| High blood pressure is the leading cause of heart | | | | However, with a real commitment towards a |
| attacks and strokes. For example, currently, over | | | | healthier diet and lifestyle, this condition may be |
| forty-three million Americans suffer from high blood | | | | reversed. 'This is where the underlying root-causes of |
| pressure. It has also been said that something like | | | | high blood pressure can dealt with. |
| ninety per cent of Americans who haven't got high | | | | Here are my Seven Steps For Lowering High Blood |
| blood pressure soon will unless the appropriate | | | | Pressure: They have no order. As long as all are |
| lifestyle changes are implemented. 'These facts and | | | | implemented then success will be yours. |
| figures generally reflect the rest of the western | | | | 1.Eliminate or reduce acid causing foods from the diet. |
| world. | | | | Certain foods, when eaten, give rise to an acid ash |
| There are three reasons for high blood pressure: | | | | residue when absorbed into the body. There is much |
| 1.Atherosclerotic plaque; fatty deposits lining the inner | | | | information online that distinguishes these foods. |
| walls of the arteries, which obstruct blood flow cause | | | | 2.Eat more alkaline ash foods. Information on these |
| high blood pressure. | | | | types of foods can be found online. Alkaline water is |
| 2.Acid wastes deposit on the inner walls of blood | | | | also a good option. 'These factors alkalise the body. |
| vessels. Because the vessels become narrower, blood | | | | 3.Garlic, onions and beetroot are excellent blood |
| pressure has to increase in order keep the same vital | | | | pressure lowering foods, which indeed, can be eaten |
| blood supply as before. | | | | regularly. Other foods include those containing vitamin |
| 3.Because of too much acid waste, high blood | | | | C and folic acid. |
| pressure is caused by a lack of oxygen supply. | | | | 4.Get plenty of vitamin D. Sunlight is an excellent |
| Sadly, the above root-causes are not addressed by | | | | form and pays dividends...about twenty minutes a |
| orthodox medicine. High blood pressure patients are | | | | day will suffice. |
| given drugs like lotensin, mevacor or procardia... | | | | 5.Exercise. About half-an-hour a day. This lowers high |
| These drugs work by inhibiting calcium channels. This | | | | blood pressure, improves cardiovascular function as |
| weakens the heart. In effect, less blood is then | | | | well as loses weight. |
| pumped out: Hence the blood pressure gauge reads | | | | 6.Learn to handle stress. For example, meditation has |
| lower than before. But the weakened heart muscle is | | | | shown to significantly lower blood pressure. |
| less able to give vital blood supply to areas of the | | | | 7.On perhaps a more miscellaneous level, get |
| body: The target organs get less oxygenated blood | | | | electro-acupuncture. This has shown to greatly |
| than before, so side effects start to kick in such as | | | | reduce blood pressure. Chelation therapy is also |
| dizziness, sluggishness, fatigue, impotence, loss of | | | | effective. |
| memory, mood changes, and depression... | | | | |