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Eating too much salt is one of the main causes of arterial hypertension. You need less than 5 grams a day, but you may be unwittingly consuming much more, increasing the risk of high blood pressure. But don't be alarmed: gradually reducing the salt in your diet will make you healthy and help you to enjoy the true flavour of food.

You need to buy a blood pressure monitor, but you don't know which one to choose. Here's a guide to the various types, to help you find the right one for your everyday situation: the pros and cons of each one, how accurate and easy to read they are, and whether they're safe.

Arrhythmia is a cardiac anomaly that causes irregular sequences of heartbeats; too slow, too fast, or nonlinear. In this case, not all blood pressure monitors will help you, and you should use products purpose built for this type of pathology, such as the latest generation of automatic digital monitors.