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Summary: In order to lower blood pressure naturally, a person can learn how to meditate, she can do anything that reduces stress, and she can stop smoking. Limit salt intake to lower blood pressure naturally with help from a physician's assistant in this free video on blood pressure.
Al Hedgepeth is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned his degree as a P.A. in 1980. He currently works as a gynecological P.A. for Wake County....read more
"Things you can do naturally without medication to lower your blood pressure is one is to learn how to meditate and to do relaxation therapy or relaxation techniques to calm yourself down, relieve your stress and that helps lower your blood pressure. You need. Anything you do to relieve the stress of your life will help lower your blood pressure. Other things you can do is stop smoking. Smoking can is linked and can cause high blood pressure. Losing weight is important, you need to have a BMI or body mass index no greater than 24 or 25 and that's calculation your physician can do for you or you can look up on line. It's based on your height and weight at the current time and the maximum you should have as a body mass index, 24 or 25. Other things you can do to help prevent or lower blood pressure is to limit your salt intake. Sodium concentrated in your blood and therefore can draw in more fluid and elevate the volume of fluid in the pipes so to speak or the blood in the blood vessels and that can increase the blood pressure. Keeping your kidneys healthy is another good thing because you can have high blood pressure based on renal disease or kidney disease. Exercise helps in all these areas and just avoiding eating high fat diets, smoking, continuing exercise, losing weight, things like that. All will help reduce your blood pressure without having to rely on medication."
eHow Article: Natural Remedies to Lower Blood Pressure