Deepak Chopra: Hypertension: A Lifestyle Disorder Needs a Lifetime of Attention

The term "lifestyle disorder" had to be invented to describe hypertension. Almost no aspect of daily life -- diet, sleep, exercise, work and stress -- can be implicated. Your blood pressure responds to these things quite sensitively. This implies an optimistic attitude, because for many sufferers, a change in lifestyle serves as good prevention. But optimism is lost if lifestyle changes are not kept up for a lifetime.  For millions of patients, the arrival of high blood pressure as they get older comes at a stage when prevention may be too little, too late.

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