Elevated blood pressure can affect a person’s life in a number of ways; high blood pressure puts a strain on the heart and left untreated can have devastating effects, kidney failure, cardiac arrest, and stroke among them. While a cure for high blood pressure is on the horizon, there is nothing yet that can completely eradicate high blood pressure.
Rather an individual cure for high blood pressure can be found in the way each person who suffers from high blood pressure can effectively manage the condition. For some, diet and exercise play a large role in affecting blood pressure. With the help of a doctor, a person with high blood pressure should attempt to eliminate high salt, high fat foods. Instead the focus should be on natural, whole foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Water intake should be increased to meet the recommended eight glasses of water a day. Additionally, daily physical exercise should be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle.
In addition to these changes, smokers should immediately quit the habit, as smoking has been linked to a multitude of diseases including high blood pressure. Increased alcohol and caffeine consumption have also been linked to high blood pressure. Since there is no specific cure for high blood pressure, sufferers must make every change available to them in order to manage their condition.
These changes will, at the least, increase overall health and vitality and, at best, will significantly lower blood pressure. In this way diet and exercise can be tantamount to a cure for high blood pressure in some patients.
When diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes aren’t enough then in many cases you are dealing with a genetic predisposition for high blood pressure. This is the group of patients on whom a cure for high blood pressure will have the most impact. But in order to control blood pressure for those who have failed to manage it with other changes, medication has been shown to be very effective. And while daily medication is not defined necessarily as a cure for high blood pressure, it is a way in which sufferers can protect themselves.
With the assistance of your doctor and a plan in place to manage your condition, you can live a healthy and safe life until a cure for high blood pressure can be found.
Michelle Bery
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Natural cures for high blood pressure.?
I have asthma/allergies and anemia. I also have blood pressure that was 145/95 in November. I have been using Proventil for a few months for my asthma, but I generally only use it once every few days. When I was told about my high blood pressure in November, the doc said she wanted to wait a month before she decided to put me on medication for it. I then started taking garlic, fish oil, and about that time I started using a Neti pot. When I went back to the doctor, (a month later) my blood pressure was 142/86. I feel that either one or all of the things that I did that I previously mentioned contributed to this significantly lower bottom number. What do you guys think? The doc still decided to put me on atenolol and iron pills, but I am wondering if it can help more than these natural remedies already are.
I do not have high cholesterol or any thyroid issues. I do have a fast heartbeat (about 100 times per minute) The doc thinks that my fast heartbeat is directly related to the anemia.
Phoenix ~ I already said that I was taking garlic. If you read the ENTIRE question, you would have known that
VRG ~ The salt thing is a great point. I never "add" salt to anything, but there is tons of salt in processed foods, so I am trying to eat less of those types food.
I also started taking hawthorne, too, when I started the Atenolol.
Eat garlic,., it lowrs BP
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You most likely won’t find a "cure" for any of these things, but there are many ways to treat them naturally. Go to any search engine (www.search.com is my top choice) and type in "herbal treatment for…" and then asthma, allergies, or whatever. You will find a lot of sites trying to sell you stuff they’ve premade. I stay away from those. Try to find a site that explains how the herb works in your body to control your ailment.
Good luck!
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Try lowering the salt in your diet. All the natural remedies eventually will affect your liver or kidneys so try not relying on them so much. I think you should still continue to take your hypertension medication since it is a good preventative and to help you lower your blood pressure.
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i suppose the Dr, did the right thing such fluctuation in the BP is common and any of the mentioned food item might or might not have worked for u..
as said decrease the NaCl (salt) in ur diet
Reducing dietary sugar intake
take diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low fat or fat-free dairy foods
discontinue tobacco and alcohol consumption
for homeopathic approach visit
http://wecure.net/theraps.php?subaction=showfull&id=1200936380&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&
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Sounds like you have a few points covered, but are looking for a little more.
One of the recent terms for what we call Alternative is CAM – Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Studies have shown (links below) that Reiki reduces stress and blood pressure. Massage will also reduce stress (many massage therapists incorporate Reiki into their work).
Combining effective solutions that do not interfere with each other may produce results greater than the sum of their parts.
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http://www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2002/issue99/research99.2.php
http://www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2005/issue116/research116.4.php
http://www.apath2healing.com
Definitely cut out processed foods as much as possible. It’s not just the salt issue but their imbalance of minerals plus artificial ingredients.
Exercise is the complement to diet. Even walking a brisk half hour a day will reduce blood pressure. I’ve done it so I know it.
Herbs like hawthorne berry can be effective for some people but they are not completely harmless. With your allergies I would be careful with herbs.
There are effective natural methods that don’t involve diet or ingesting things like herbs or supplements. Listening to relaxing music and slow breathing are both totally safe and enjoyable activities proven to lower blood pressure, sometimes by very large amounts.
Best of all, you can do them both together. Fifteen minutes a day is all it takes. Check the website below for full information along with free instructions (check the articles for that) and a complete online demo. You don’t even need to register.
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http://www.control-your-blood-pressure.com