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keep it down. we really need to keep that under control because high blood pressure is tough on your heart, it s tough on your arteries. so when your doctor or your health care provider says 120 over 80 or 100 over 80, what do those numbers mean? well that first number, the 120, well, that s your pulse, as your heart is beating, and it sends a wave into your arteries, that s the systolic number, the first number in your reading. the second number is diastolic, that s the reading of the relaxation in between. so we go up to 120, down to 80, up to 120, and down. so we want both to be fairly low. so what should our goal be? a good healthy blood pressure is anywhere below 130 over 80. so what can we do to keep our blood pressure down? the first thing they re going to say is cut down on sodium. that s a good idea, avoiding salt. it s a good idea. but for a lot of folks, they don t quite get as much benefit as what they re really looking for. they re not able to get away from ....

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