Are you looking for the ways to lower high blood pressure? The blood pressure treatment is easy. Treat it by simple lifestyle changes.
Reduce Your Blood Pressure
If you have high blood pressure, then the natural question is how to control it. Lowering your blood pressure will greatly reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and other illnesses. You can lower your blood pressure by having a control over the factors causing it. The good news is that you can improve all of the high blood pressure causes, except hereditary.
High Blood Pressure treatment
First look at the reasons for having a high blood pressure. Once you identify the reasons for your elevated blood pressure, try to eliminate them.
In general, switching over to a healthier lifestyle can control your blood pressure. Follow the following recommendations to keep your blood pressure at healthier levels without the need for medication:
Remove your cause of mental tension or stress or worries. If the reason is your office, discuss the problem with your colleagues and seniors. Don't keep the problem with you. Mental tensions can often be reduced by a brisk walk, laugh loudly and relaxation or meditation. In fact, if you daily practice meditation, you can control your blood pressure for ever.
Just breathe slowly, turn on some quiet, slow rhythmic music (classical, Celtic or raga music) for just half an hour a day for four weeks and watch your blood pressure tumble drastically, according to Dr Pietro A Modesti, Professor of Internal Medicine in the University of Florence in Italy, as reported at the 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2008) of the American Society of Hypertension. It is recommended that the patients can now confidently explore music listening as a safe, effective, non-pharmacological treatment option or a complement to therapy.
Maintain your weight. Exercise more often. Since excess body fat is a primary risk factor in hypertension, it is important to maintain a healthy weight.
Be physically active. Brisk walking, bicycling, raking leaves, and gardening are the best exercises.
Follow a low fat diet. Eliminate cholesterol in your diet.
Eliminate salt from your diet. Look at the salt content of tinned foods, snacks, potato chips, French fries, diet soft drinks, sauces, etc. These are high in salt, don't eat them. Do not eat foods that contain soda, sodium, Na, monosodium glutamate, baking soda and preservatives. Read the food labels carefully. With herbs, spices, garlic and onions, you can make your food tasty without salt.
Restrict consumption of refined sugars. Read the lables and note different names of sugars.
A high fiber diet is recommended.
Increase intake of potassium, magnesium, calcium and vitamin C. Potassium rich foods include banana, orange, tangerine, beans, dried peas, potatoes, etc. Magnesium rich foods include almonds, cashews, pecans, rice, banana, potatoes, kidney beans, oat bran, peas, soy, wheat germ, etc. Calcium rich foods include low fat dairy foods, nuts, watercress, kale, broccoli, turnip greens, collard greens, mustard greens, etc.
Take a mixture of 1 tsp onion juice and 1 tsp honey once a day for 2 weeks.
Eat 1 papaya or paw paw daily in the morning on an empty stomach. Do not eat anything for about 2 hours. Repeat for a month.
Garlic helps reduce blood pressure and cholesterol.
Blood Pressure Lowering Guide
1. Reduce weight 2. Stop smoking 3. Exercise 4. No caffeine 5. Low salt diet 7. Yoga or breathing relaxation 6. Mild sadation on Doctor's advise
High Blood Pressure Diet
Obesity is one of the main causes of high blood pressure. Therefore you should aim to control your weight. Read the various topics on weight loss andweight loss tips. A high blood pressure diet should include low fat high fiber foods rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium and vitamin C. Include plenty of fruits and vegetables such as apples, asparagus, banana, broccoli, cabbage, raisins and sweet potatoes, and whole grains in your diet.
Foods Do Not Eat
1. High salt foods 2. Foods with saturated fat 3. Foods with trans-fats, hydrogeneated oils 4. Eat garlic, raw or in food 5. Drink lots of water
Foods To Eat
1. Eat high potassium foods 2. Eat high calcium foods Example of foods to eat 1. Apple, avacodo, banana, berries, broccoli, fish, grapes, oats, orange juice
Suggested Supplements
1. Amino acids : Co-Q10 120mg, l-carnitine 1000mg 2. Flax oil 1 tablespoon 3. Fish oil 400 DHA, 600 EPA 4. Herbs: hawthorne 1.5g, psyllium husk 5. Minerals: Potassium 2500mg, calcium 660mg, magnesium 260mg Take advise of your Doctor on Supplements.
The findings of an extensive study reported in April 2008 in the Journal of Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that those who followed a DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) which includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk and plant-based protein can control high blood pressure.
A diet rich in berries may boost levels of good cholesterol and improve blood pressure, accordinjg to a report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Feb 2008. After 2 months of consuming bilberries, strawberries, blackcurrents, reduction in systolic blood pressure of 7.3 mm Hg was seen while the level of good HDL cholesterol rose by over 5 percent.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (www.nhlbi.nih.gov) recommends the following eating plan which is based on 2,000 calories a day. Note that the number of daily servings in a food group may vary from those listed, depending upon your caloric needs.
1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon jelly or jam 1/2 ounce jelly beans 8 ounces lemonade
Source:National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov * Serving sizes vary between 1/2cup and 1 1/4cups. Check the products nutrition. at content changes serving counts for fats and oils: For example, 1 tablespoon of regular salad dressing equals 1 serving, 1 tablespoon of lowfat salad dressing equals 1/2 serving and 1 tablespoon of fat free salad dressing equals 0 servings.
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