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Abstract: Blood High Pressure Remedy
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If you have high blood pressure or hypertension, it will not, unfortunately, manifest any symptoms untill the damage is done.

It’s a condition that is estimated to affect 20 per cent of adults in the industrialised countries and is even larger prevalent in the developing countries. Despite billions of dollars spent on blood pressure lowering medications, it is still poorly controlled in many people.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the problem is further compounded by poor compliance to prescribed anti-hypertensive medication.

Blood pressure is measured in millimetres of mercury (mm Hg) and measurements less than 120/80 mm Hg are considered ideal, a reading of less than 140/90 mm Hg is considered normal, but blood pressure over 140/90 is diagnosed as hypertension.

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death or disability due to stroke, heart attack and kidney failure.

There are two types of high blood pressure and 90 per cent of all cases are primary or essential hypertension where the cause is unknown, unlike secondary hypertension with identifiable causes that are treatable or reversible.

However, a higher intake of sodium (salt), alcohol and proteins have been linked to increased high blood pressure, along with other risk factors such as obesity and lack of regular physical activity.

The good news is that diet modifications, exercise, stress management and the use of nutritional supplements can help in reducing elevated blood pressure.

The American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee recommends a diet low in saturated fat, high in complex carbohydrates (adding fruits and vegetables) and restricted in salt intake.

Such a diet is rich in minerals such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. Food rich in potassium, calcium, and magnesium are Chinese cabbage, carrots, cucumber, spinach, celery, sprouts, mushrooms, mung beans, potatoes, avocados, broccoli and most fruits.

Magnesium works together with calcium in supporting the body’s functions in the formation of bones and teeth, the clotting of blood, and the regulation of heart rate. Known as a muscle relaxant, magnesium helps in lowering blood pressure by relaxing the muscles that control blood vessels.

Calcium, on the other hand, is required for the contraction of muscles and that is why these minerals are usually found in combination. Magnesium has been successfully used in pregnancy-induced hypertension.

It seems that most people do not get enough magnesium in their daily diets as they fail to consume five servings of fruit and vegetables as well as the tendency to eat necessaryly processed foods which are almost depleted of this important mineral. The recommended daily requirement of magnesium for adults is about 400mg a day.

Research indicates that people who are physically inactive have a 35 per cent chance of developing high blood pressure compared to an athletic person.

Apart from lowering blood pressure, regular exercise strengthens the heart muscle, raises good HDL levels, thins the blood, fights off the excess weight and imparts a general sense of well-being. Physical activity needs to be incorporated as a lifelong habit and encouraged from young.

The effects of stress can deplete your body of magnesium and this probably explains why chronic stress raises normal blood pressure.

A study using stress management techniques such as meditation, deep-breathing exercises and yoga shows that it reduces the need for anti-hypertensive medications in 70 per cent of the subjects with mild to moderate hypertension within six weeks and that half of the studied subjects could stop their medication within a year and drastically reduce high blood pressure levels.

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Jae Taylor is an alternative practitioner with 40 years experience in the field of nutrition. At his website he provides detailed resources on blood pressure. Visit him at: http://www.high-blood-pressure-review.info

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Abstract: Blood High Natural Pressure Remedy
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For those who want to live a healthy lifestyle, new research has shown that the daily use of Olive Oil in your meal is especially beneficial. In fact the use of Olive Oil seems to be even in addition beneficial then eating an extra slice of whole wheat bread. This is the outcome of research by members of the John Hopkins University on a comparison between three “health diets”.

An Olive Oil rich diet lowers the blood pressure and the Cholesterol level much in addition then a carbohydrate rich diet. Compared to a protein rich food an olive oil rich diet is easier to digest.

Scientists from the John Hopkins University have researched the DASH-diet. (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension). This diet has been developed a few years ago to aid people with high blood pressure problems. The researchers have compared DASH to two alternative diets and have published their conclusion in the Journal of the American Medical Association

The DASH diet contains a lot of carbohydrates. You eat muesli for breakfast, whole grain bread for lunch and pasta for dinner. This is combined with fish, chicken and nuts and olive oil

The other two diets tested are a protein rich and a carbohydrate rich variation of the DASH diet, but with no olive oil.

All three diets did lower blood pressure and cholesterol significantly but the diet that contained the olive oil stood out as the most convincing. It lowered blood pressure and cholesterol just a bit heavier. And these factors are an important determinant of the long-term onset of cardiovascular disease.

All participants in the research reported that it was fairly easy to comply with each of these diets. But the participants in the protein rich variety complained greater often about digestive problems and as a result of that they tended to be less physically active then the control group.

So this is an outcome that supports the Mediterranean Diets with their high Fish (Omega 3 fatty acids) and Olive Oil content even heavier.

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Connect Savannah.comObesity as a lifestyle choiceConnect Savannah.com, GA - Aug 8, 2007These figures are troubling because obesity leads to debilitating, even deadly ailments, including high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, .

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Diet for a Strong Heart: Michio Kushi’s Macrobiotic Dietary Guidelines for the Prevention of High Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, and Stroke

Novartis wins extension on high blood-pressure drugInternational Herald Tribune, France - Aug 10, 2007Although high blood pressure is more prevalent in adults, affecting 30 percent of Americans, nearly 5 percent of children and adolescents in the US may also .

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Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure

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