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| Preface | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Could You Have Hypertension? | |
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| The Dangers of High Blood Pressure | |
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| Measure Your Pressure | |
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| Diastolic and Systolic Pressure--What Does Each Mean? | |
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| What Happens When You Learn You Have High Blood Pressure? | |
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| Do It for Yourself | |
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| Your Diet or Your Life | |
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| The Truth About Salt | |
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| Obesity Is a Hypertension Issue | |
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| Are You Really Hungry? | |
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| Eat Right/Feel Right | |
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| The Rice Diet and Other Diet Choices | |
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| Cholesterol As a Culprit | |
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| Fiber Is Important | |
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| Sugar Is Not Sweet to Your Body | |
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| Diabetes and Kidney Disease and Hypertension | |
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| Hypertension: A Risk Factor for Stroke | |
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| Working Together: The Pump and the Hose | |
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| Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium and High Blood Pressure | |
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| Your Style of Living | |
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| Smoke Gets in Your Blood | |
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| Alcohol and Illegal Drugs and Hypertension | |
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| Sleeping with Hypertension | |
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| Hypertension and Aging | |
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| Women and High Blood Pressure | |
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| Impotence and Hypertension | |
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| Stress and Hypertension | |
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| Complementary (Alternative) Therapies for Hypertension | |
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| Biofeedback: Training Your Body to Reduce Hypertension | |
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| Folk Medicine and Other Traditions | |
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| Exercise Combats Hypertension | |
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| Walking Your Blood Pressure Down | |
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| Hypertension Drugs | |
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| About Antihypertensive Drugs | |
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| Herbs, Vitamins, and Minerals and Hypertension | |
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| Shopping and Cooking with High Blood Pressure | |
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| A Life of Healthy Eating: Recipes to Lower Your Blood Pressure | |
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| Sparky Seasoning Mix | |
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| Grains | |
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| Veggie Pasta Sauce | |
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| Lasagna Without Guilt | |
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| Spaghetti with a Gobble | |
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| Swimming with the Tuna | |
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| Vegetables | |
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| Hot Vegetable Bean Dip | |
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| Herbal Zucchini Combo | |
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| Broccoli (or Other Vegetable) Soup | |
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| Escalloped Corn Pudding | |
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| Terrific Taco Salad | |
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| Meat, Poultry, and Fish | |
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| Sweet and Sour Roast Pork | |
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| "Lite" Beef Stroganoff | |
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| Oriental Beef and Vegetable Stir-fry | |
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| Oriental Chicken and Vegetable Stir-fry | |
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| Chicken and Spanish Rice | |
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| Chicken Salad | |
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| Tuscany Chicken | |
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| Tuscany Turkey | |
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| Broiled Sesame Fish | |
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| Dizzy Dill Fish | |
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| Spicy Baked Salmon | |
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| Fruits and Desserts | |
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| Apple Crisp | |
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| Jiggling Mold | |
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| Bran Apple Bars | |
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| Zucchini Bread | |
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| Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies | |
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| Sodium in Foods | |
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| A Week with the DASH Diet | |
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| A Comparison of Saturated Fat, Total Fat, Cholesterol, Calories, and Sodium | |
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| A Walking Program to Reduce Blood Pressure | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Index | |