Healthy blood pressure can be maintained with natural regimen.

Since prescription drugs that lower blood pressure do have side effects - some of them risky and unpleasant - it is important to always begin with natural methods. If you are taking drugs for high blood pressure, your health care provider should be monitoring you regularly and should have a goal of getting you off the medication if possible. If you are already taking drugs to lower blood pressure, it is important not to take herbs that directly lower blood pressure such as hawthorn, without checking with your health care provider. Your blood pressure should be monitored while making the necessary reduction in your medication.

• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Got some moderate exercise at least 30 minutes every day or 45 minutes three to four times a week.
• Reduce stress - cut down your commitments, getting more sleep, regular exercise and make more time for recreation. Practice stress-reduction techniques (biofeedback, self-hypnosis, yoga, meditation)
• Eat a low bad-fat, high good-fat, low-sodium, low sugar diet emphasizing fresh fruit and vegetable, grains and plenty of fiber. Eat more potassium-rich foods (such as potato, avocado, cooked lima beans and banana). Fresh celery (four stalks a day has been known to significantly reduce blood pressure-try drinking a carrot/celery juice mix daily), garlic, Onions, Cold water, deep sea fish (mackerel, sardines, salmon, herring for Omega - fatty acid), cook with Olive oil (instead of vegetable oils or butter).
• Avoid refined, packaged and processed foods.
• Limit alcohol consumption to two drinks per day or less.
• Avoid coffee.
• Stop smoking.
• Avoid drugs that raise blood pressure. Avoid any supplement containing ephedrine which cause hypertension and stroke.
• Drink plenty of clean water (6-10 glasses/day)

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Dr. Tsang wishes to share his knowledge & Opinion with the public regarding the importance of " Nutritional Supplements ". This is for your information only. He is not in any way try to replace your physician. Drugs have powerful effects on the body, so please don't abruptly stop taking any prescription medication. Always consult your physician or health care provider before you use any nutritional supplement or switch from drugs to natural health products.