High Blood Pressure Treatment, Mediterranean Style

It is of utmost importance to realize that high blood pressure can go unrecognized and undiagnosed for years, causing no high blood pressure symptoms but causing progressive damage to the heart, blood vessels and other organs. By the time high blood pressure, or hypertension, is diagnosed, the damage done may be irreparable - leading to heart attack, heart disease, or stroke.

The cardio-protective properties many of the foods consumed in countries such as Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and France gave rise to the term 'The Mediterranean Diet'. The beneficial effects of this way of eating came to light through studies in the mid 1940's that showed particularly low incidence of heart disease in the Mediterranean Basin. However, the benefits of the Med View the rest of this article