Having high blood pressure, or hypertension, has become common in today’s time. A person suffering from blood pressure has an increased risk of damaging their artery and having a stroke, among other health problems. Recently a study revealed that drinking water of higher salinity helped reduce the blood pressure in people living in a coastal region of Bangladesh as it has high levels of high sodium, calcium and magnesium. Also Read: How to tell if you have high blood pressure or low blood pressureAdvertising“Our analyses suggest that in seawater intrusion affected southwest coastal Bangladesh, drinking mild‐salinity water was associated with lower BP. We also found drinking mild‐salinity water was associated with lower risks of stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension among the study population”, the study said.

Source: Indian Express May 10, 2019 11:15 UTC