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Q: is drinking epsom salt good for lowering high blood pressure?
Someone told me that drinking epsom salt good for lowering high blood pressure.

A: The rise and fall for blood pressure depends on various aspects. Its better if you have a look on the article which i found to be very useful and helpful.Thank you :)

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Q: hot cocoa for lowering high blood pressure?
I have heard that drinking a cup of hot cocoa lowers high blood pressure.
Tried this it seems to work.I been taking the dark swiss miss.
Has anyone else tried this?

A: If it’s working it is only temporary. Cocoa has caffeine in it which raises blood pressure. The dark may be the exception since they say dark is better for you. Check the caffeine level in it. If it works for you keep it up.

Q: Any suggestions for lowering high blood pressure?
I was recently diagnosed with hypertension, and I’m on a couple of prescription medications now– I’m not yet 30 years old, I have no family history of hypertension, I’m not overweight, I don’t smoke, drink or do drugs, I stay away from fast food and high fat, salty food in general, and I’m getting out and exercising more. Any suggestions on anything else I can be doing? Or any thoughts on why I might have high blood pressure? My doctors seem to be stumped. Thanks!

A: It could be lots of things including neck or back pain. See site below for many natural things that you can do to help it plus info on places in the world where there is no hypertension (high blood pressure).

Q: Can i get some tips on naturally lowering High blood pressure?
IM IN MY EARLY TENTIES AND IM TRYIN TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL EARLY……….

A: My mother & step-father have HBP. They are both taking Omega-3 Fish Oil supplements. They have only taken it for a few weeks & said that their bp has significantly lowered.

Also things like caffeinated & alcholic drinks will raise bp. Take in moderation.

An old wives tale that I am not too sure about is vinegar. Take a teaspoon of vinegar a day. Yuck, but lots of people say that it works.

Peace.

:)

Q: What over-the-counter medicines are good for lowering high blood pressure?
Is it true that cod liver oil helps?

A: If you haven’t already done this, it’s also a good idea to talk with your doctor about all of the prescription and over-the-counter medicines you take. Some, including common pain relievers and decongestants, can elevate blood pressure.

Research studies have shown that the following strategies can lead to modest but lasting decreases in blood pressure. The payoff is big: Healthy blood pressure reduces your risk of stroke, heart failure and kidney disease.

1. Exercise regularly. Exercise is powerful medicine. Walking briskly for 30 minutes to 45 minutes, five or six days a week, can lower your blood pressure up to 10 points. We recommend combining an aerobic activity that you enjoy – such as walking, swimming, running or biking – with some type of resistance exercise, such as lifting light weights.

During aerobic exercise, work hard enough to break into a sweat, but not so hard that you become out of breath or unable to converse. If you are just getting in shape, start with 20 minutes of aerobic activity, three times a week. Gradually build to 60 minutes daily. Talk with your physician for advice specific to your needs.

For strength training, use light weights and do multiple repetitions. Your muscles should tire after 10 to 15 reps.

Physical activity yields a two-fer benefit for your blood pressure: Exercise is great for arterial health, and it builds muscle and burns stored fat to keep you at an ideal weight.

2. If you are overweight, lose weight. Excess weight raises blood pressure. You can lose pounds, if you need to, by cutting calories, increasing physical activity and eating proper foods.

3. Eat a healthy diet. Food is another powerful medicine. Whether you need to lose weight or not, eating well can improve your blood pressure. That means eating fruits and vegetables, whole grains, healthy oils (such as olive and canola), foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids (salmon, tuna, walnuts and flaxseed, for example) and two or three servings daily of low-fat or nonfat dairy products. It also means avoiding saturated and trans fats.

Researchers studying the effects of diet on high blood pressure created the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH diet. This also is a good diet to help with losing weight. Providence’s medical library offers several tips for following the DASH diet.

4. Limit your salt usage. A sudden jump in blood pressure may be a sign of salt-sensitive hypertension. Overall, about half of Americans with high blood pressure are sodium sensitive; it’s particularly common in African-Americans and those over age 65. Cutting the salt in your diet can result in anything from a small to a dramatic improvement in high blood pressure, depending on your level of salt sensitivity.

