How to reduce high blood pressure? Ideas needed, please!

[debilorrah]

Sunny!!! I stopped eating after lunch unless I was truly, really, stomach growling hungry. I have lost 50 lbs in 3 years. Not fast but it is GONE!!!

 

[wombat]

Cut back on your salt intake. Watch your potassium levels.

If you don't like "excercise", go for a walk every day.

Cut back on soda. No more than one a day, and none would be better. Drink water instead.

Cut out evening snacks, or eat carrots and celery or an apple if you have to snack after dinner.

If you smoke, quit.

 

[NonnasBabies]

Talk to your doctor about giving you samples!! I've been on blood pressure meds since January and haven't paid for any of it!!!

Worth a try!!

Missi

 

[Cockadoodledon't]

Quote:
Congratulations!!!!!!!

 

[chickbird]

be careful with potassium as it can cause major cadiac(heart) arrythmias(rhythm). also studies do not show that garlic can lower your b.p., lose weight, eat healthy, no more than 3 eggs per week, exercise by walking for 30min. to a hour 3-5 times a week, low sodium(salt) diet. many health departments have free blood pressure clinics and wal-mart and some others have many blood pressure meds, that are four dollars a month or 3 mo. for $10.00, go by wal-mart and ask for one of their list and take it to the doctor and ask him to prescribe one from the list. good luck to you.

 

[cassie]

Went to the doctor for the first time in five years. Much to my surprise she found my blood pressure was very high. She put me on lisinopril (sp). Got it a WalMart for cheap. It got my blood pressure down in a matter of a very few days.

 

[CedarRidgeChicks]

Last month I have a 6 mo. check up. to my suprise my BP was high for me..I am on low dose Lisinopril have been for 10 yrs..I keep mine under control with all the above and the med..however the Dr. was concerned..she had be relax, deep breath for a few, had the same nurse read it it down only a few points..had another nurse come in several minutes later read again and it was much lower..this all being said..I had waited 1 hr 15 min. to see the Dr. the waiting room was full of sick people..I believe that I was inwardly worked up over the wait and exposure..I have checked it every other day and it has been fine..

I did bring mine down drastically with walking and diet several years ago..it takes a little time so hang in there and do little things to change at first..seems like cold turkey acts don't last..

 

[WalkingWolf]

1) Take one buffered aspirin a day.

2) take garlic and eat onions with every meal. Red beats to will reduce blood pressure and actually helps clean the arteries. Make sure to eat a balanced diet. Actually the diet for diabetics works exceptional well even if you are not diabetic.

3) Lose weight, again diet and some exercise that will push your heart rate up for 20 minutes. Hiking in moderately rough terrain will do this very well.

4) Monitor your blood pressure 3 times a day, actually this will make it drop in itself. Don't ask me why, but it does. Learn the breathing exercise that will actually drop your pressure considerably. Learn to completely relax, TV and some music actually cause pressure to rise so does sitting at the computer. Silence and meditation is actually golden.

5) Get plenty of sleep but do not overdo it. Staying in bed all day will not help the pressure, but a good 8 hours will.

6) See a herbal specialist for which herbs or vitamins to take that will not interfere with your scripts. And check with your doctor also on them.

 

[Ridgerunner]

From yur post, I take it this is a consistent problem, not just a one time occurence. Anybody can have one reading that is high. Once while driving to the doctor for a check-up, three different cars either ran a red light, ran a stop sign, or failed to yield and almost hit me. When I got to the doctor's office there was no waiting for a change. My blood pressure was way high that day but it soon returned to normal.

Later I did get somewhat like you. My blood pressure got high although I would jog 2 miles, not a regular every other day, but real close to half of the days. Depended on work schedule. I was in decent physical shape but overweight and highly stressed out. I was working in a remote (read Africa) construction site and eating a construction diet while doing mostly a desk job.

I lost about 30 pounds and greatly reduced my stress when I retired. It took a total lifestyle change for me to accomplish it. Exercise alone was not enough. With my garden and yard work I get plenty of exercise. I walk a half mile there, then half a mile back to get the newspaper every morning. At parking lots I park as far from the entrance as I can which gives me more exercise plus leaves a space closer for those that actually need it. I always did that anyway. My diet has greatly changed and the stress is tremendously reduced. Diet and stress reduction, along with plenty of exercise (not jogging anymore), has made all the difference.

Genetics plays a big part, but you cannot control that. Lifestyle and stress is also hard to control, especially with family responsibilities. It is an important part and you need to see what you can actually do about that.

It is not easy. I know first hand. But it is a total package, exercise, diet and stress. And we are all in different circumstances. Just handle what you can.

Good luck!