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Lifestyle options include changing what you eat and your activity level.
Quitting smoking and moderating alcohol consumption will also help keep your blood pressure in the healthy range.
Maintain a healthy weight.
If you are overweight or obese, lose weight. Aim for a healthy weight range for your height and body type. Your health care provider can help you calculate a target weight.
Even a small amount of weight loss can make a major difference in lowering or preventing high blood pressure.
To lose weight, you must burn more calories than you take in.
Crash or fad diets are not helpful and may be dangerous.
Some weight loss medications also carry major risks, and great caution is advised in using these drugs.
The healthiest and longest-lasting weight loss requires slow loss, such as losing one-half to 1 pound each week. Eating 500 calories less than you burn every day may help achieve this goal. In a week, you will eat 3500 calories less than you burn, which is enough to lose 1 pound.
Increasing your physical activity will help you burn more calories.
Lose weight and keep it off.
Choose foods low in calories and fat. Fat is a concentrated source of calories. You should cut down on butter, margarine, regular salad dressing, fatty or red meats, the skin of poultry, whole milk, cheese, fried foods, ice cream, many cookies, cakes, pastries, and snacks.
Instead, choose baked, broiled, or poached chicken and turkey (without skin), fish, lean cuts of meat (such as round or sirloin); skim, 1%, or evaporated milk; lower fat, low-sodium cheeses; fresh, frozen, or canned fruit or vegetables (without butter, cream, or cheese sauces); plain rice and pasta; English muffins; bagels; sandwich bread and rolls; soft tortillas; cold (ready-to-eat) and hot whole-grain cereals (avoid "instant" types, which are high in sodium).
Choose foods high in starch and fiber: These foods are low in fat and also good sources of vitamins and minerals. Try fruits, vegetables, whole-grain cereals, pasta, rice, and dry peas and beans.
Limit serving sizes: You should especially try to take smaller helpings of high-calorie foods such as meats and cheeses. Try to avoid the temptation of going back for seconds.
Write down what you eat and when: It may be helpful to track your habits. You should note where you are and what you are doing when you snack on high-calorie foods. For instance, many people snack while watching television. Or do you skip breakfast and then eat a large lunch? Identifying your eating patterns can help you overcome the situations in which you overeat.
Replace high-calorie, high-fat snacks with fresh fruits, air-popped popcorn (without salt or butter), or unsalted pretzels. If there is no time for breakfast, take a low-fat muffin, a bagel (without cream cheese), or cereal along to eat at work. This will reduce the craving for a large lunch.
Exercise or increase physical activity.
Physical activity burns calories, helps you lose weight, and reduces stress.
Physical activity reduces total cholesterol and bad cholesterol (LDL) and raises the good cholesterol (HDL).
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends at least 30 minutes of exercise every other day for cardiovascular fitness. The Surgeon General recommends 30 minutes of physical activity on most days of the week.
Physical activity doesn’t have to mean running a marathon. House cleaning or playing golf or baseball can burn as many as 300 calories per hour; brisk walking (at 3.5 mph), cycling (at 5.5 mph), gardening, dancing, or playing basketball burns as many as 450 calories per hour; jogging (9 min/mile), playing football, or swimming can burn as many as 730 calories per hour; and running (7 min/mile), racquetball, or skiing can burn as many as 920 calories per hour.
You can fit physical exercise into your daily routine.
Use the stairs instead of the elevator.
Get off the bus 1 or 2 stops early and walk the rest of the way.
Park farther away from the store or office.
Ride a bike.
Work in the yard or garden.
Clean house.
Wash the car the old-fashioned way.
Go dancing.
General tips for controlling blood pressure include the following:
Reduce sodium (salt) intake.
Limit alcohol to no more than 2 drinks a day.
Quit smoking.
Take medicines as directed.
Medication is an important part of blood pressure control for almost everybody with high blood pressure. Many people cannot keep their blood pressure in the healthy range by lifestyle changes alone.
Only 21% of people with high blood pressure are on blood pressure medicines and have their pressure adequately controlled.
At least 16% of people with high blood pressure are not on any medication.
Approximately 28% are taking medicines incorrectly, and their blood pressure is uncontrolled.
Therefore, the biggest challenge in the treatment of high blood pressure is taking the medication correctly.
I know that if you exercise your blood pressure eventually goes down if you have a high blood pressure, but why? Is it because your heart is stronger and therefore doesn’t need to work as hard so the blood pressure goes down? Thanks.
The work your heart has to do is fixed. Mathematically it is: - {the amount of blood pumped} multiplied by {the square of the impedance (to flow) of the vascular loop}. (or CO x TPR squared)
So, it’s got nothing whatever to do with the heart being stronger or weaker. If the heart is weak, then it will simply perform the work less efficiently; -if it is a healthy heart, it will do it more easily and efficiently.
The reason your BP (supposedly) "goes down" when you are healthy, is because your arteries and other blood vessels don’t get sclerotic when you exercise properly. The actual pressure generated by your heart remains the same either way, but arteriosclerosis prevents the pulses of pressure generated by your heart being absorbed by elastic expansion of the aorta and larger arteries.
So, in reality, you "blood pressure" doesn’t really "go down". What happens is that the indicated (or apparent) readings of BP taken by a monitor at the brachial or radial artery are lower than the true pressure values because of absorption within he aorta and upper (larger) arteries.
High blood pressure can be a serious health problem.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common risk factor for heart disease and kidney disease and a host of other health problems.
