Both my career and my own personal lifestyle revolve around utilizing natural methods for controlling and even curing conditions for others. By providing your body with natural resources in which to cure itself, you are helping your health in more ways than you can count. One of these benefits is that you can avoid serious and even life threatening side effects of many medications.
One of the most widely-prescribed medications today is blood pressure medicines. These are convenient for doctors to prescribe but usually induce a number of harmful side effects. Some of these include headaches, dizziness, nausea, joint pain, fatigue, and sexual dysfunction. Even more serious side effects include stroke and heart attack (the very problems the drugs are designed to prevent).
However, it's important for me to note here that while I discourage the use of medications for blood pressure, you need to continue taking them as prescribed if your doctor has alre ady prescribed them to you. Instead of stopping the medication, which can be harmful to your health, talk to your doctor immediately if you are suffering from side effects or if you would like to pursue a natural healing remedy instead.
The simplest way to control high blood pressure it to restructure your diet plan. By choosing healthier foods to eat, you can be in control of your blood pressure, not the other way around. Below I have listed several popular food options for those of you considering this method:
Munching away on a nice green celery stick or a big glass of juice will be beneficial to your health and to your blood pressure. Celery is said to be a natural diuretic and have a negative caloric effect, which means that it actually requires more calories to digest it than the food contains. Try eating it fresh or juice it with some carrots for a tasty beverage.
Eating an apple a day isn't the only thing to keep the doctor awa y - try papaya instead. Eating it on an empty stomach every morning for a month will help lower that bad blood pressure. For best results, do not eat anything with it and refrain from eating for at least two hours afterward.
Another food Ive tested many times is garlic; Ive actually witnessed it lowering blood pressure minutes after ingesting it. You can eat it in its natural form or packed into your meal.
By decreasing the fat, sugar, and red meat in your diet, you may be able to help out your blood pressure even if you don't like papaya or garlic. By doing this, you can also benefit by lowering your cholesterol.
Based on scientific studies centered on reduced sodium diets, The DASH eating plan even provides specific diet and serving recommendations. Those suffering from high blood pressure benefited most from the eating plan, but it also proved beneficial to people who had pre-hypertension by lowering their blood pressure.
DASH has a well-rounded eating plan, consisting of foods from these categories: whole grains, raw vegetables, fruits and non-fat or low fat dairy products. Fats and oils are allowed but in limited quantities.
Poor choices in your daily diet is not the only thing to cause high blood pressure. Stress can also be a major contributor. If you live a stress-free life and have high blood pressure, try to relax and manage your stress and you might just find that your blood pressure reaps the benefits as well.
To reduce the stress in your life, try my Hypertension No More program. This program helps to eliminate stress by increasing the amount of oxygen your body takes in. By lowering stress, you can also lower your blood pressure and live a healthier, happier life.
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