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Your arteries are the vessels (tubes) that carry blood from your heart to your brain and the rest of your body. Our fortnightly Heart Matters newsletter includes the latest updates about medications and treatments, as well as support for healthy eating, staying active and your emotional wellbeing. For example, our HealthUnlocked community is a free online space where you can connect with others affected by heart and circulatory disease.

A blood pressure test is a simple way of checking if someone’s blood pressure is too high or too low. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. To make sure your monitor is accurate, choose one that has been listed as validated for accuracy by the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS). When you start new medications or have dose changes to existing ones, your blood pressure will need to be checked more than once a year. If you’re a healthy adult aged 40 to 74, it’s a good idea to get your blood pressure checked every five years (during an NHS Health Check if in England or Wales).Lunch: Chicken and vegetable traybake (pictured); baked apple with spiced sultanas and low-fat custard or homemade custard with low-fat milk. Blood pressure tests can be carried out at a number of places, including at home – using a patient’s own digital blood pressure monitor, a local pharmacy and GP practice, at an NHS Health Check appointment (offered to adults in England aged 40-74), or even in some opticians and supermarkets.

If your blood pressure is well controlled, you’ll normally be monitored yearly, along with reviewing any medication you take. Lunch: Lentil and vegetable soup, tinned or try our easy carrot and parsnip soup recipe (pictured); two slices of wholemeal bread with spread (spreads based on vegetable, olive or sunflower oil will be unsaturated so a better choice for your heart than butter).In the meantime, why not take a look below at our recipes, and the school competition winners, from last year's week? Sit upright in a chair, your back against the back of the chair, and place your feet flat on the floor. In most cases, there isn't a specific reason for the cause of high blood pressure, but most people develop it because of their diet, lifestyle or medical condition. If this is the case for you, our weight loss hub has all the resources and information you need to make simple changes. For example, your reading might be something like 140/90 mmHg, which you would say as “140 over 90” (mmHg is a unit for measuring blood pressure).

If you're unsure about the size requirement and do not have access to a tape measure then it is worth considering a device with a 22-42cm cuff.

While we hope it will help with meal planning and cooking on a budget, we realise this plan may not be affordable on very low incomes.