High blood pressure or (hypertension) in children is defined as having a blood pressure that is the same as or higher than 90 percent of children who are the same sex, age and height as your child.

Clinical evidence solidly indicates that hypertension increases the mortality and morbidity associated with coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and end stage kidney disease.

A diet rich in phytochemicals from grapes may reduce the blood pressure increases associated with high salt intake, according to a new animal study. Rats fed a high salt diet supplement with grape powder were found to have lower blood pressure, better heart function, reduced inflammation throughout their bodies, and fewer signs of heart muscle. .

In a study recently published in the journal Science, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) scientists have identified that hydrogen sulfide gas (the culprit behind the less-than-pleasant flatulence smell), which is naturally made by cells that line the intestine track of mice, can also help prevent hypertension (high blood pressure).