What lifestyle interventions are recommended for people with hypertension?
People with hypertension should be offered lifestyle advice, including guidance on diet and exercise, reducing alcohol consumption, reducing caffeine consumption, and keeping dietary sodium intake low. In addition, they should be provided with written or audiovisual materials to promote lifestyle changes and discourage excessive consumption of coffee and other caffeine-rich beverages. Salt substitutes containing potassium chloride should not be used by certain groups, such as older people, people with diabetes, pregnant women, people with kidney disease, and people taking certain antihypertensive drugs.