| High blood pressure is one of the most common | | | | However, some detox/cleansing breathing techniques |
| after-30 ailments. And funnily enough, many people | | | | are not recommended for high blood pressure. |
| accept it as the way of life. Am interesting thing about | | | | Therefore, consulting an expert before beginning is a |
| hypertension is that as people lose weight, their blood | | | | must. |
| pressure tends to normalize, but only during normal | | | | Random Tip- "Exercise : Encourage regular exercise |
| activities. No sooner do they get perturbed, ever so | | | | program. Stop smoking. Test cholesterol. Renal and |
| slightly, than the blood pressure shoots up again. | | | | endocrine causes should be ruled out. |
| This of course brings us to the belief that to actually | | | | Nature Care: Garlic is regarded as one of the most |
| control blood pressure, one must manage it holistically. | | | | effective remedies to lower blood pressure. Garlic has |
| Blood pressure management necessitates the | | | | the power to ease the spasm of the small arteries. |
| following: | | | | amla, lemon and watermelon also help in reducing |
| Nutrition: | | | | hypertension. Foods rich in calcium like dairy products |
| To control high blood pressure, one must cut down on | | | | and potassium like fruits and vegetables have an |
| heavy salted foods, pickles, processed and refined | | | | important role in stabilizing hypertension. " |
| food, maida, sooji and alcohol. Foods that are good for | | | | Must Visit: Pregnancy Yoga- Exercise, journals and |
| managing blood pressure are oats (can be eaten as | | | | positions of yoga which help in pregnancy at |
| oat porridge or oat bread) and barley. | | | | Herbs- |
| The unique effect of barley is that it helps the body | | | | Parsley juice in fresh form (good for adrenals and |
| get rid of all that excess water through the kidneys. | | | | thyroid) and alfa-alfa sprouts are great for |
| This, in effect, decreases the load on the heart. | | | | hypertensives (however, do not take garlic in hot |
| Vegetarians across the world in general tend to have | | | | weather). There are many other herbs that can be |
| lower blood pressure, so being a vegetarian once a | | | | prescribed by a herbologist/naturopath. |
| week may be a good idea. Add lots of fruits and | | | | Aromatherapy- |
| vegetables to the diet, they will help lower blood | | | | Aromatic herbs such as ylang-ylang have a relaxing |
| pressure. In a harvard study of over 31,000 middle | | | | effect on the nerves. they can be used as bathing oils |
| aged people, it was seen that people who ate little or | | | | or as additions to massage oils (easily available at |
| no fruits were 46 per cent more likely to be | | | | stores). |
| hypertensive. | | | | Music and Sound Therapy- |
| Vitamin C found in amla, oranges, lime and many other | | | | Many sounds and music are very soothing for the |
| fruits have a protective effect on the blood vessels. | | | | nerves. Depending on personal tastes, one ca for spa |
| Potassium in the diet lowers blood pressure. In a study | | | | music available at most stores or try chanting 'Om'. |
| conducted in Italy, it was seen that after a year of | | | | This week lets try pranayam- check your pulse and |
| adding potassium to a diet of hypertensive patients, 81 | | | | blood pressure before and after pranayam and |
| percent lowered their dose of medication. Foods rich in | | | | hopefully you will notice some change. |
| potassium are potato, peaches, prunes, spinach, | | | | Have a great week ahead-> :-) |
| oranges. | | | | Hypertension Signs and Symptoms: The person may |
| Calcium rich foods also decrease the blood pressure, | | | | present with headache, tiredness, dizziness, pain and |
| and adding green leafy vegetables is a good source | | | | aches in the leg, back, shoulder region, arms, pain in the |
| of calcium. Finally, losing excess weight helps lower | | | | heart region, frequent urination, fatigue, emotional upset, |
| blood pressure. | | | | tiredness, wakefulness, excessive perspiration. |
| Yoga and Pranayam- | | | | Complications: Stroke due to cerebral heamorrhage |
| Breathing is one of the simplest ways to balance and | | | | (bleeding) or cerebral infarction, brain damage. Loss of |
| control the nerves and our ancient practice of | | | | vision. Congestive heart failure, heart attacks, blood |
| pranayam has shown the beneficial effects of | | | | vessel damages. Kidney failure. |
| naadi-shodhan. | | | | |