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Dietician Omy Naidoo says switching to a plant-based diet helps to control high blood pressure also known as hypertension. He says the silent killer causes heart disease and premature death. About 45% of men and 48% of women have hypertension.

He says the silent killer causes heart disease and premature death. About 45% of men and 48% of women have hypertension.Naidoo also recommends a high-fibre diet.

Hypertension can be easily diagnosed by monitoring blood pressure, and treated with low-cost drugs, but half of affected people are unaware of their condition which is left untreated, the WHO and Imperial College London said in a joint study published in The Lancet. “Many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, parts of South Asia, some of the Pacific island nations, they are still not getting the treatments that are needed,” he said.

 

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