Heart disease remains the number one killer of adults in the U.S. and one in four adults have high blood pressure as a health issue.
Some adults are aware of their high blood pressure and the health issues it can cause, and others are not.
High blood pressure can’t be cured, but it can be managed with medications, a healthy diet, and moderate exercise, among other things.
There are many things that a person who has high blood pressure can do.
One of them is to eat a healthy diet.
But what does a healthy diet mean?
Reduce the fat that you eat – Reduce your intake of fried foods. Grill, stew, bake instead.
Stick with unsaturated fats (Monounsaturated & Polyunsaturated). Studies have shown that these fats actually lower the LDL (the bad stuff) cholesterol and maintain HDL (the good stuff) cholesterol.
Start having low fat dairy product, i.e. 1% – 2% fat milk, cottage cheese, yogurts. Even try non-fat dairy products.
Reduce the sugar that you consume – have fruit juice sweetened foods and drinks instead.
Increase the amount of fiber that you consume – Have five helpings of fruit and vegatables each day.
Have wholegrain and/or fiber enriched breads.
Have wholegrain cereals (shredded wheat, bran flakes and oatmeal)
Limit your intake of salt – one way to do this is to use spices, herbs and salt-free seasoning blends in cooking and at the table.
A healthy diet is one that is low in calories and fat, because one way to lower high blood pressure naturally is to lose weight.
If a person maintains a healthy weight, they can often lower their blood pressure without the aid of medication.
A person who has high blood pressure who wishes to have better health should drink alcoholic beverages in moderation, or not at all.
Some experts have also suggested taking a dietary supplement that is rich in potassium, calcium, and magnesium and fish oils.
These things can also be found in a healthy diet in varying amounts.
A person with high blood pressure should consult their doctor and then meet with a nutritionist to learn about the kind of diet and foods they should be eating.
Another thing to increase the overall health of a person with high blood pressure is for them to have an active lifestyle and increase their exercise and physical activity.
They should also learn stress management techniques, such as yoga, Tai Chi, or meditation, if they are the kind of person who gets stressed easily.
Sources:
webmd.com
Mike Herman
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/are-there-diets-to-control-high-blood-pressure-67763.html
A person with hypertension is often prescribed a diuretic for high blood pressure symptom relief. It is one of the most common as well as probably one of the cheapest treatments for treating high blood pressure.
Diuretics work by forcing the kidneys to discharge more sodium and water than normal in the urine. This reduces the water content in the blood and less water means that there is less pressure being placed on the walls of the arteries.
Often a diuretic will be used as the first line of treatment by a doctor for a patient suffering with high blood pressure. But they that will also usually recommend their patients also take other forms of medication as well in order to help control their high blood pressure.
There are three kinds of diuretics which are used in treating high blood pressure and these are as follows:-
1. Loop Diuretics
These particular diuretics are often prescribed to people who also suffer from heart or kidney problems or suffer from edema (swelling of the legs). However they will not usually be prescribed to people who are just suffering from high blood pressure. Generally a person will find that once they start taking loop diuretics their urine output increases for a few hours afterwards.
2. Potassium Sparing Diuretics
Unlike some of the other kinds of diuretics now available these particular ones do not cause a person’s potassium levels to drop. In fact in some cases a person who is taking this particular diuretic for high blood pressure will find their potassium levels increase.
3. Thiazide diuretic
A thiazide diuretic helps the body pass more water. It generally has quite a weak action on the kidneys, so the urine flow is not increased significantly when compared to loop diuretics. In addition to the impact on the kidneys they also cause a widening of blood vessels, which also helps reduce blood pressure.
There are a number of natural diuretics, including Dandelion that may also be a useful addition to the battle to reduce blood pressure, but before embarking taking any natural alternative solutions speak with your doctor.
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It is important that anyone suffering with high blood pressure finds out what the true cause of the hypertension is. Diuretics and many medications only treat the symptoms of the condition, and without establishing the cause or causes and resolving that, then there is a greater risk of reoccurrence.
Review your lifestyle critically and see if there are any connections to the high blood pressure. Here are some things that have been found to elevate blood pressure over time:
A poor diet
Being obese
A lack of exercise
Smoking
Drinking alcohol, especially binge drinking
A history of heart problems of high blood pressure in the family.
Although the exact cause of high blood pressure has not been established, the conditions and habits above have been shown to elevate blood pressure.
There are also other conditions and circumstances that can elevate blood pressure including pregnancy, kidney or endocrine disease, blood vessels and arteries narrowing and medication like steroids and contraceptive pills.
While using a diuretic for high blood pressure relief can be effective, especially when used with other treatments, finding the underlying cause of the blood pressure and then introducing methods to resolve it can reduce the change of reoccurrence and keep you medication free.
Paul J Johnson
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/using-a-diuretic-for-high-blood-pressure-treatment-139431.html
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Recently I have had a lot of Stress to cope with which has increased my Blood Pressure. I have been taking Renitec 20mg for 7 years and it has kept my blood pressure in check and I have been fine on this but recently it has risen again even though I am still on on this medication. I have been told that Vitamin B and C or Garlic will help lower Blood Pressure. Can you please tell me if this is right. Thanks.
You have taken the first step towards success that is coping with stress.
Neither of the above helps you out, you are on your own, stay close to your Dr. advise.
It’s a cruel world out there.
Best of luck. :>]
