High Blood Pressure Be Gone

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The link between stress and hypertension is undeniable. The very simple fact is that if you live a high stress life then that fact is going to reflect in a higher blood pressure (and probably a shorter life span).

Another thing about stress and stress-related blood pressure is that it’s not always evident. You can be a sufferer of stress and not even realize it. Stress builds up slowly in the dark recesses of your nervous system. over the course of years. What feels ‘normal’ to you may actually be a stressful existence.

But stress doesn’t affect us all equally. Some of us can get away with a lot more stress than others when it comes to blood pressure and health in general. I’m not one of those people and stress will always show up in my blood pressure so I’ve had to take remedies to reduce stress.

That’s easier said than done. Wanting to reduce stress and actually accomplishing it are two different things. You can’t ‘think’ your stress levels down – you have to DO something.

If you suffer from stress and high blood pressure you want to get both levels down. To start, take a walk, preferably in nature, like a path through the woods or your local park if you have one nearby. Get away from load mechanical noises like cars if possible. The tranquility of nature can be very soothing for you nerves.

Yoga, Tai Chi, and acupuncture have been noted as good for reducing stress and lowering blood pressure – although I haven’t tried then myself.

An increasingly popular way to reduce stress and blood pressure is slow breathing. High Street drug stores here in the UK are now selling a special machine called ‘Resperate‘ which assists you in calming down the system through slow, regulated\breathing. These machines aren’t cheap – selling for around £100 + – but they do seem to be effective given their popularity.

Personally I use the BreathEasy tapes to do stress-reducing slow breathing exercises. Just following along for 15 minutes a day helps restore sanity into my life, relaxes my nervous system, and helps keep my blood pressure withing healthy ranges. If you interested in trying out a sample click to my BreathEasy Review

Another popular approach to stress reduction and blood pressure normalization is Christian Goodman’s 3 exercises. These exercises are also largely based on breathing techniques but incorporate additional measures such as muscle relaxation and mild physical exercise. You can read more about these techniques in my Christian Goodman Review.

Mind you, stress isn’t the only factor that can cause high blood pressure. There’s also bad diet, lack of exercise, and genetics that can contribute to hypertension. Thankfully all these factors can be dealt with. Of course you can’t change your genetic code but adopting a healthy blood pressure lifestyle can counteract any genetic propensities towards developing high blood pressure you may have inherited.

But stress remains a central contributing factor with most people with hypertension. You’ll want to reduce stress in your life one way or the other. Too much stress can cause all sorts of health complications later on in life.

Life stress-free. Live happy. Live healthy.

I have been diagnosed with blood pressure 195/120. That’s not good. 120/85 is considered “normal”.

So the two questions are:

1. Why is my blood pressure so high?
2. And how do I get it back down?

Neither of these questions have simple staightforward answers or solutions.

The best answer I can come up with for question 1 is ‘genetics’. What else could it be? I am not obese. I’m not a chain smoking alcholic. I live a reasonable stress-free life. My diet has been, not great perhaps, but not terrible either. So it must be genetics – and possibly built up but hidden emotion stress – I sometimes wonder.

The solution? Now that’s really the sixty-four thousand dollar question. One thing is for sure – those professing to know the cure have very different and even conflicting opinions.

But I’ve reduced it to three approaches:

1. Change / addition to diet (possibly including ingesting prescription drugs).
2. Physical exercises.
3. Mental exercises.

All ‘remedies’ I’ve accessed and tried so far can be summed up with one or more of these approaches.

Apart from the ACE inhibitor my doctor prescribed, (that after 1 month showed zero results), I’ve downloaded and are using to other alternative approaches.

One is a comprehensive book on hypertension with a lot of information on useful foods and potions to lower blood pressure. Hence I would say it falls into solution category 1. You can check it out from this link- www.bloodpressurenormalized.com. It’s a little over-hyped and that initially put me off but in fact its got tons of good info to use.

The other approach I’m experimenting with is three exercises that can be performed with the assistance of  audio tracks. They’re simple enough to perform and don’t take up too much time.

My final conclusion as to they are working or  just a waste of time is out. But first indications are that they may be valid. After doing an ‘emotional release’ exercise the other day I monitored my blood pressure and it had dropped to 150 / 95 – the lowest it’s been for many months.

But is it sustainable? Or just a temporary relief? The verdict is out at the moment. The link for this website is here: www.highbloodpressure.ws

It would be great to hear from other high blood pressure sufferers if they have tried either of the aids and what the results were – positive and/or negative.

I’d also like to hear of other kinds of treatments successes. I hopes someone will read this someday.

Now I’m rambling.

My next post I’ll share details of the things I’m trying and the results – real and percieved.

Take care,

Simon