how do you lower your blood pressure?

Answer 1

Manage your weight; lose if you need to.
Healthy diet and exercise regime; get professional advice (from a doctor, not a gym).
Avoid stimulants such as caffiene, spirits and tobacco.
Reduce animal fat in your diet.
Get enough sleep.
Remove all possible stress-situations from your life. OK, we've all got to work, but anything you CAN eliminate, do so.
Therefore, some relaxation techniques may be in order.
And there's currently a theory that stroking a cat and listening to it purr lowers your bloodpressure. Of course this only works if you actually like cats, but I do find it calming.

Answer 2

Blood pressure measurements don't count for anything if you've been walking around. Ideally, you should be sitting down for at least 5 minutes or so. Blood pressure also can vary during the day, so it's best to get measurements from similar times during the day. No caffeine in the morning either. These measurements should be repeated on a few separate occasions. Some people get "white coat hypertension" when they go to the doctor's office because they are nervous. Probably blood pressure medicines wouldn't kill you. But you don't necessarily need blood pressure medicines if your blood pressure is only high while active. When doctors study the effects of high blood pressure, they study the effects of people who are diagnosed with it as described above. You are probably at no higher cardiac risk from your blood pressure.

Answer 3

The DASH diet is proved to lower blood pressure. Check out the link. Other natural methods of lowering blood pressure include losing weight, exercise, relaxation exercises (e.g. yoga), quitting smoking, a low sodium diet, and moderate alcohol intake (one drink per day for women, 1-2 drinks per day for men).
Also there are medications that can be prescribed by a doctor which can lower blood pressure.
High blood pressure generally produces no symptoms so it is especially important to have your blood pressure checked periodically even if you are feeling fine.

Answer 4

It takes a combination of things to lower blood pressure. High blood pressure is known as hypertension and can cause many problems such as a stroke (amongst others).

It is therefore important to try and keep blood pressure normal and to have this monitored regularly by your GP especially if you have a family history of hypertension or stroke.

Ways to prevent hypertension include:
1. Eat healthily
2. Reduce salt and sodium in your diet
3. Maintain a healthy weight
4. Do exercise
5. Limit alcohol intake
6. Quit smoking

Obviously, people also take medication to treat hypertension if this is deemed necessary by their GP.

Remember prevention is better than cure!!

Answer 5

I found the best way to be is to drink a glass of Concord grape juice in the morning and eat a bowl of oatmeal before bed each night. That with 3 20 minute sessions of cardio a week. From experience, I lowered my BP from 162/98 to 130/80 in 3 weeks.

Answer 6

first of all go to your doctor,
he will give you advice on what foods you can eat and what foods are high in cholesterol and need to be avoided , to help lower your high blood pressure
if your blood pressure is consistently high ,
the Doctor will give you beta blockers and anti- lipid tablets, to bring the pressure down to a normal and safe level;
You may also be given Wafarin , to thin your blood, to prevent a stroke or heart attack.
Best of luck
>^,,^<

Answer 7

Relaxation, soft gentle music, massage machine, warm bath, hypnotic trance, good healthy food, reduced stimulants in food, lots of exercise, lose weight, learn to deal with difficult people and situations without letting it get to you. (either that or just avoid)

Protect yourself from abusive, or offensive persons. People who through no fault of their own, are unconsciously giving off unpleasant signals to your id. This could well be someone you live with, and love.

Eliminate alcohol, and as much salt as possible (sodium in particular)

Be aware that blood pressure starts off quite high first thing in the morning, and falls after eating food. It then will stabilise during the day, and hopefully tail off just before you go to sleep.

Answer 8

Hi Nikki and great question. It's good to see your taking an active interest in your general health!

High Blood pressure (or the silent killer) is something we all need to monitor in order to stay on top of our health.

Read as much info as you can on this

Regards

Clive Jenkins
http://www.highbloodpressuremedicationsite.com

Answer 9

I'd like to know too. I'm taking BP meds, I've changed my diet, I don't cook with salt, I walk everywhere even though I have a car, I live on the 4th floor in a bldg with no elevator. I've tried everything. Even though this is hereditary in my case, I know that there is something out there because the meds are not really helping.

Answer 10

take blood pressure lowering tablets