[header] How to lower blood pressure [title] Lower your sodium intake. [step] Many people eat as much as 3 , 500 mg of sodium per day. The dash diet, which is short for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, recommends no more than 2 , 300 mg of sodium per day. 
Sodium is in salt, so the best way to reduce your sodium intake is to eat less salt. You can do this by : [substeps] Not adding table salt to your food.