High blood pressure

Advice and information on high blood pressure from Nuffield Health experts.

Not sure what to make of your blood pressure? Here’s how the numbers work.

Updated: Tuesday 17 May 2022

Published: Friday 18 November 2016

If you struggle with high blood pressure, subtle changes to your diet can help improve your situation alongside the advice given to you by your GP.

Updated: Monday 25 April 2022

Published: Wednesday 30 March 2016

High blood pressure and cholesterol levels are a clear and present danger to your heart health. But there’s a super food that can turn the tide.

Updated: Monday 25 April 2022

Published: Wednesday 30 November 2016

Exercise is a great way to help normalise your blood pressure levels.

Updated: Wednesday 28 July 2021

Published: Wednesday 30 March 2016

If the emails are stacking up and you feel like it's all getting too much, take some advice from Physiologist Marcus Herbert on how to relieve stress at work.

Updated: Wednesday 24 February 2021

Published: Monday 23 May 2016

Recent fitness trends have placed a greater focus on resistance training, but that's no reason to ignore the benefits of cardiovascular exercise. Nuffield Health's Head of Fitness, Chris Foster, provides the reasons cardio can improve your health.

Updated: Thursday 3 September 2020

Published: Wednesday 16 November 2016

Andy had noticed he was getting larger. He was aware that his chest would get tight, and he preferred to hide in the back of photographs. But it wasn't until he applied for the Healthy Weight Programme that he realised how close he was to a catastrophic event.

Updated: Monday 18 May 2020

Published: Tuesday 30 May 2017

Everyone knows exercise will help lower your blood pressure, but this little trick can help accelerate the drop. Best of all, it takes next to no effort. Head of Preventative Medicine, Dr Ben Kelly explains.

Updated: Monday 2 March 2020

Published: Monday 30 January 2017

It’s estimated sleep apnoea goes undiagnosed in as many as 5% of adults in the UK. The difficulty of course, is it only happens while you sleep. Here are six signs to wake up to.

Updated: Wednesday 27 November 2019

Published: Friday 29 July 2016

Putting the right things in and taking the wrong things out of your diet can be difficult. This guide from Nutritional Therapist, Mary Cotter, will help you make the right choices if you have high blood pressure.

Updated: Friday 7 December 2018

Published: Friday 27 January 2017

Knowing what to eat is one thing, getting it into your diet is another. Nutritional Therapist Mary Cotter shows you how with three easy eating plans.

Updated: Friday 7 December 2018

Published: Tuesday 31 January 2017

If you struggle with high blood pressure, it might feel like the things you shouldn’t eat outnumber the ones you should. These quick tips from our Nutritional Therapist Jessica Andersson will help you to make good choices when hunger strikes.

Updated: Tuesday 11 September 2018

Published: Wednesday 1 February 2017