Matching high blood pressure treatments with causes
The biggest problem with high blood pressure treatments is determining the cause and appropriate approach.
According to the medical establishment the cause of over 90% of high blood pressure causes is unknown. What that means in reality is that for the vast majority of high blood pressure cases a single identifiable cause can not be determined.
The fact is that there any many causes of high blood pressure including:
- genetics
- age
- poor diet
- lack of exercise
- stress
Most people suffer from high blood pressure from a variety of causes. If your blood pressure is moderately high you might want to try different approaches to see what works best.
Alternative high blood pressure cures can be divided up to three main categories:
- Changes to your Daily Diet
- .Daily Physical Exercise
- .Daily Mental Exercise
Changing your diet mainly helps reduce high blood pressure caused by poor diet (which inludes the vast majority of Western world cuisine). Mind you, improving your diet can also help reduce high blood pressure caused by age and genetics.
Physical exercise is most beneficial in reducing high blood pressure cause by an otherwise inactive lifestyle. It also good for lowering high blood pressure caused from genetics and aging. Some people clam that it can help reduce your stress levels as well.
By mental exercises I mean any exercise that have the purpose of affecting your nervous system. These exercises have the most benefit for people suffering from high stress levels and associated high blood pressure.
The High Blood Pressure Shotgun Treatment
If you have very high blood pressure (like I did) you might want to take the ‘shotgun’ approach and improve your diet as well as practice mental and physical exercises.
The shotgun method almost guarantees that your blood pressure will come down. On top of that, you’ll feel healthier and happier than you have for years.
If you’re ready to shotgun your blood pressure back down to healthy levels I’d recommend the David O’Hara’s Breatheasy program.
The audio slow breathing program really works. If you take your blood pressure before and after a 15 breathing exercise you’ll notice the difference – a 5 to 10 point drop. Not bad for a quarter of an hour of your time. The effect is cumulative so you blood pressure will slowly get back to lower level over time provided your can spare those 15 minutes each day.
Breatheasy also comes with Kevin Riley’s guide Get Natural! which is a great source of information on diet.
All you’ll need then is a pair of trainers (or ‘sneakers’ in N America) to kickstart your exercises.
Take care a one and all,
Simon
