NATURAL TIPS TO CONTROL YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE 

 

Blood pressure( BP.) also called Hypertension  typically refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, blood pressure varies between a maximum (systolic) and a minimum (diastolic) pressure. The blood pressure in the circulation is principally due to the pumping action of the heart. Differences in mean blood pressure are responsible for blood flow from one location to the other in the circulation. The rate of mean blood flow depends on the resistance to flow existing by the blood vessels. Mean blood pressure decreases as the circulating blood moves away from the heart through arteries, capillaries and veins due to viscous losses of energy. Mean blood pressure drops over the whole circulation, although most of the fall occurs along the small arteries and arterioles. Gravity affects blood pressure via hydrostatic forces (e.g., during standing) and valves in veins, breathing, and pumping from contraction of skeletal muscles also control blood pressure in veins.
The remedies below are designed to help those with mild hypertension attain good control over the condition.

1. Loss your weight    

Over weight people tend to have three times as much hypertension as people of normal weight.
20% weight above your body mass index  is where obesity starts. However with relatively minor amounts of weight loss, one can see a measurable fall in blood pressure, so if you are on hypertension reduction in your weight will tend to control your problem.

2. Avoid Salt  

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Table salt (NaCl) shoots your blood pressure up, people with high blood pressure should refrain from it, once you try refraining from it for a couple of months you will notice that you didn’t need that much salt that you used to consume

3. consume more of potassium.

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Increased level of potassium may be valuable in helping control high blood pressure
Dr. Webb of university of Vermont belives that the total amount of potassium you consume isn’t as important as maintaining the correct sodium/potassium ratio
In your diet he believes that there is a clear benefit when you get three times as much potassium as sodium. If you are on low salt diet and getting 2 gm of sodium( 2 gm of sodium equals 5 gm of table salt) per day, then you should get 6 gm of potassium.
Potatoes, fresh fruit and fish are loaded with potassium 

4.Avoid isometrics exercises, instead Try aerobic exercise    

Exercise may reduce hypertension but isometric exercises such as weight lifting must be avoided. Because weight lifting exercises may cause blood pressure to shoot temporarily.
While numerous studies have shown the beneficial effects of aerobic exercises on high blood pressure.
The reason exercise works is that it forces the blodd vessels to open up and that makes the blood pressure come down.
Swimming walking and bike riding are all good exercises for hypertension. Remember walking is better than running

5. talk less 
 
 It may seem strange to some people but researchers at the university of Maryland discovered that speaking can cause blood pressure to increase by 10 to 40%, with hypertensive people shower the greater increase., so if you are hypertensive don’t sky rock your BP. With too much useless talks, always speak when it  is necessary                       

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