Hey guys/gals. In the first post I talked about my background with high blood pressure. In the second blog post I talked about how I escaped the nightmare that I was living with the medications, and how I got lucky because a friend turned me on to a natural cure from high BP. In this post, I just want to explain my basic understanding of an elevated blood pressure, and what that does to your body. Bear in mind that I'm not a doctor, and that this is just my opinion, based off of my experiences and readings.
Healthy people typically have a blood pressure reading of less than 120 over 80. If you have prehypertension, your reading will be around 120/139 over 80/89. You are categorized as having hypertension stage 1 with a BP reading of 140/159 over 90/99. You're stage 2 with anything above 160 over 100. You should probably be admitted into the hospital I your BP is greater than 180 over 110. When I was first diagnosed with an elevated blood pressure, my first reading was 200 over 130!
Now we know what you readings should (and should not) be, but exactly what are blood pressure readings measuring? Good question! The first number is called the "systolic". That number measures the pressure that is built up in your arteries every time that your heart beats. The second number (which is also the lowest one) is called the "diastolic". It's a measurement of the pressure that is in your arteries when your heart is at rest (between the beats).
Now we know what reading you should have, what the readings are measuring, but what causes a high BP reading and what does that mean for you? Good questions! Here is how I make sense of it:
Blood is traveling to and from your heart through these little tunnels that are called arteries. When the arteries are nice and clean, there is plenty of room for the little blood cells to travel through the tubes.
If something partially blocks the path of the blood cells, or the tubes become smaller, that creates a traffic jam. Think of this traffic jam like one that occurs on the highway. There is a wreck. The road goes from 4 lanes to just 2. What happens? Cars back up! Instead of traffic flowing smoothly, it becomes a mess! When your arteries aren't nice and smooth (a wreck), the blood cells have a harder time traveling down them. Your heart compensates for the difficulty by working harder. You still need the blood to flow, so your heart is "freaking out" to keep it going. This increase in work by the heart creates a higher pressure that is now needed to get your blood moving.
Last, but not least, what does this high blood pressure readings mean for you? We'll go over this question in detail in the next blog post, but let's just say that it's not good. If your heart is having to work so hard to supply the oxygenated blood to your body, it can eventually stop working right.
We'll pick up from this spot in the next journey post.
In the last post I told you how my blood pressure was out of control. For a long time I was taking a combo of high blood pressure medications to lower it. Even when I lost a bunch of weight and began exercising, I was still taking the meds and felt like garbage!
Then just over two years ago a friend showed me a program where you can lower your blood pressure naturally without meds. Within 3 months of trying this natural approach I tossed my medications and have not taken one single BP pill since!
The program that he shared with me is called "Blood Pressure Solutions". It cost me around $37 to join (don't remember the exact price), and it was chump change in my opinion. I mean money is money, but it was probably the best/easiest few dollars that I have ever spent! I was spending a lot more than that on the crap the docs were feeding me, and I felt horrible on what they were giving me! For just a few dollars my whole life turned around!!!
Here is the ad that I read that my friend sent me a link to:
"Many people are aware that high blood pressure (hypertension) can cause heart disease and damage the body over time. Yet there are a number of health problems for which high blood pressure can be a risk factor that are less widely recognized. The more you know about the health risks of hypertension, the more likely you are to seek treatment and make the kinds of lifestyle adjustments that will lower your risks of complications from hypertension. Some common complications from high blood pressure include:
Hypertension requires your heart to work harder than normal to get sufficient blood to all areas of the body. Your heart is a muscle, and like all your muscles it can get tired and become less effective. The constant strain of hypertension can cause the heart to permanently weaken over time and become more prone to heart attacks and strokes.
Solution: Losing weight through diet and exercise is one way you can help out your heart and lower blood pressure.
Damage to the vast network of arteries flowing to and from the heart that supply the body with oxygen and nutrients can create many complications. High blood pressure can cause a narrowing of the arteries that over time worsen with hardening of the arteries. The result is that arteries become stiff and lose their strength and elasticity. Hardening of the arteries blood flow to the heart can be reduced, resulting in chest pain, stroke, aneurysms and other forms of organ dysfunction and failure.
Solution: Us the proper supplements and lifestyle choices that can help improve circulation and decrease the chance of deposits building up in arteries. It is difficult to fix damaged arteries so prevention is key.
Another major organ in addition to the heart that is susceptible to injury from high blood pressure is the brain. It too needs a steady supply of blood for proper functioning but hypertension tends to undermine the brain by reducing the blood flow and encouraging the forming of blood clots that can cause a stroke, resulting in problems ranging from impaired speech, memory loss and difficulty with normal body movement. Brain damage from hypertension can also lead to memory problems and even full-blown dementia.
