You can check your blood pressure at the chemist or in many GP waiting rooms in the UK. If you are 140/90 - this is defined as having hypertension or high blood pressure.
If you have high blood pressure you need to:
- eat less processed/ultra-processed foods (see my blog on this subject)
- reduce sugar and salt consumption
- exercise more (in particular walking, cycling, swimming and avoiding higher-intensity
exercises such as HIIT, running and heavy weights)
- include beetroots, pomegranates, avocados, bananas, kiwis and oranges to your
diet, as these can help to keep your blood vessels healthy and help to lower blood
pressure
- eat a high fibre diet, consuming plenty of vegetables and fruit, nuts and seeds and
wholegrains
- consider taking an omega-3 and magnesium as a supplement in addition to improving
your diet
There is a great BBC Radio 4 programme covering this topic and I recommend you have a listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001xtr