Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally

Ways of lowering blood pressure naturally are becoming more and more important. This is because high blood pressure is an increasingly common problem in today's society. Not only are an enormous number of people suffering from the condition, we are getting it younger too – some teenagers have already begun to register excessively high blood pressure levels!

This is bad news. High blood pressure, together with stress, are major causes of heart disease and stroke, two of the major killers in modern society today. It also increases the risk of many other diseases, for example kidney disease.

Significantly, high blood pressure, or hypertension, is one of the signs that a person has overall poor health; an unhealthy and toxic body is the root cause of virtually every chronic health condition.

Steps taken to control high blood pressure naturally or otherwise are crucial because high blood pressure which is not controlled or managed not only causes increased risk of death in the immediate term, it places a great load on every organ of the body, including one?s eyes.(Click here for some high blood pressure herbs and foods which can be used as simple and effective herbal remedies for hypertension.)

High blood pressure which is unchecked and persists for an extended period of time causes built-up resistance in the blood vessels, and causes them to become harder and less flexible. This, in turn, is associated with premature aging and other chronic health problems.

In the long term, constant high blood pressure also leads to the narrowing of one’s blood vessels. To compensate, the heart has to work harder to pump blood throughout the body. Over time, the risk of heart attack and stroke increases. Efforts taken toward lowering blood pressure naturally would, of course, mitigate and even remove these risks.

In addition, hypertension can disrupt one’s sleep patterns, cause irritability, affect one’s appetite and functionality, etc. For many, having high blood pressure really disrupts their lives. And that’s why many also turn to high blood pressure or hypertension medications.

Many people turn to theses drugs because they cannot be bothered to make changes to their lives and just want a quick and easy ‘solution’. Others are not even aware of the possibility of lowering blood pressure naturally.

However, blood pressure medications, like almost all other chemical drugs, come with various side effects. They also cause dependency – meaning, once you begin taking them, it’s very difficult to stop, without causing a sudden and dangerous elevation of your blood pressure levels.

Lowering blood pressure naturally, however, comes with no such side effects and dependency issues, and can also bring about lasting alleviation of and recovery from hypertension. (Click here for some high blood pressure herbs and foods which can be used as simple and effective herbal remedies for hypertension.)

What Causes High Blood Pressure / Hypertension?

Many people link hypertension to hereditary factors. Sure, every disease, and indeed everyone’s body constitution, has a genetic element. Some people are more likely to get certain ailments, and some people have to work harder to enjoy good health.

But, the truth is, high blood pressure is almost entirely a lifestyle and dietary disease. Dietary choices, lack of physical activity, being overweight, taking certain chemical drugs such as oral contraceptives – these are all significant risk factors for hypertension. Thus, any attempt to reduce high blood pressure naturally needs to tackle these factors.

Certain studies have estimated that as many as 95% of high blood pressure cases could be alleviated through lifestyle and dietary changes. That sounds like a staggering figure, but to us who are familiar with natural health and healing, it’s nothing surprising, to be honest. In fact, we probably think that the figure should be 100%. Broadly speaking, we believe that diet and lifestyle can prevent and cure virtually all chronic health conditions, no matter how serious they are and what conventional medicine says. It’s happening everyday!

Basic Steps for Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally

Physical activity and Exercise

Regular physical exercise and activity is one of the best ways to reduce blood pressure naturally. After a good dose of exercise, your blood pressure is regulated and stays that way for many hours. And of course, besides lowering blood pressure naturally, exercise also comes with a whole host of other health benefits.

Experts are divided on how much exercise is actually needed, and how vigorous it needs to be. For me, I would think a minimum of 3 to 5 times a week, at least 30 minutes each time, would be sufficient; and make sure your heart is pumping hard and gets a workout, and that you sweat it out.

One positive ‘side effect’ of exercise is weight loss, which is another good thing as far as lowering blood pressure naturally is concerned, because being overweight is itself a risk factor for hypertension.

Stress and Anxiety Management

Are you the kind of person who feels stressed or anxious easily? Those emotions affect blood pressure, too. If you have such tendencies, you may want to pick up some stress and anxiety management skills, such as through meditation or yoga. Learn to relax and let go, and that will help to naturally lower blood pressure too.

There are also some useful herbal remedies for anxiety and stress relief which you could use to help you calm your nerves.

Dietary Changes

The other thing you would need to change is your diet. Dietary choices form the bedrock of lowering blood pressure naturally. Of course, nutrition plays a key role not just in controlling blood pressure, but in everything else relating to health and disease. Again, I would ignore people who claim that diet and nutrition is not important – that’s just ridiculous and incredibly ignorant.

Here are some dietary changes which you can make to help control and reduce blood pressure naturally.

Use healthier ways of cooking food – for example, bake or steam instead of frying.

Summing up Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally

These basic suggestions to improve your lifestyle and dietary habits will not only reduce high blood pressure naturally, it will also improve your health in hundreds of other ways. That is the beauty of natural health and healing – it deals with the body as a whole, and seeks to achieve true and ultimate healing. And, when that happens, the body becomes healthier as a whole.

To supplement your attempts toward lowering blood pressure naturally, some simple high blood pressure herbs and foods can also be used as effective herbal remedies for hypertension.

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