Health First: Natural Help for High Blood Pressure
By Dave Fuller
High blood pressure is one of those things that many people experience but not many people know what to do about without taking doctors medication. Often time’s high blood pressure is a result of what we do to ourselves and not external factors. Those people who are laid back living off the land folks who are not eating or drinking too much are probably not as prone to high blood pressure as the type A personality who is driving themselves and others around them.
Whether blood pressure is high, low or normal depends on several factors, the output from the heart, the resistance to blood flow of the blood vessels volume of blood and distribution to the various organs of the body. Warning signs that you might have high blood pressure can include headaches, seating, rapid pulse, shortness of breath and the sound of blood rushing or beating in your ears.
Studies have shown that relaxation and meditation done for a few minutes a day can have significant results . Walking has also been shown to reduce blood pressure. Food too can play a important role in your blood pressure . Cutting out red meat and salt can sometimes make a big difference and eating fruits and vegetables can be conducive to reducing your blood pressure. Sleep is also important and lack of sleep can have an influence in your blood pressure.
Celery seed is something that has been shown to be able to reduce high blood pressure and as much as 12% in 4 weeks using celery seed extract .
Fish oils, hawthorn, garlic and a number of other herbs have also been shown to reduce high blood pressure naturally as well.
If you have tested yourself at one of those high blood pressure machines in the pharmacy and are worried about it (in which case you want to get some serious medical attention)… If your blood pressure isn’t so high as to be dangerous, try some lifestyle changes and see what you can do without medication. You might just be amazed!
Dave Fuller is the Owner of Ave Maria Specialities at 1638 20th Avenue in Prince George
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Another cause is a lack of restful sleep. If you have sleep apnea due to being overweight, you may not be securing the restful steep level necessary to lower your blood pressure. That is perhaps why weight gain is a problem as well aside from the more obvious ipmlications being overweight.