Preventing and Overcoming High Blood

To prevent high blood for you who still have normal blood pressure or high blood pressure for those who already have high blood pressure, the following practical suggestions can you do:

     * Reduce consumption of salt in your food. If you already suffer from high blood pressure you should avoid foods that contain salt.
     * Consumption of foods containing potassium, magnesium and calcium. Potassium, magnesium and calcium can reduce high blood pressure.
     * Reduce drinking alcoholic beverages or food. If you suffer from high blood pressure, should avoid excessive alcohol consumption. For men who suffer from hypertension, the amount of alcohol is permitted a maximum of 30 ml of alcohol per day while women 15 ml per day.
     * Regular exercise can reduce high blood pressure. If you suffer from high blood pressure, choose light exercise such as walking, cycling, running relaxed, and swimming. Do it for 30 to 45 minutes a day 3 times a week.
     * Eat vegetables and fruits are high in fiber such as leafy green vegetables, bananas, tomatoes, carrots, melons, and oranges.
     * Run anti-stress therapy for reducing stress and you are able to control your emotions.
     * Quitting smoking also plays a major role to reduce high blood pressure or hypertension.
     * Control your cholesterol levels.
     * Take control of your diabetes.
     * Avoid drugs that can increase blood pressure. Consult your doctor if you are receiving treatment for certain diseases, to ask for drugs that do not increase blood pressure.

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Causes of High Blood

 

There are several things that can cause a person has high blood pressure. There are factors that cause high blood pressure that you can not control. There is also that you can control so that it can cope with high blood diseases. Some of these factors include:

    * Offspring
      This factor can not you control. If someone has a parent or relative who has high blood pressure, then it is likely he suffered from high blood pressure is greater. Statistics show that the problem of high blood pressure is higher in identical twins than identical twins are not. A study showed that there is evidence derived genes for high blood pressure problems.

    * Age
      This factor can not you control. Research shows that as age increases, blood pressure will increase. You can not expect that your blood pressure when young will be the same when you get older. But you can control that do not pass through the upper limit of normal.

    * Salt
      These factors can you control. Salt can increase blood pressure rapidly in some people, especially for diabetics, people with mild hypertension, people with old age, and those who were black.

    * Cholesterol
      These factors can you control. Excess fat in your blood, it can cause cholesterol deposits in blood vessel walls. This can make blood vessels constrict and blood pressure consequently increases. Take control of your cholesterol as early as possible. For tips on controlling cholesterol, please see the following articles: cholesterol.

    * Obesity / Overweight
      These factors can you control. People who have a body weight above 30 percent ideal body weight, have a greater likelihood of suffering from high blood pressure.

    * Stress
      These factors can you control. Stress and emotions are not stable condition also can trigger high blood pressure.

    * Cigarette
      These factors can you control. Smoking also can increase blood pressure becomes high. Smoking habits may increase the risk of diabetes, heart attack and stroke. Therefore, smoking habit which continues to proceed when it has a high blood pressure, is a very dangerous combination that will trigger diseases related to heart and blood.

    * Caffeine
      These factors can you control. Caffeine found in coffee, tea or cola drinks can cause increased blood pressure.

    * Alcohol
      These factors can you control. Excessive alcohol consumption also causes high blood pressure.

    * Poor Sports
      These factors can you control. Lack of exercise and movement can cause increased blood pressure in the body. Regular exercise can lower your high blood pressure but do not do heavy exercise if you suffer from high blood pressure.

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