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Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally
Q: What are some ways I can lower my blood pressure without the use of prescription drugs?
A: I always try to help my patients make lifestyle changes in conjunction with medication. Patients have been able to reduce the amount of medication they need and in a few cases get off of medications completely. It’s not easy. You are committed to the task and diligent.
Here are the things you should focus on:
• Don’t smoke cigarettes or use any tobacco product.
• Lose weight if you’re overweight.
• Exercise regularly (at least 30 minutes EVERY day).
• Eat a healthy diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables and is low in fat.
• Limit your sodium, alcohol and caffeine intake.
• Try relaxation techniques or biofeedback.
If you need some help in structuring a diet, look to the DASH diet. It’s a well-researched approach to lowering your blood pressure. Find out the details of the diet from the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Brent Ridge is the health expert for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You can call and ask him a question live every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern on Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 112 (1.866.675.6675). You can also follow along as he learns to grow his own food and raise goats on his farm in upstate New York by visiting www.beekman1802.com.
Got a health question for Dr. Brent? E-mail him at drbrent@care2.com.
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Maybe I should really start this healthy habit and make it a daily routine. I seriously need to adapt a healthier lifestyle. But I do yoga a few times a week and blog every night to relax so I can mark off the last bullet. Thanks for a great article.
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My grandfather used the Zona Plus to lower his blood pressure by over 50 points (a device that guides you through a special therapy)! It has been reviewed by the Harvard Health Letter and been proven in numerous clinical trials. Worth looking into!
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My husband(aged 74) has successfully lowered his blood pressure, and cut his medication by half, with resistance exercise, ie, weights, each morning for 20 minutes.
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The DASH diet works but you have to stick with it. The best way is to keep weight at 25 or less body mass index. I noticed that after every hard walk run workout my blood pressure would drop significantly. Unfortunately it was a temporary drop. Stick with it,it is possible. When I started my blood pressure was over 200/190 dangerous, but after doing all the things above the doctor took me off my medicine!
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Thankyou for the good advice....
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Reduce salt, sugar, meat and oily food. Avoid coffee, cigarette and alcohol. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Eat lots and lots of banana (potassium). Drink plenty of water as soon as you get up in the morning, and wait for 1 hour before you eat your breakfast. Take light meals several times a day. Better still if you can slowly reduce the intake of food consistently for 3 months, and thereafter, you may not want to eat more than you can, because your stomach-size would have become smaller. Eating less, and only when you feel hungry promotes long life, and is a sure way to lower your blood-pressure.
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I'm an alternative health care practioner who has used cayenne, garlic, dandelion, don quai, ginko biloba, ginseng, and hawthorn to lower blood pressure.
4 stalks of celery signifigantly lowers blood pressure.
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