with these four keys:
1. Monitor Your Weight. Being overweight can lead
to hypertension. A good way to monitor your
weight is to regularly keep tabs on your ‘Body Mass
Index’. To calculate your Body Mass Index, take your
weight (in kilograms), and divide by your height (in meters) squared. The unit of BMI is kilogram/square
meter. Another measure for obesity is the waist circumference (WC).
 
2. Quit Smoking. If you are smoker try to quit this habit. Or at least start cutting down the number of
cigarettes per day gradually to zero.
 
3. Make Healthy Food Choices. Eating healthy is always a good idea. First and foremost, don’t skip
meals. Eat three good meals a day and watch your portion sizes. Try limiting processed and fast foods.
 Instead:
• Increase your fruit, vegetable and nut intake daily.
• Try making at least one vegetarian meal a week.

Reduce your sodium or salt intake.                                               
• Don’t add extra salt when cooking.
• L eave the salt shaker off the dinner table.
• Season foods fresh herbs, lemon juice or vinegars.
• C heck for sodium in the food label and choose low
sodium products.

4. Live An Active Life. Your body was born to move. So, get active with anything you love. Biking,
swimming, gardening, whatever makes you happy can’t help but be good for you! And if you’re
starved for time, remember ten minutes of simple exercise, a couple of times a day, really adds up.
Try:
• Walking up the stairs at work.
• Park your car and walk a block or two.
• Pray 5 times a day