Increasing millions of people have high blood pressure, which puts them at risk for heart disease, heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure, kidney failure, and peripheral artery disease. It’s no wonder that blood pressure medications in all their many forms are one of the drugs most frequently prescribed by doctors.
But there are also a number of easy, natural ways to lower your blood pressure that have been proven effective. And natural methods are usually so safe that they can be used in and of themselves to lower your blood pressure or in combination with any medication.
The many benefits to natural blood pressure reducing methods include:
•No annoying side effects
•No visits to the doctor
•No expensive prescriptions
•High level of safety for all ages
•Many are proven to work in clinical studies
•The bottom line: Few risks and many benefits
Closely allied with natural remedies, there are numerous lifestyle changes that will help reduce and control hypertension. Yet despite their obvious benefits, lifestyle modifications are often difficult and frustrating for many people to accomplish.
For example, smoking contributes to high blood pressure and it is as addictive as it is dangerous. One of the first things a doctor will tell a smoker is to stop smoking. But in spite of its many unhealthy, negative effects, it’s usually extremely difficult for smokers to beat their addiction. It often takes many tries for a smoker to quit for good – and until then it takes a toll on your blood pressure and heart.
Another beneficial, but difficult lifestyle change in our modern times is healthy eating. It’s understandably difficult for someone born and bred on fried foods or junk foods to learn to be satisfied with steamed vegetables and other healthy foods.
Despite the temporary difficulties any change always brings, lifestyle modifications that will help get your blood pressure to a healthy level are:
Quitting Smoking
Limiting Alcohol
Reducing sodium
Exercising, preferably 30 minutes each day
Losing weight if you are overweight
Eating a healthy diet
Avoiding stress and getting genuine relaxation
One of the most promising new methods is not just a natural remedy nor a lifestyle change but covers a bit of both. It’s also extremely easy and relaxing to do. This is a new innovation created by combining clinically proven slow breathing techniques with real music. Practicing gentle breathing exercises while relaxing to beautiful music is something anyone can do regardless of age or physical condition. And it doesn’t matter how high your blood pressure is or whether you take medications or not.
Breathing has been used as a healing tool by many people for ages. It’s also recognized as the most immediate way to relieve stress, panic or anger, which not so coincidentally also raise blood pressure. Even if you don't have high blood pressure, these techniques can help calm you when you are angry or stressed. Have you ever been told to take a deep breath when you were upset? Psychologists often urge their stressed or angry patients to do deep breathing exercises. Deep, slow breathing works – on many levels.
It can easily be done everyday without taking up a lot of time and once you get used to it, you may find yourself enjoying it so much you’ll want to do it everyday. It could even become a daily routine before bed, which will help you sleep better. Simply sit back and relax, put on some slow, soothing music and breathe deeply and slowly.
Be sure to ignore any advice you may have heard before about counting your breaths or doing complicated breathing patterns. These are sure to ruin your relaxation and without that your breathing won’t get you the results you’re after. With slow breathing, the more relaxed you are, the greater the benefits. With the right, slow tempo music such as a classical adagio your breathing will naturally slow to below 10 breaths per minute. That’s the range that’s clinically proven to lower high blood pressure.
If you don't have any suitable music, look for a CD of slow, relaxing music, the type made for relaxation or meditation. There are even programs on the market made specifically for slow breathing. Be sure to breathe deeply and slowly, yet comfortably and gently. Overdoing it will result in hyperventilation. You will get better at it once you get used to it. Using this easy method just 15 minutes a day, you could see a nice drop in your blood pressure within just a few weeks. What’s more, it will relax you, reduce stress and anxiety and can even improve your sleep. Breathing exercises, as confirmed scientifically, can help millions of people that are suffering from high blood pressure as well as anxiety and anger problems.
Further resources: Learn more about slow breathing with music to lower blood pressure and get free instructions at http://www.control-your-blood-pressure.com
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