Add Vitamins and Slow Breathing to Your Natural Remedies to Treat High Blood Pressure

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June 14, 2012--

There's encouraging evidence that vitamins C and D can assist in lowering blood pressure.

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore recently completed a study and found that subjects taking 500 mg of vitamin C daily lowered blood pressure by as much as 5 points on the systolic measurement.

An independent study out of the UK lent hope that vitamin D, what your body will produce when sunshine hits your skin can also lower blood pressure.

An alarming 31.9% American adults has high blood pressure according to CDC. High blood pressure contributes to the development of stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney disease. In the U.S. alone, it directly accounts for about 60,000 deaths a year and contributes to another 300,000.

Just What is Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure is the force of blood pressing against the walls of your arteries. When it's too high, it raises the heart's workload and can cause serious damage to the arteries. Over time, uncontrolled high blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease.

High blood pressure - clinically known as hypertension - really isn't a disease, per se. It is symptomatic that something is wrong in the body. Putting aside the rather esoteric causes, the most common cause is atherosclerosis, what is commonly referred to as 'hardening of the arteries'. This accounts for why hypertension increases as we age; arteries tend to gradually harden over the years.

In addition to taking vitamins C and D, many patients have had success in lowering their blood pressure through simple slow breathing. A popular item for such is Resperate (photo).

When elevated blood pressure is accompanied by abnormal cholesterol and blood sugar levels, the damage to your arteries, kidneys, and heart accelerates exponentially.

Fortunately there are a host of pharmaceutical drugs on the market to treat high blood pressure, but most doctors will advise lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, increasing activity, and eating more healthfully, before prescribing drugs.

Here are some further natural practices to help lower blood pressure naturally.

Achieve and maintain a healthy weight especially if you have belly fat.
Exercise regularly particularly cardiovascular exercise
Eat a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains
Adopt the DASH diet
Limit sodium intake to under 2,300 milligrams a day (one teaspoon of salt)
Increase your level of potassium (at least 4,700 mg per day) from fruits and vegetables.
Increase your level of magnesium
Drink alcohol in moderation, if at all.
Reduce stress

Try Slow Breathing

Another popular home remedy for high blood pressure is the use of a Resperate controlled breathing monitor. It has a double benefit, first it relaxes the muscles around the small blood vessels thus decreasing blood pressure, secondly, it serves as a meditation segment for about 15 minutes a day which lowers stress - this is good for overall health.

Posting date: 06/14/2012

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