Keep sodium intake under 2,000 to 2,500 mg daily (one teaspoon of salt is about 2,300 mg). That’s far below the 3,300 mg per day that’s typical in the American diet. Count the salt you shake as well as the salt in restaurant meals and processed foods. You’ll want to quiz the server, read package labels and emphasize natural, whole foods.

5. Drink alcohol moderately, if at all. Although moderate alcohol consumption does not reduce the risk of high blood pressure, it is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines “moderate” consumption as an average of no more than two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women. Drinking more than a moderate amount increases the risk of high blood pressure.

Some other good moves
Some studies suggest that calcium and potassium supplements lower blood pressure. Because the scientific data are mixed, we can’t recommend a dosage or confidently say that calcium and potassium will reduce blood pressure.

For some people, 500 mg of vitamin C and 400 to 800 mg of magnesium oxide are helpful.

Chocolate lovers can celebrate this finding: About an ounce a day of seriously dark chocolate – that’s chocolate with a cocoa content of at least 70 percent – tends to improve blood pressure.

Breathing techniques, such as yoga and meditation, can relax the blood vessel walls and reduce blood pressure, too.

After you’ve worked on these lifestyle modifications for three or four weeks, ask your health care provider to recheck your blood pressure. Most people can expect to see clear, sustainable improvement.

An aside: We don’t much like taking medications, either. But if you end up needing blood pressure medicine to achieve a healthy blood pressure, don’t be discouraged. The medicines are effective and safe, and they present only mild side effects, if any. Studies comparing older and newer blood pressure medicines found that one of the oldest and cheapest classes of drugs (the thiazide diuretics, such as hydrochlorothiazide and chlorthalidone) was as good as, or better than, the newer, more expensive ones.

The numbers
It’s great that your high blood pressure was diagnosed and that you want to act on it. About a third of Americans with high blood pressure do not even know they have it, and even among those who have been diagnosed, hypertension often remains uncontrolled. Yet it is a serious and very treatable illness.

Two years ago, the federal government revised its high blood pressure guidelines after research showed that even slightly elevated blood pressure starts damaging the arteries and increasing the risk of a heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. The new guidelines specify the blood pressure numbers that indicate when a person is considered “hypertensive,” as well as a new category for “prehypertensive” people who are at risk for developing high blood pressure. The new category is a red flag to spur Americans to make the kinds of lifestyle changes that you are interested in. The idea is to prevent the upward creep of blood pressure that tends to happen with age.

Q: What is a good home remedy for lowering high blood pressure?

A: 2 Tsp of vinegar and a shot of water afterwards. Or you can mix it with some water. Works everytime!

Q: Which Yoga exercises work best in lowering high blood pressure?

A: There are many good postures and energetic deep breathing techniques, that can solve the high blood pressure problems. The corpse pose for example, is one of them.. I advice you to check this very nice yoga relaxation e-course to discover more about yoga poses and breathing techniques: http://www.yoga-health-beauty-energy.com/

All the best

Q: What herbs are good for lowering high blood pressure and/or water retention during pregnancy?
Thank you all very much, My doctor gave me a prescription for Aldomet to take for lowering my blood pressure but I was worried a bit about taking prescription drugs right now so herbs would be my other option.
ONE MORE THING I AM COSE TO 8 MONTHS PREGNANT …ALMOST!!!! yEY!!!!!!!!!!

A: For lowering your blood pressure, I, as an herbalist, would recommend a formula called “Supertonic” and one called “Ginkgo Plus”.

Although the Ginkgo Plus has Ginkgo in it, it’s not for the brain. The herbs in this combination clean out the veins and arteries. We are working on changing the name of it to “A & V Blaster”.

Supertonic will help with your blood pressure. It is seasoned VERY hot. If you cannot handle hot/spicy things, they do come in capsule form. The only difference is with the capsules, you must take them with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to activate the ingredients.

Since having high blood pressure will decrease your circulation, this alone may improve your water retention.

The links are posted below to get a full description of each product.

Hope this helps!!

Q: What herbs are good for lowering high blood pressure?

