What is the best way to lower blood pressure with no meds?
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Without meds, the best ways are:\n1. lose weight\n2. exercise...particularly cardiovascular/aerobic exercise\n3. decrease your salt (soduim) intake\n\nA word of advice, if you are not taking BP medication, be sure to keep a very close watch on your pulse during exercise.  It would even be better if your BP could be monitored.  You sure wouldn't want to push yourself into a stroke or heart attack.  Make sure that your pulse does not exceed the target range!
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stop eating salty foods  and plenty of water to drink
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avoid salts completely, get down to your ideal weight or as close as you can get to it.get off the couch,and be more active, no doughnuts,plenty of tea,and meditate.
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1)  Don't smoke or take tobacco products.  2)  Keep your blood pressure down to normal.  3)  If you are diabetic, control it extremely well.  A deficiency of chromium has been proven to cause some type II diabetes.  A supplement of 200 micrograms a day of chromium picolinate will remedy this.  4)  check your cholesterol, your good cholesterol (HDL) and the bad cholesterol (LDL).  You want to maximize the HDL and minimize the LDL.  Also, check the triglycerides, and minimize them.  If fat, you want to get the weight down and keep it down.  Regular exercise, even just walking a mile nonstop 3 times a week will help your cholesterol.  GET OFF ALL trans fats.  Trans fats are partially hydrogenated oils, contained in shortening, margarine, and many processed foods. Keep the total amount of fat in your diet fairly low.  Keep off all trans fats.  Next most important is to keep the saturated fats low.  Then the total fats low.  Don't eat junk food, which is food high in sugar, refined flour, and fat.  Eat lots of whole grain cereals and breads and pastas.  Eat lots of vegetables and fruits, and some lean meats and fish.  5) check your homocysteine level.  If high, take 2 mg of folic acid per day (3 of the big 800 microgram tablets).  6)  If you can't drink alcohol without drinking heavy, then abstain totally from alcohol.  Otherwise, take one or two glasses of dry red wine each evening.  7)  consider taking one adult aspirin per day to reduce blood clots, esp. if over 50 years old or strong family history.  8)  Get plenty of the essential (required in diet) omega 3 oil.  You can do this by eating 3 servings of cold water ocean fish per week, such as salmon, sardines, or white albacore tuna, etc.  or you can take 1-2 tablespoons of cold pressed flax seed oil daily, either added to cold cereal or salad or fruit or mixed into low fat cottage cheese (this is rec. by Dr. Johanna Budwig, the doc who has done extensive research on it.  the cottage cheese provides sulfur containing amino acids which complement the omega 3)  9)  Get plenty of all your vitamins and minerals.  If you eat well, this shouldn't be a problem.  It's hard to get too much vitamin C.  Dr. Linus Pauling, the Nobel winner, recommended 10-15 grams of vit C per day.  1 gm = 1000 mg.  Other important antioxidant vitamins are vit A and its precursor caratenoids, and vit E.  Coral calcium is a good natural source of calcium, as well as all the other minerals.  The bioflavenoids, such as those found in grape seed extract and in elderberry concentrate or wine seem to be important antioxidant vitamins.  10)  Don't get real stressed out!  The old expression about "something breaking your heart" has some truth in it.  11)  Keep your teeth and gums clean.  When you develop rotten teeth and gums, it may somehow spread inflammation to cholesterol placques.  We don't really know, but we do know that inflammation is part of the heart attack condition, of thrombosis of placques.  12) The monounsaturated oils, either olive oil, or canola oil, are considered to be your best oils for cooking, from an arterial standpoint.  I think real butter is better for you than margarine, since it doesn't have any trans fats, but go easy on it.
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My husband has high blood pressure and takes a prescribed diuretic. At first he experienced mind cramping. His doctor advised he eat bananas. They are a great source of potassium and good for you too. Not to mention they taste good! Hope this helps.
