anybody help? my man's got high blood pressure how can i help?

Question

bring it down naturally? anybody know?

Answer 1

Weight loss if he is overweight goes a long way to helping BP. Also an exercise routine can work wonders-even if it is only walking briskly to get his heart rate up . Watch his salt intake-use spices in place of too much saly. By far the best though is the proper weight and regular exercise. Best of luck.

Answer 2

Most of the answers have already been given in some form but here's some more detail:

Some pills like VitaHeart help reduce sodium/salt in the body and are completely natural.

One added comment: if your man is smoking or has emotional troubles including at work IE a bullying boss, with kids, or with a relationship in his family those issues need to be dealt with as they, as forms of stress, may actually have more effect on blood-pressure than plain physical-health issues.

The real first trick with health is more often than not far from expensive medication but in a diet that helps improve metabolism (rather than "starve" someone to lose weight). Garlic and OMEGA3 (not 6) fish-oil(or fish oil capsules, at least 2 a day) also help and try to avoid excessive Omega-6 (which comes from bread-based products like crackers, chips, bread, noodles). Try to get your husband to stick to low glycemic food (no juices, high sugar (over 25 grams per day), and potato or bread-based products). Get him carbs through fruits and vegetables and not drinks (maybe buy a grill and olive oil to keep the veggies from tasting boring). Use unsweetened Soy Milk in place of regular milk and olive oil butter in place of regular butter.

Also avoid all products with higher saturated fat content then monounsaturated fat (IE non-soy cheese products) and any hydrogenated oils (which are unlabelled trans fats) and, in general, don't trust restaurants for good nutrition (Subway and Chili's guiltless grill items are some of the best, however). Grilled fish, especially salmon, is a great health food.

With this diet your husband will be metabolizing very quickly, balanced to convert food to energy not fat, and definitely hyper enough for some serious exercise (take that comment in any way you want). Be it running, cycling, or even a good 30 minutes inside (I won't go into detail) anything that gets his heart rate above 135-ish is fair game (you might want a heart-rate monitor to double check, though)...but make sure the exercise is 30 minutes or more a day: it takes 20 minutes of exercise before the body starts burning existing body fat in considerable amounts rather than just using carbohydrates for fuel.

I have had friends follow this and lose 30-70 pounds in 3 months (within that range differences mostly depend on genes) and go from not being able to run half a mile to running 6 miles. Needless to say blood pressure by that time was far below pre-hypertension.

I'd say try giving him a month with these tips before blowing your budget on satins and medical care. If he's disciplined I am sure he can recover with these habits alone.

Answer 3

If your man has essential hypertension he will probably need to see a doctor and get on blood pressure medication. You can help by getting him interested in an exercise program, decrease the salt intake in his diet. You should also get a home blood pressure get and monitor his pressure a couple of times a day. Preferably at the same time each day. If it continues to stay elevated you should take the log of his blood pressures and go to his doctor with him. Good luck.

Answer 4

for starters,he needs to eat healthy,and never ever drink alcohol and brandy tends to make it worse so stay off brandy not even a little,eat white meat and less red meat for example,and excercise.my dad has high blood pressure.

Answer 5

Drink a tablespoon of vinegar.
Drink lots of water.
Eat healthy
Do something that will calm him down when he feel like he's getting stressed out.
Garlic is also good.

Answer 6

You need to bleed him, start with his wallet