For many sufferers of high blood pressure, the condition is familiar, but for some others, there are important lifestyle factors that provoke the problem:

1)Keep your weight down
Weight reduction can have a marked blood pressure lowering effect in those who are significantly overweight.

2)Reduce salt intake
Excess salt causes fluid retention, which in turn raises blood pressure. Avoid processed foods, salty snacks, obviously salty foods like bacon, pickles, sauces and tinned vegetables in salty water.

3)Reduce alcohol intake
Although small quantities of alcohol are thought to be good for the heart, large quantities raise blood pressure.

Exercise regularly
People who exercise regularly have lower resting blood pressure and experience a smaller increase of blood pressure during exercise.

I am quite lucky that I have low blood pressure - I always have done - I keep everything down - even when I was over weight I had low blood pressure

I had high blood pressure through out both pregnancies, but was very lucky and they both came back down when i gave birth which was very lucky.