High Blood Pressure Home Remedies – The All Natural Way

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The majority of folks realize that having high blood pressure can lead to very serious medical issues. It is common knowledge that hypertension, if left unattended, can lead to cardio disease, stroke, and kidney problems. The bad thing is there are a lot of things we don’t know about hypertension, such as what causes it. Also a number of the prescription drugs prescribed for high blood pressure have dangerous side effects. If you desire to get your hypertension in check, try these hypertension home remedies.

It is estimated that more than 95% of the people who have hypertension don’t even realize that they are actually in jeopardy. That’s the reason hypertension is often known as the silent killer. There are lots of things you can do that will help you lower your elevated blood pressure.

Of course, if you are under a doctors care and taking prescription medications, talk to your doctor before you decide to make any changes. Although these home remedies are all natural, this does not mean that you can’t have a potentially dangerous interaction with your other medications.

Here are a few options you can try:

1. Use fresh lemon juice, about half a lemon, and add to an 8 ounce glass of water. Drink throughout your day, 2-3 hours apart.

2. Mix 1 tbsp. full of gooseberry juice with a little honey and drink daily just after waking up. Gooseberry will help to keep your blood flowing smoothly.

3. Take a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds and add to a cupful of water and drink daily just after waking up and at night before bed. Doing this for about 25 days can help lower your HBP.

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High Blood Pressure FAQ’s – Don’t Become a Statistic, Treat Your Hypertension Today

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Have you ever known someone (typically older and male) who refused to be taken to the doctor unless they were on their death bed? Chances are you might know that alpha male who refuses help from everyone, especially a doctor. Perhaps you are that person who is secretly researching facts about high blood pressure (also called hypertension) while the family is fast asleep? Whatever the reasons, you are making the right decision to educate yourself on the disease doctors call the ‘silent killer‘. For your family, for yourself and your life, please keep reading.

Hypertension Facts to Consider

1. Cardiovascular Disease is the leading killer in the developed world (including US).

2. Almost 17 million people around the world die of cardiovascular disease each year, accounting for 29% of all deaths globally.

3. Many of the causes of heart-related disability and death – stroke, heart attack, congestive heart failure, and end-stage renal disease – are linked by a common cause: high blood pressure (hypertension).

4. About 1 and 3 adults in America have high blood pressure. Prevalence is even higher in Europe.

5. Hypertension has been labeled the ‘silent killer’ because it produces no symptoms and about one third of people with hypertension do not know they have it.

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6. Hypertension is treatable and curable.

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What you need is a guaranteed cure for your high blood pressure? A treatment that will lower your blood pressure points in literally weeks without giving you the prescription drug’s dangerous side-effects such as: killing nutrients in body, risk of asthma symptoms, speed heart rate, depletion of taste, rashes, cold symptoms, kidney problems, headaches, nausea, weight gain, and growth of hair. Is there such a hypertension treatment available?

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High Blood Pressure Can Be Controlled

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It is very easy to come out of you Doctors Surgery (or Healthcare Practitioners Surgery) after you have been diagnosed with High Blood Pressure and admit defeat totally.

It is the easiest option to take, to just sit back and say to yourself “OK, I’ll have to come to terms with the pills then” but why should you when with a little bit of effort you can control this condition that you have?

It is probably the hardest of the options placed in front of you but isn’t the end result worth it?

It all really boils down to how badly you want it?

If your High Blood Pressure is largely brought about by being slightly over weight then isn’t the bonus of not only looking and feeling better when you lose the pounds but you actually feel a lot better from the inside out as well?

Believe me it does feel good and you do feel great afterwards.

The one important thing that you have to try understand right from the start is what are the main contributory factors that brought about the High Blood Pressure in the first place? This may not always be totally possible to find out and it might indeed be almost impossible to get by without some form of medication for the rest of your life but it is a target that is well worth aiming for.

In my case when I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure my initial Blood Pressure reading was 216 over 160! A little on the high side I must admit and looking back on it, being told of how high my high blood pressure was at the time made me feel slightly intimidated if not a little worried.

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High Blood Pressure? Natural Alternatives Can Help!

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High blood pressure (hypertension) is a dangerous condition that can lead= to stroke, enlarged heart, congestive heart failure, kidney and eye damage, atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries, and premature death.

According to a recent report released in The New England Journal of Medicine of 16,000 adults surveyed over the age of 24, nearly 30 percent had blood pressure of at least 140/90 and more than one-third of them were unaware of their condition.

Blood pressure refers to the force of the bloodstream against the walls of the arteries as they deliver blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Normal, healthy blood pressure ranges from about 110/80 to as high as 140/90. The higher number refers to systolic pressure, which is the hearts contractions. The second number, the diastolic pressure, measures the rests between heartbeats. Here are the categories to consider when evaluating blood pressure:

Normal – Less than 140/90

Borderline – 141/91 to 159/94

High – 160/95 or more

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

Although there are still questions about the roots of essential hypertension, many researchers name two culprits: The typical American diet and lifestyle factors. Following are 9 major factors that can contribute to this potentially deadly condition:

1. High-fat, high-sodium diet . . . Interestingly, vegetarians who normally eat a low-fat, low-sodium diet have a profoundly lower incidence of hypertension than non-vegetarians.

2. Fat imbalance . . . Too much saturated fat in the diet. We need more essential fatty acids to help clear the system of fat solids.

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High Blood Pressure Facts Doctors Don’t Mention

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While in the doctor’s office, you expect to hear all the details relating to your high blood pressure. Yet, oftentimes this is not the case. The lack of discussion or full disclosure on the part of your doctor is related to two main factors 1) the complex nature of the underlying problem and 2) efforts to minimise and alleviate your concerns. Instead, your physician may focus on the medical procedures and management aimed at reducing the symptoms.

