How to lower blood pressure
Your diet, exercise levels and weight have a real effect on your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, you can start lowering blood pressure today by eating more healthily and being more active.
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www.bloodpressureuk.orgFREE NHS health checks in your community
NHS health checks are being offered to people aged between 40 and 74 in your community. The NHS health check is designed to spot the early signs of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and dementia. For more information please Ben Rydings, NHS Health Check Coordinator on 0770 2872 861.
Be Well (The Big Life Group)
Life in the way of healthy living? Be Well is here to help you find a way to live and feel well whatever twists and turns life brings. We can even help you get on top of work, housing, family and money worries.
Be Well is here for people living in Central and South Manchester. For more information, speak to a member of staff at your GP Practice or get in touch using the methods below.
Telephone
0161 470 7120
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www.thebiglifegroup.comQIntervention
QIntervention enables you to work out your risk of diabetes, heart disease, or stroke over the next 10 years and show you how that risk could change with interventions such as stopping smoking, losing weight, lowering your blood pressure or taking cholesterol lowering medication. It also shows unintended effects of statins.
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www.qintervention.orgReal Food Real Health
We are running a healthy living course in the Chorlton, Whalley Range and Fallowfield neighbourhood called “Real Food Real Health”.
Do you need additional support in better managing your weight and (if applicable) diabetes?
Would you like to try a different approach in a safe and encouraging environment by using a whole food, strength-based approach, peer-led and tailored to your values and needs?
Would you like to learn how to maintain those changes to suit your life and environment and much more?
The course is run by a neighbourhood dietician and two health coaches and it is free.
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Real Food Real Health CourseZion & Kath Locke centres
Community centres with activities, courses and classes including anxiety, depression and also self-harm weekly drop-in groups, hypnotherapy, massage, yoga, energy healing, Qigong and Reiki.
Websites
Zion Centre
Kath Locke CentreCholesterol – Patient.info
View information on cholesterol, risk factors and treatments available to reduce the risk.
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Cholesterol InformationNHS Couch to 5k
Find out more and download the nine-week set of Couch to 5K podcasts.
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www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k-planHigh Blood Pressure – Patient.Info
View information on High blood pressure (hypertension) symptoms, causes and if you need to lower your blood pressure.
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High Blood Pressure InformationMediterranean Diet – Patient.info
View information on the Mediterranean Diet. The term ‘Mediterranean Diet’ describes a specific mix of dietary food ingredients, shown to promote health and long life in people.
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Mediterranean Diet – Patient.infoNHS: Weekly activity guidance
View information on physical activity guidelines.
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www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/physical-activity-guidelines-for-adultsThe Real Food Lifestyle for Weight Loss
View the free Real Food Lifestyle Patient Booklets for advice on weight loss.
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www.phcuk.org