Treat High Blood Pressure And Save Your Life

Most people nowadays understand the importance of keeping blood pressure levels under good control. Medical science has shown that high blood pressure over a prolonged period will increase the risk of stroke, heart attack and other diseases. There is even some evidence that your risk of dementia will be increased by long term poorly controlled blood pressure levels.

I hear you ask then – what do you need to do if you want a better controlled blood pressure?

Let me be upfront here, I’m a doctor but I suffer from high BP too and I’m not about to pretend that I have all the answers. But here are my suggestions on how to get started.

Begin with the big picture. Take a long hard look at your lifestyle. A few careful changes here will have far reaching beneficial effects.

If you can reduce your weight by ten pounds then you can expect to shave ten points off of your blood pressure reading numbers. That might be the difference between needing to start on medication or not. Or, it could allow you to reduce medication doses and reduce side effects.

Do you realise what salt or sodium intake does to your BP readings? Cutting how much you consume can make a simply amazing difference you know.

If you can cut down your salt intake to near nothing for about seven days then you’ll be able to find out if you suffer from salt sensitivity syndrome. There are lots of ways to do this but I recommend a restricted diet of mostly yogurt, fruit and fruit juice or fruit smoothie drinks. Get hold of a home BP monitor from Amazon or from your local pharmacy store and check your levels as you go through the week. About one person in every ten is very sensitive to sodium or salt intake and if you have this problem then you immediately have the key to controlling your own blood pressure. Food will taste funny to begin with but you will adapt to it very quickly if you persevere.

I think it’s always a good idea to also take a natural blood pressure supplement, remedy or treatment. This will help to improve blood pressure level control.

How do you choose from the many different natural blood pressure treatments that are available? Many of them are effective but it can be tricky working out which will work best for your needs. You can read about the natural or herbal remedy options on my website – just clickon the links below.

I usually advise people to start off with something like Alistrol – a combination remedy with three or four difererent active ingredients in the capsule. Otherwise lycopenes extracted from red fruits or tomato skins seem to often work well.

Here’s the deal then – this is the message to take away. You can control your own blood pressure if you want to. Yes, it will take a bit of effort and you’ll need to get hold of your own blood pressure monitor. But once you do, you can experiment with the options above until you find a way of doing things that works well for you. Please give it a try. You won’t regret it !

Dr Cameron has a longstanding interest in helping people achieve lower blood pressure. You read more too about natural blood pressure treatments as a way to improve health and wellbeing.

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