There are 3 hypertensive circumstances your doctor may find unnecessary to discuss with you:

1: Immediate Treatment for Hypertension

In order to diagnose a patient with high blood pressure a physician usually determines the patient’s baseline number. This approach rules out any complementary or influencing factors that can temporarily elevate the blood pressure and establishes a basis for comparison.

Blood pressure in assessed as normal at: 120/80 mm Hg (millimetre of mercury). Any extreme variation to this model is often treated aggressively by physicians. Therefore, a sustained elevated reading above 140/90 mmHg is sound reason to diagnose a patient as hypertensive and a follow-up treatment plan implemented.

Deviations, however, occur in several instances for one or more reasons:

• A patient’s blood pressure has reached the upper end of stage 1 (159/99 mm Hg) or is at stage 2 (>160/>100 mm Hg).

• The decision to err on the side of caution. Any noteworthy value above normal levels is cause for immediate medical attention. This is done particularly if the patient has one or more risk factors.

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High Blood Pressure Control – What Can You Do To Gain Control Over Hypertension?

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So, what does someone need to do in order to gain the high blood pressure control they seek? In this article we will take a look at the various steps a person should take in order to get the right balance in their lives so they are able to lower their blood pressure and keep it low.

The first thing a person should do, and probably the simplest is to regularly have blood pressure readings taken to ensure that they are showing a improvement over time with their efforts. These checks can be carried out by either visiting their doctor or health professional, or they can do it at home with a home monitoring kit.

These particular kits do exactly the same job as the blood pressure monitor you see at your doctors, but it means that measurements can be taken on a more regular basis and at the same time of the day to avoid natural daily fluctuations that can skew the readings. Although it is worth taking your machine into the doctors to ensure that the two readings are similar to give you a baseline to work from.

If a person is overweight and has been diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension) they should start to follow a diet and exercise plan that sheds the excess pounds. One of the major causes of hypertension is due to people being overweight or obese. This places additional stress on the heart as it needs to work harder in order to get the blood around the body to all those essential organs and areas of the body that need the nutrients, minerals, vitamins and oxygen that it is carrying.

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High Blood Pressure Home Remedies – 4 Easy Food Alternatives for Hypertension

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Are you looking for the most effective high blood pressure home remedies? You’re in luck today because this article contains the best food alternatives that you can make use of. Consider these four food options listed below to help you fight the damaging effects of hypertension.

4 Natural Remedies for High Blood Pressure

1. Fruits and Vegetables

These two basic foods are probably the most accessible ones. They can often be found in the comfort of your own homes, so there’s no need to hassle yourself with getting them. Foods that contain high levels of potassium and fiber are proven to lower blood pressure rates, that’s why they are highly recommended by physicians. Below are some good examples:

· Foods rich in potassium: avocados, baked potatoes, bananas, beets, brussel sprouts, cantaloupes, dates, dried apricots, dried prunes, dry roasted peanuts, figs, fresh pears, kiwis, lima beans, melons, nectarine, orange juice, oranges, prune juice, raisins, spinach, tomatoes, unsalted peanuts, and winter squash.

· Foods rich in fiber: almonds, apples, artichokes, black beans, breads, broccolis, brown rice, carrots, corn brans, lentils, oat bran muffins, oatmeals, peas, pecans, pistachio nuts, popcorn, raspberries, strawberries, sunflower seed kernels, sweet corns, turnip greens, and whole grains.

The fruits and veggies listed above are all great remedies that can fight away hypertension. You don’t have to consume each and every one of them though, but do so whenever you can because they’re really good for your health. Don’t forget to take precaution as well in case you’re allergic to some of them. If you’re unsure what exactly to consume, then seek your doctor’s advice.

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High Blood Pressure: Genetics, Age and Lifestyle

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So is high blood pressure really genetic? Yes, hypertension is inherited, but this does not automatically mean that you will develop it yourself if most of your family members have it. However, it is not yet known exactly how it is inherited. Some characteristics and some rare diseases can be caused by inheriting single genes. But it is also known, with certain rare exceptions, that high blood pressure is hardly ever inherited in this simple way.

In most cases, high blood pressure depends on the interaction of various inheritable factors, which may only become activated only in the presence of certain environmental conditions. This is known as genotype-environment interaction. The most important of these conditions is probably prematurity, obesity in adolescence and as a young adult, sodium intake and alcohol intake particularly in early adulthood. In any case, however, it is pointless to argue about nature versus nurture, or environment versus inheritance. It is more essential to acknowledge that there may be a possibility pf developing high blood pressure and that one should be sensible about what one eats and drinks and the amount of exercise that one does.

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High blood pressure may begin in childhood. Nevertheless, knowing this is of little practical use. There is already evidence that weight control in case of childhood obesity, perhaps on a vegetarian diet, may be a good prophylactic against later high blood pressure in adulthood, but not much data to support any other specific preventive actions. Generally, screening children for blood pressure is essentially a method of research, not a useful procedure in general practice and, if done at all, it must be done by highly trained medical personnel. The fact that high blood pressure begins with inheritance or in childhood does not mean that you actually had high blood pressure in childhood – just that the tendency for you to develop it as you grow older is already there. Screening is not useful for finding the equally rare cases of secondary high blood pressure, where blood pressure rises rapidly over a short period and is caused by some other illness, which is usually a kidney disorder. Knowing that a child has high blood pressure is not a very useful predictor of what will happen as the child ages. Although there is a general tendency for newborns with high blood pressure to become adults with hypertension, the association remains debatable. In a study of fourteen year olds with untreated high blood pressure (170/100 mmHg) examined twenty years after, only 17% had hypertension twenty years later.

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