Hypertension affects one in five people. It is associated with, metabolic syndrome, heart disease and stroke and is a major indicator of ill health and premature death. General recommendations are to exercise more, lose weight and take less salt in the diet but these recommendations simply do not work for everyone. Not everyone who is considered to be overweight has high blood pressure - some very thin people do. Not everyone is salt sensitive and it would make little or no difference if they were to remove salt from their diet. There are different causes of hypertension - one of which could be very well too much fruit in the diet. How can diuretics - the mainstay of blood pressure treatment - actually cause hypertension or worsen it. Can a meat based diet lower blood pressure just as well - or even better - than a diet which is heavily plant based? Well, yes it can and this book will show you why. In addition, it shows how those who have hypertension may be also at risk of bone diseases such as osteoporosis and how to address this.This book also looks at common medications used to reduce blood pressure and how they work and what side effects may be manifested. It then goes on to look at how simple dietary changes can replace these medications without the side effects that prescription medications often have.This is a book for those who wish to take more responsibility for their health by making, what may be, very small changes to their diet . It is a mine of information that is not often imparted by the medical professionals and seeks to identify each individual's underlying cause for their condition and respond to it accordingly.