Things You'll Need:
- Salt substitute
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Bilberry
- Hawthorn berries
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Step 1
Read food labels. Buy fresh foods with little or no added salt (sodium). Use an herbal salt substitute, such as Mrs. Dash's, in place of salt.
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Step 2
Eat at least one clove of fresh garlic a day. Studies have shown that patients who eat one clove of fresh garlic per day lowered their blood pressure significantly after 12 weeks. A garlic clove can be minced or even baked until the garlic is soft and then added to a butter substitute.
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Step 3
Add ginger to foods. Like garlic, ginger has been shown to reduce blood pressure naturally. Ginger can be added as a powder to many types of foods and can be used in place of salt to add a spicy flavor to bland foods, such as yogurt and tapioca.
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Step 4
Add bilberry to your diet. You may need to check with one or more health food stores to find bilberry, but the properties of the bilberry were widely tested during World War II (for improving vision). It is known to naturally thin blood and lower blood pressure.
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Step 5
Eat Hawthorn berries at least five times a week. Hawthorn berries have been shown to thin the blood and improve circulation while lowering blood pressure naturally.
