There is also a silent-killer other than diabetes, which is high blood pressure or hypertension. Hypertension is not so easily detectable because it has no as such significant symptoms from the beginning but ultimately it can lead a person to have severe heart disease and brain stroke if any preventive measure cannot be taken. Blood Pressure is measured in mm/Hg unit that means millimetres in mercury. There are two numbers involved in the measurements. 1. Systolic Blood Pressure: The top number denotes the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart beats. 2. Diastolic Blood Pressure: The bottom number denotes the pressure in your blood vessels between the beats when your heart is resting. The count for normal blood pressure equals to or, under 120/80 mm/Hg. Blood pressure that is higher than 120/80 for say, 130/90 or 130/80 s considered as an elevated blood pressure with a higher chance of developing hypertension. It is true fact that once you develop high blood p...