Also called hypertension, high blood pressure is a wide spread health problem. One in five Americans already has it and more than 90% will get it. The fact that at least 90% of us will develop high blood pressure or hypertension suggests that we are genetically programmed to get it, but it is not our fate, it’s something we do to ourselves. Natural treatment is a sure way to bring down blood pressure to a normal level. The top number, or systolic is the highest pressure that occurs each time the heart beats, and the bottom number, or diastolic is the lowest pressure that occurs when the heart relaxes between beats. If only one of the two numbers is elevated, a person should be look at and natural treatment for high blood pressure should be considered.
A person that is consistently over 140/90 mmHg, he has high blood pressure. As we age, hypertension is related to the constriction and narrowing of blood vessels diminishing the blood flow and starving the organs of the oxygen they need causing a heart attack or a stroke. Women are more likely than men to suffer strokes, still unknown why.
NATURAL TREATMENT FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Natural treatment is a safe way to prevent this disease of poor lifestyle choices such as excess of salt and weight. Kidney and certain hormonal diseases can also contribute to hypertension but less common. Most of the cases (90% to 95%) are related to genetics, physiology and lifestyle. Other remaining cases result from pregnancy, drugs, tumours or diseases. It is worth mentioning that most people are unaware they have high blood pressure until their it is measured. It is then most important that people regularly measure their own blood pressure using approved monitoring devices so that you can see if it is within a normal range.
If your reading is higher than 135 mmHg for the top number or 85 mmHg for the bottom number may mean that you should take action. It would be appropriate to lower your blood pressure with lifestyle changes such as cutting back on salt and alcohol, losing weight and getting more exercise before being obliged to use DRUGS. Natural treatment for high blood pressure along with a healthy diet and exercise can lessen the need for drugs and reduce both systolic and diastolic pressure. Natural treatment emphasizes on diets that include vegetables and fruits, lean meat, low-fat dairy products, whole grains and salt restriction meaning intake of no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium a day. Stress is a factor not to be neglected.
Natural treatment has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years to support the solid health of the heart and circulatory system. In more recent times, research has investigated these claims. There are now a number of published clinical studies demonstrating the ability of natural treatment for high blood pressure incorporating a range of herbs to support the cardiovascular system and to maintain blood pressure within a normal range.
Article by Gilles Coulombe B.A. B.LL D.S.A. Gilles Coulombe is the webmaster of NewHealthFrontier.com a site about a wide range of health problems proposing for each of them natural solutions for a longer and healthier life.For more information, go to MySite [http://www.NewHealthFrontier.com]
