Lower High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure affects over 70 million Americans alone and doctors have dubbed it the “silent killer” because it alone causes millions of deaths every year without the victims or anyone else seemingly realising it. In this article I’ll tell you what causes high blood pressure and how it can be cured.

The “Mechanics”

You know intuitively that pressure of a liquid inside a pipe rises when you constrict it – for example, when you do the gardening and water the grass with a hose, if you grip the hose tightly then the water pressure rises and you can increase the distance you shoot the water.

The same thing happens in your body. When the arteries narrow or “constrict” then your blood pressure rises. Over time this results in damage to your cardiovascular system.

What Causes The Narrowing?

Your arteries narrow for a number of reasons. They will do this normally as a result of the ageing process, for instance.

Lack of cardiovascular exercise can cause them to narrow.

But more commonly, what we eat affects the state of our arteries and how wide they are. For example, if you eat too much salt then your arteries will narrow. Or if you don’t eat enough potassium-containing foods then your arteries will also narrow.

There are a number of factors but the wrong diet has the biggest causative effect on your arterial narrowing and your blood pressure.

Drugs

Some people turn to drugs. If you do this then your doctor will struggle to find a good combination out of 4 drugs to get the desired effects. The reason for this is that he will give you two drugs in a pair combination as each drug will fight the other’s side effects.

Ultimately, you will still get a raft of side effects such as frequent urination. Some of these drugs are even banned in some countries – for example beta blockers are banned in the United Kingdom as they can cause Type II diabetes.

Natural Methods

If your lifestyle contributes to your high blood pressure then it follows that small changes can cure it. As mentioned earlier, the key one is diet but there are also other tiny changes you can make that will lower your b.p. For example, taking a simple supplement may be all that is required to get you into the healthy zone once again.

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