How To Control Your Blood Pressure?

There are many ways to control blood pressure naturally.  First, I would recommend against taking medication except as a last resort.  Why?  Blood pressure lowering medication can have potentially dangerous side-effects, and it doesn't address the underlying problems.  If your diet and lifestyle is causing high blood pressure, these factors are likely causing other problems as well.  To maintain good overall health you need to address the underlying problems.  I have four recommendations:

• Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet.  In terms of blood pressure, the main culprit is eating too much salt, too many sugars or refined carbs, and an unhealthy balance of fats.  Usually, the main cause of this is eating too much processed foods--processed foods are almost always high in salt and often high in sugar as well.  Cut processed foods out of your diet and cook fresh, whole foods.  Avoid corn-fed beef and other factory-farmed animals as it has a bad balance of fats.  Eat more fish, especially small, fatty fish like herrings and sardines.
  
• Reduce stress in your life.  This is the #1 most important recommendation here.  Stress is a major cause of high blood pressure, and it also worsens virtually every medical condition in the book.  I have a page about natural remedies for stress and anxiety which you may find helpful.  These techniques will be helpful even if you have stressful life circumstances (career, medical problems, family tension) that are beyond your control.  Reducing your stress level, even moderately, will result in immense gains in your overall health.
  
• Get regular aerobic exercise, and stay physically active.  You don't need to go to the gym to work out.  Try walking more places instead of driving, taking the stairs instead of the elevator.  Make your exercise fun: Take up dancing, or play some sort of sport or physically active games.  Work in the garden.  Try to stay away from the television and limit your time at the computer or at a desk.
  
• Drink hibiscus tea.  Hibiscus tea is a tangy, purple-colored drink, and is safe to drink as a beverage and has been consumed in many cultures for hundreds of years.  It has been scientifically shown to lower blood pressure, and is thought to work the same way as the modern class of drugs called ACE Inhibitors--but it is much safer and seems to be free of the strong side effects associated with these drugs.

Good luck!  Blood pressure can be lowered naturally.  Only a small number of people ever need to go on medication for their blood pressure.  Only consider medication if you have tried all of the above and your blood pressure is still dangerously high.  By implementing the recommendations above, you will greatly improve your overall health.  Make sure to talk to your doctor about these things as well; if your doctor is pressuring you to go on medication and is not being supportive of your efforts to lower your blood pressure naturally, then he has his hands in the coffers of the pharmaceutical companies and you need to find yourself a new doctor.  Hopefully this won't be the case; most doctors are very supportive when they realize that a patient genuinely wants to work to maintain good overall health!

The first and foremost step that you should take is to control you diet. If your diet is under control, the problem of blood pressure can never touch you.

There are certain kind of foods that are bad for you and especially when you have the problem of high blood pressure. Fat rich diets are considered as catalyst to the pressure in your blood and should be avoided. Salt is also a prime substance that should be taken in moderation to avoid the problem of high blood pressure. You should also avoid eggs to control your high blood pressure.

If you are having the problem of low blood pressure then it is not something to be worried about much and you can eat what ever you want. But you must have your food regularly because with the lack of food your blood pressure level can go quite low and a low blood pressure is as lethal as the high one.

Controlling your blood pressure requires that you know what blood pressure readings you have. So this requires that you invest in a home blood measuring kit such as that offered by Omron blood pressure monitors. Secondly you need to maintain lifestyle that is conscious of blood pressure. This will involve eating foods that lower blood pressure or a strictly hypertension diet. Participating in regular exercise is absolutely necessary to keep hypertension in check. Obesity or over weight have since been linked to high blood pressure. There is therefore need to be conscious of your weight and to keep it under tight reign.