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walk, and if u can do aeorobics. eat lots of veggies with no butter. fill up on air popped pop corn with butter spray and drink lots and lots of water.
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Eat a teaspoon of sugar but do not swallow it. Put it in your mouth then drink a glass of water without breathing.
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Check for high blood pressure, eat high fiber foods such as grains & vegetables and cut down on fatty foods. Take fish oil daily. Drink plenty of water. Exercise regularly - and even a half hour of brisk walking creates significent change. Avoid stress - and plenty of sleep creates significent change. DO NOT SMOKE- a major contribution to circulatory damage.
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anti biotics would be one way. If you decide not to go to the doctor all you need to do is eat healthy and your bodies antibodies will do the rest. A few simple instructions\n\nstay away from dairy-it creates muscus\nstay away from high allergenfoods-wheat dairy corn\ndont eat sugar\ndrink so much water you can go ten minutes without peeing\ndrink or eat fruits high in vitamin c-it stabalizes and frees radicals in your body, immune system booster.
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For a 100% natural whole food approach, I highly recommend ViaViente.  After 3 weeks of adding it to his diet, my husband's blood pressure went from 140+ to 117.  It has been 3 months now and it is at a stable 110.  He is 38 years old and this is the first time in his life that his blood pressure has normalized (hi BP runs in his family)\n\nViaViente is the leading whole food health juice on the market, backed by independent 3rd party research and clinically proven to lower blood pressure by a randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial.  I highly recommend it.
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There really isnt one. I just recommend less salt, more water, no smoking, less fats
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for the high bp, 2 evening primrose oil capsules or a tsp. of cayenne pepper in lukewarm water.\n\nfor the diabetes, fenugreek seeds or peel of a green plantain. see site below for exact info.
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Walking is a very effective way to bring down BP. Also, try drinking lots of water. You can add a lemon to your water, lemon is a natural diuretic (sheds excess fluids from your body). Also, avoid caffeine, i.e. coffee, soda, chocolate... Weight will also effect BP. And find something you enjoy, something that relaxes you, something that is soothing... music, TV show, sitting with pets (it is scientifically proven that pets lower a person's BP), working on a hobby, going to a place in nature that is peaceful... anything, and try to fit it into your routine a few times a week. Stress is also a big factor in BP. Are you stressed? If so, find some way to let it out, safely. Anger is another cause... But exercise and increasing your water will be big keys. It is a lifestyle change. And don't forget to cut down on your salt intake. Check the labels for sodium (salt) and don't add more to your food.
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Eat less salt. Read food labels carefully because sometimes there is a lot of hidden sodium in foods you would never expect. Go for a walk or exercise and be sure to take time to relax as well.
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There are several things you can do for hypertension that can have a powerful effect:\n1. Lose weight if you are overweight.\n2. Exercise regularly, even if it is only walking.\n3. Follow the DASH eating plan, which is proven to lower blood pressure: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/\n4. Discontinue the use of stimulants, including caffeine and tobacco. Look for hidden sources of stimulants in food and beverages.\n5. Take calcium and magnesium. (Low intake of both are associated with high blood pressure; women need between 1,000 and 1,500 mg of calcium per day; men no more than 1,200 mg daily from all sources. If you get your calcium from supplements, take half as much magnesium as your calcium dosage.) \n6. Take vitamin C, which has been shown to lower blood pressure in people with mild to moderate hypertension.\n7. Take omega 3 supplements (fish oil).\n\nGarlic and niacin, suggested above, while helpful for cholesterol, aren't remedies for hypertension.
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exercise and eat right. Reduce salt and sodium in your diet. Stop drinking sodas. Limit your alcohol intake. Stop smoking if you smoke. Maintain a healthy weight for your height. Ask your Dr for other ways to reduce blood pressure. If you need to go on medications, check with the DR on the side effects including sexual side effects. Try to change your lifestyle and you may be able to get off the medications. Good luck!
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drink plain water\nexercise\ndrink plain water\nwatch what you eat\ndrink plain water