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13 Responses to “how can i lower blood pressure naturally?”
Start taking 1 asperin each day. Start eating apples every morning. Try to get more fiber in your diet. Exercise each day. Avoid stress/learn to relax.
good idea to start thinking about it now. I highly recommend a book by Dr. Louis Ignarro, Nobel prize winner for his work in this area. It is called NO More Heart Disease. In the book he explains the answer to your question and exactly what you can do to get rid of those plaques.
I’ve been on his protocol now for two years and the difference in my health is nothing short of amazing.
Exercise 30-60 minutes every day. Maintain an average weight. Do not consume too much sodium. Don’t drink alcohol to excess. Also, go to the doctor at least yearly and get your blood pressure checked.
Blood pressure medication works in a lot of different ways. Thinning the blood is not what the medications do. Some of them are beta blockers and block the beta waves from your brain to keep your heart from beating too hard. Others are calcium channel blockers and work in your kidneys. Some BP meds are diuretics and make you *** so that you don’t retain water (water retainage is caused by too much sodium in your diet).
No, that’s not true. The buildup of plaque is the cause of High Cholesterol – not Blood Pressure. Blood Pressure medications are not blood thinners.
High Blood pressure can be caused by a variety of reasons so you need to have it checked by a doctor to be sure that you’re not having renal failure or something more serious and get on the proper medication. There are beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, all different kinds of medications depending upon the cause of your particular high blood pressure. There is also resistant hypertension which takes another type of treatment. Have a complete checkup and go from there before you try to treat it yourself with over-the-counter or “natural” remedies. You may cause yourself more harm than good.
There is strong evidence that some sort of meditation decreases blood pressure. I know what you’re thinking – “not one of these guys.” But I’m not; I’m not one of those homeopathic obsessives who want and try herbal cures for everything; if there is a pill for it, I’ll take it. However, recently there has been a lot of research on blood pressure and meditation, with very strong results showing a direct correlation. Personally, I don’t think this means you have to sit cross legged and chant “Om” several times a day; rather, the same affect can be gotten simply by spending several minutes a day lying down and just focusing on lowering your stress and relaxing your body.
Dietary control; moderate exercise; meditation/relaxation techniques apart, hyperventilation does instantly lower the hypertension as well as intra-cranial pressure. Sleep also does the same.
Increase your fiber intake with food or some fiber (Metamucil, Fiber-Con) and do it every day. Get regular exercise. Limit your intake of high-cholesterol foods to avoid plaque build-up (these are the partially-hydrongenated fats) and animals fats, shortening, lard, butter, cheeses, etc. Drink plenty of water every day. Limit your sodium intake.
Hereditary Hypertension does not always respond to self-care measures, so you should always keep track of your blood pressure, see your MD regularly, and if he sees that medication is necessary, take it as directed. And, no, Blood Pressure Meds. are NOT blood thinners. You will need to be proactive if you wish to avoid complications to your health later.
Try avoiding foods that raise blood pressure (salty foods) and eating foods that lower blood pressure (those high in potassium). Also, walnuts have been found in various research studies to significantly lower blood pressure.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Grace Riedel
Start taking 1 asperin each day. Start eating apples every morning. Try to get more fiber in your diet. Exercise each day. Avoid stress/learn to relax.
January 7th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
David Fortune
Exercise, maintain a healthy weight, don’t smoke, don’t use a lot of salt, drink in moderation.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Celia Weber
Cut down all sodium snacks and exercise or jog regularly
January 11th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Billy Reeder
good idea to start thinking about it now. I highly recommend a book by Dr. Louis Ignarro, Nobel prize winner for his work in this area. It is called NO More Heart Disease. In the book he explains the answer to your question and exactly what you can do to get rid of those plaques.
I’ve been on his protocol now for two years and the difference in my health is nothing short of amazing.
January 13th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Dianne Hines
Exercise 30-60 minutes every day. Maintain an average weight. Do not consume too much sodium. Don’t drink alcohol to excess. Also, go to the doctor at least yearly and get your blood pressure checked.
Blood pressure medication works in a lot of different ways. Thinning the blood is not what the medications do. Some of them are beta blockers and block the beta waves from your brain to keep your heart from beating too hard. Others are calcium channel blockers and work in your kidneys. Some BP meds are diuretics and make you *** so that you don’t retain water (water retainage is caused by too much sodium in your diet).
January 16th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Ralph Yan
No, that’s not true. The buildup of plaque is the cause of High Cholesterol – not Blood Pressure. Blood Pressure medications are not blood thinners.
High Blood pressure can be caused by a variety of reasons so you need to have it checked by a doctor to be sure that you’re not having renal failure or something more serious and get on the proper medication. There are beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, all different kinds of medications depending upon the cause of your particular high blood pressure. There is also resistant hypertension which takes another type of treatment. Have a complete checkup and go from there before you try to treat it yourself with over-the-counter or “natural” remedies. You may cause yourself more harm than good.
January 18th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Jerry Runyan
There is strong evidence that some sort of meditation decreases blood pressure. I know what you’re thinking – “not one of these guys.” But I’m not; I’m not one of those homeopathic obsessives who want and try herbal cures for everything; if there is a pill for it, I’ll take it. However, recently there has been a lot of research on blood pressure and meditation, with very strong results showing a direct correlation. Personally, I don’t think this means you have to sit cross legged and chant “Om” several times a day; rather, the same affect can be gotten simply by spending several minutes a day lying down and just focusing on lowering your stress and relaxing your body.
January 20th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Mathew Gowin
in a word paracetamol they help trust me cos i had high blood pressure when i had a chest infection and paracetamol helped me!
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Whiteley
Dietary control; moderate exercise; meditation/relaxation techniques apart, hyperventilation does instantly lower the hypertension as well as intra-cranial pressure. Sleep also does the same.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Avis Diers
Increase your fiber intake with food or some fiber (Metamucil, Fiber-Con) and do it every day. Get regular exercise. Limit your intake of high-cholesterol foods to avoid plaque build-up (these are the partially-hydrongenated fats) and animals fats, shortening, lard, butter, cheeses, etc. Drink plenty of water every day. Limit your sodium intake.
Hereditary Hypertension does not always respond to self-care measures, so you should always keep track of your blood pressure, see your MD regularly, and if he sees that medication is necessary, take it as directed. And, no, Blood Pressure Meds. are NOT blood thinners. You will need to be proactive if you wish to avoid complications to your health later.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Christina Wendel
Try avoiding foods that raise blood pressure (salty foods) and eating foods that lower blood pressure (those high in potassium). Also, walnuts have been found in various research studies to significantly lower blood pressure.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Hattie Rossiter
Plenty of exercise combined with a low salt diet certainly helps.
Apple cider vinegar, garlic oil and fish oil all help to reduce high blood pressure as well as high cholesterol.
Further information can be found in web searches for “high blood pressure” + “natural remedies” and “high cholesterol” + “natural remedies”.
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 am
Krista Swope
Hi,
I suggest you should try Transcendental Meditation. Its effective to control human blood pressure. You can have the Transcendental Meditation here,
Thanks
Narza