For women, at least, according to new research in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Women who engaged in six healthy behaviors –normal weight, daily vigorous exercise, a low-sodium diet, modest alcohol intake, infrequent analgesic use, and folic acid supplementation-were at 78% lower risk of developing hypertension, according to John P. Forman, MD, MSc, and colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard.
Lowering by 78% the risk of a serious and widespread problem like high bloood pressure is a major finding.
