Common Kitchen Cures for High Blood Pressure

Cures for High Blood Pressure

Most people over the age of 20 already have high blood pressure, but only 63 percent are aware they have high it. Hypertension is called 'the silent killer" as it does not manifest itself through physical symptoms. Unfortunately, that silent killer damages blood vessels and contributes to inflammation that leads to the buildup of cholesterol and ultimately heart disease.

Likely your doctor has already instructed you to lose weight, quit smoking, get in routine exercise and eat a proper diet. Certainly this helps and many people have succeeded in bringing down their blood pressure to normal levels.

So what can you do to lower your blood pressure to normal levels naturally with products you already have in your kitchen?

Increase your intake of calcium.

You should be eating broccoli, salmon, spinach, and tofu. Vitamin D. It's the sunshine vitamin and an important key to health. Adequate amounts of this vitamin can help lower blood pressure. Staying out in the sun for 20 minutes a day can help raise your vitamin D levels naturally. If you're worried about skin cancer, using sun blockers is more likely to bring about cancer than what you get from sun exposure. Take Vitamin D in supplement form along with calcium to help lower blood pressure.

Garlic.

It's one of the most amazing foods. Allicin, that imparts the smell to the bulb is particularly useful in lowering both cholesterol and blood pressure. As you can see from the above list, a good diet of whole, organic food may be all that's necessary to lower blood pressure, maintain health and prevent the side effects posed by the drugs prescribed to treat hypertension.