High Blood Pressure

The best thing to do to start working on reducing your blood pressure is starting at home. Medicines will only have a chemical effect on it, so to reduce it, what you need most importantly is to reach to its root and take care of it. As you know “the best things in life are free” so reducing your blood pressure naturally isn’t going to cost you a penny (usually). The best way to start on reducing you blood pressure is to start changing your lifestyle, that’s going to be quiet difficult after all who likes to say goodbye to drinking, smoking and eating all the good stuffs which we so enjoy and say hello to vegetables and a strict exercise schedule?

To get your blood flowing at the same old pressure you have got to change your eating habits for sure. By that we mean that your food should have the right combination of starch, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meat, beans, sugar and lastly fat. Starchy foods containing carbohydrates like bread and potatoes should make up at least 50% of your daily intake. Fruits and vegetables must be an important part of your food every day; they cut the chances of heart disease and some cancers.

Dairy products contain calcium and vitamin D. Meat, pulses and beans are the best source of proteins, but pulses and beans are recommended as they are lower-fat options. 35% of your daily energy intake must be fat, but eating too much fat will lead to serious cardiovascular problems. It’s better to limit sugar intake as it contributes to tooth decay and gum disease. It would be smart to go easy on meat and other fatty food stuffs, these two are the main causes for high blood pressure. It would be advisable to switch to a salt substitute as excess intake of salt also is an important factor that raises one’s blood pressure.

This is the fun part in reducing your blood pressure, a well scheduled active exercise session is highly recommended. You have to burn up at least 100 calories per day by briskly walking for 2 kilometers. It’s best that you take the stairs rather than taking the elevator, and walking instead of driving short distances. Gardening is one of the best things you should do to work on bringing down your blood pressure.

Try your hand at a new sport that doesn’t tire you out that fast and make sure that you have fun while you are at it. It would be wise to maintain a record of your weight change and other changes you feel are important. Yoga is something that you can embrace as it is believed to bring down the adrenalin levels in the body thereby reducing the blood pressure. Yoga is mostly about relaxing which helps in relaxing the blood vessels making the blood pressure come down. Most importantly when you get stressed; that does increase your blood pressure a lot so always remember to keep your cool.