Introduction 1 Part 1: Understanding High Blood Pressure 5 Chapter 1: Introducing High Blood Pressure 7 Chapter 2: Detecting High Blood Pressure 13 Chapter 3: Determining Whether You're at Risk 23 Chapter 4: Reviewing the Causes of Resistant High Blood Pressure 29 Part 2: Considering the Medical Consequences of High Blood Pressure 49 Chapter 5: Protecting Your Heart from Heart Disease 51 Chapter 6: Caring for Your Kidneys 69 Chapter 7: Keeping Your Brain Intact 87 Chapter 8: Eyeing Your Blood Pressure 101 Part 3: Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure 105 Chapter 9: Choosing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure 107 Chapter 10: Keeping Salt and Sugar Out of Your Diet 121 Chapter 11: Avoiding Tobacco, Alcohol, and Caffeine 129 Chapter 12: Lowering Blood Pressure with Exercise 141 Chapter 13: Taking Medications to Lower Your Blood Pressure 153 Chapter 14: Considering Important Clinical Studies of High Blood Pressure 185 Part 4: Taking Care of Special Populations 191 Chapter 15: Handling High Blood Pressure in Older Adults 193 Chapter 16: Handling High Blood Pressure in Children 203 Chapter 17: Treating High Blood Pressure in Women 211 Part 5: The Part of Tens 221 Chapter 18: Ten Simple Ways to Prevent or Reduce High Blood Pressure 223 Chapter 19: Ten (or So) Myths about High Blood Pressure 231 Appendix: Resources 239 Index 243.