Solution: If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with hypertension it is important to begin managing high blood pressure immediately. Being proactive and taking steps to reduce high blood pressure will help prevent negative side effects such as brain damage.
The kidneys are heavily dependent on adequate blood flow to function; therefore, any damage done by high blood pressure on blood vessels and the heart can also threaten the kidneys, making it difficult for them to properly filter the blood. Over time hypertension can contribute to kidney problems that may ultimately result in the need for dialysis or even a complete kidney transplant. All these problems become even more severe if they are further complicated by diabetes.
Solution: Work to manage your high blood pressure by lowering your stress, changing diet, and using proper supplements. Keeping your blood pressure regulated will reduce the risk of further damage to vital organs and help you live a healthier life.
Whether it is the heart, the circulatory system or the kidneys, all of these essential body organs can be seriously damaged by untreated hypertension. Therefore be sure to have your blood pressure checked regularly in order that hypertension can be quickly identified and treatment can begin early, before any serious damage is done. High blood pressure can be controlled as long as you are willing to make the changes to keep your body in its best condition.
To discover how to lower your blood pressure naturally without expensive medication, be sure to check out the Blood Pressure Solution"
All I can tell you is that it really worked for me. I will place a link here to the BP Solution if you want to look into it. If you think that you have to take those BP drugs forever, and that you can't get rid of your high BP naturally, you're wrong! Just check it out.
As always you can leave comments here. I will answer all of your questions!
Hello there! My name is George. I have had high blood pressure (until recently) since I was 18 years old. I recently overcame this, and have had a healthy blood pressure for the last two years. Before I explain how I fixed my problem, let me start from the beginning of it:
When I was 19 years old I went into the military. I was pretty healthy going into boot camp, and when I got out of it I was in extremely good shape! My weight was around 170 (I'm 6 feet tall), I could run a mile without breaking a sweat, and I spent a lot of time exercising every day. M BP was great as well.
When I got out of the military at the age of 24, I began gaining weight pretty fast. I was actually medically retired because of a back injury that triggered a disease known as ankylosing spondylitis (AS). That injury, and my laziness, wasn't a good combo. I gained a bunch of weight over the following years, and I just stopped moving around very much.
When I got to the age of 43, I decided to go to the doctor. By this point I was around 80 pounds overweight, I was sweating all of the time, my face was red, and it felt like I could feel my heart beating all of the time. It was scary! In fact, it was scary enough for me to go to the doctor.
The doc confirmed that my blood pressure was through the roof. The first thing he did was to set me up with a bunch of high BP medications. I was actually on a combo of 3 of them. The medication did drop my BP down a good bit, but I had a bunch of side effects from the medicine. It made me feel like crap! Not only that, but I really hate taking any kind of medicine to begin with. I don't even take Tylenol for headaches!
That went on for a year or so. I lost a few pounds (not enough), started moving around a bit (also not enough), and my blood pressure was sort of in control. I still felt like crap all of the time though! My doc tried a few different medicines, but I just felt really bad all of the time.
I finally decided to really lose weight. I exercised a bunch. I went on a vegetarian diet. I eventually got down to pretty much my military weight (within 20 pounds anyways), but I was still stuck on the BP meds. I tried to get off of them, but as soon as I did it shot right back up.
I was in a real predicament! I needed to take the meds because my BP was out of control without them. I knew that heart attacks run in the family line as I have lost quite a few relatives from heart attacks. I was in pretty good shape, but I just couldn't get off of the medicine on my own!
That's when a friend of mine told me about how he cured his high blood pressure naturally, without taking anything. I wouldn't have believed that this was possible, but my friend wasn't a liar!
He turned me onto this new program and sent me to the website to register for it. I figured it was some kind of scam, but like I said my friend is the most honest person I know! I spent just a couple of bucks for the program (way less than I was spending on the blood pressure medicine!), and really took it to heart.
Within two months of starting it, I was able to get rid of the BP med, and I have been off of them for just over two years now!!
I'll explain the program where you can lower your high blood pressure naturally and without medication in another post. My goal on this one was to just to give you some background on where I came from. This is 100% no hype, and you can take it or leave it. I won't make a penny from writing anything on here, so I'm not here to sell you on anything!
To read about the program just click to my next post. If I can figure out how to link to it here, I will do so later.
Feel free to leave me comments with any questions that you have . I'll be happy to answer all of them. Thank you for reading about my story!
