Overcoming High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure or hypertensionhas become a common disease for many people today, especially for those living in urban areas. High blood pressure or hypertension is one factor causing strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure. And the worst excesses of this disease is death. Therefore, if you can, this disease should be prevented. If you have high blood pressure, you can control the disease. How to prevent and control high blood pressure or hypertension?
Why Blood Pressure Rises?
What causes blood pressure to rise? As an illustration, if you’re watering the garden with a hose. If you press the tip of the hose, the water that comes out will be faster. That’s because water pressure increases when the hose is pressed. In addition, if you zoom in tap water, the flow of water through the hose will be faster because of increased water discharge. The same thing happens with your blood. If your blood vessels constrict, the blood pressure in the blood vessels will increase. In addition, if the amount of blood flow increases, blood pressure will also increase.
Preventing and Overcoming High Blood:
To prevent high blood pressure for those who still have normal blood pressure or high blood pressure for those who already have high blood pressure, then the following practical suggestions you can do:

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
1.    Reduce consumption of salt in your food. If you already suffer from high blood pressure you should avoid foods that contain salt.
2.    Consumption of foods containing potassium, magnesium and calcium. Potassium, magnesium and calcium can reduce high blood pressure.
3.    Reduce drinking alcoholic beverages or food. If you suffer from high blood pressure, should avoid excessive alcohol consumption. For men who suffer from hypertension, amount of alcohol is permitted a maximum of 30 ml of alcohol per day, while women 15 ml per day.
4.    Regular exercise can reduce high blood pressure. If you suffer from high blood pressure, choose a light exercise such as walking, cycling, running relaxed, and swimming. Do it for 30 to 45 minutes a day 3 times a week.
5.    Eat vegetables and fruits are high in fiber such as green vegetables, bananas, tomatoes, carrots, cantaloupe, and oranges.
6.    Run anti-stress therapy to reduce stress and you are able to control your emotions.
7.    Quitting smoking also contributes greatly to reduce high blood pressure or hypertension.
8.    Take control of your cholesterol levels.
9.    Take control of your diabetes.
10.    Avoid drugs that can increase blood pressure. Consult your doctor if you are receiving treatment for certain diseases, to ask for drugs that do not increase blood pressure.