A: NONE. This is one situation when homeopathic remedies and herbal remedies are not recommended. High blood pressure is a serious condition and a deadly one. It is the type of medical condition that you should NOT be trying to control with herbs or any type of homeopathic remedies. Please trust me that there are things that you can take control of with herbs but this is one situation that at OUR age needs professional and clinical medication. You can get it under control and I promise you that if you could some of the stress out of your life things would also change with your health. Please listen to your physicians and take your high blood pressure medication…this is the ONE medication I would beg you to take. I want my friend around for as long as possible!!!!
Peace, Love & Happiness

Q: Is this medicine my doctor prescribed for lowering my high blood pressure good?
I am 24 and just found out today I have high blood pressure… The doctor prescribed me Tenormin its generic is called Atenolol and I was wondering if anyone who used it saw good results? He said he prescribed this particular one because my worst symptom is headaches and this is supposed to help with those…

A: I’ve worked in cardio for 6 years. Atenolol is a good one for high bp. But your only 24? Keep a log of your blood pressure 2-3 times a day or a few weeks and show it to your dr (you can fax them in). High bp can cause the headache, if the bp is under control, headaches may go away. If it’s under control and headaches persist, they may be being caused by something else.

Q: Lowering high blood pressure?
What’s the best natural way of lowering high blood pressure?
I don’t smoke, drink only at the weekends but am a bit overweight and don’t really exercise. Am trying to cut down on caffeine and introduce more fruit and veg to my diet but my blood pressure is still too high.

Also, is there any other way of taking blood pressure without using that horrible arm cuff that feels like you arm is going to explode?!

A: No, that’s the only way to take your blood pressure. For now, anyway.

You need to limit your salt intake, drink more water, and start exercising. These are natural ways to lower your BP.

Q: Besides garlic what is another natural way of lowering high blood pressure?

A: Besides garlic which dilates small blood vessels; prevents clotting; dissolves fatty deposits.

Also: GLA Complex – reduces work demand on heart; increases HDL; improves liver metabolism of fats; increase flow rate in small blood vessels.

Alfalfa Complex: strengthens the kidneys which make a hormone that regulates blood pressure; natural diuretic

Calcium/Magnesium: a deficiency in calcium has been linked to high blood pressure.

Hope this is useful and feel free to contact me with questions.

Q: what are some home remedies for lowering high blood pressure?

A: For blood pressure do these exercises everyday.You will see the benefits within days, as you can check BP yourself.Continue the exercise once a day, after you are better.You may be able to reduce/stop your medication over longer term, although the doctor will say you have be on medication for life.
Build up your timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after one minute.

Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day.(Max 60 min/day) Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.

Anulom Vilom –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril
then -keeping the left nostril closed deep breath-in through right nostril
then – close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day(maximum 60 minutes in one day).
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.

Bhramri Pranayam -Close eyes. Close ears with thumb, index finger on forehead, and rest three fingers on base of nose touching eyes. Breathe in through nose. And now breathe out through nose while humming like a bee.
Duration : 5 to 15 times

Q: Best NATURAL method for lowering high blood pressure?
Best NATURAL method for lowering high blood pressure?
A nurse took my blood pressure at work, and said it was 145/90
She said that is pretty high and I should get to the doctor to possibly start medication. Since I do not have health insurance, and I really dont want to get in the medical revolving door, what is the best way to lower it to healthy levels? I am a female, 45 yrs old, 5 foot 9 in tall, 130 lbs. dont drink alcohol, smoke 1/2 pack cigaretts daily, ride horses several times a week, and work as a waitress.
is there any kind of natural supplement to take?
i am 5 foot 9, 130 pounds and you can see every rib. do i really need to loose weight? lol

A: Make sure you are getting enough potassium by eating banana’s and oranges and etc. You shouldn’t self treat as you may be genetically prone to it and meds may be the only course. If you don’t get it under control you risk kidney damage, diabetes and a stroke. Look for free meds online, some companies have giveaways.

Q: what is good for lowering high blood pressure?

A: Eating right.
Avoiding salt as much as possible.
Try 2 avoid stress or at least warn others that blood pressure is an issue.
Meditation has been proved 2 lower high blood pressure, but like most things it’s a time consumer.

I can’t think of anymore right now.

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