Blood pressure is called “hypertension” in the medical
world. When your blood pressure is consistently above the
ideal 120/80, you are generally considered “hypertensive”. A
high blood pressure is genetically predisposed in some
individuals, but aside from genes, there are other factors
that also contribute to it.
To make you better understand high blood pressure or
hypertension, you should know what hypertension really is.
When your blood pressure is taken, what is actually measured
is the amount of pressure your blood is exerting against the
walls of your blood vessels. When you get a higher number,
it means that more pressure is being forced against those
walls.
Imagine a balloon with water being filled in it. When more
water is being put in the balloon, it stretches out to
contain the waterup to a certain point. You will see the
balloon thinning out as it gets fuller, and eventually
breaks if you continue putting water into it. So you should be nature oriented to avoid high blood pressure
If you allow your blood pressure to get high and remain
there unchecked, your vessels will suffer the same fate as
the overfilled balloon. They can and will eventually burst.
The location of the burst vessel determines the severity of
the results. If it’s a brain vessel, you can have a stroke.
If it’s a vessel that feeds blood to the heart, you can have
a heart attack or suffer complete heart failure. In order to prevent stroke you should keep your blood pressure down
‘Silent killer’ is what high blood pressure is often
referred as. One day you feel fine and you don’t feel any
symptomsthen the pressure becomes so great that it causes a
life-threatening episode.
The top number of a blood pressure reading, or the systolic
pressure, measures the pressure within the blood vessels
with each ‘beat’ of the heart as it pumps blood out. The
bottom number, or the diastolic pressure, measures the
pressure within the blood vessels in between beats, when
your heart is temporarily at rest.
Of the two numbers, the bottom number is often seen as more
critical. If your diastolic pressure is over the ideal
number of 80, this means that extreme pressure is being
exerted on your vessels, even when your heart is at rest.
With high blood pressure, the spurting force of the blood as
it leaves the heart the next time could be the one that
proves to be too much.
So how do you lower your blood pressure? If you are
overweight, lose those excess pounds. If your are overly
stressed, avoid and eliminate the causes of stress. If you
are smoking, stop. And if you are sedentary, exercise more.
Another thing that you can do, and this is a little easier
but just as effective and even quicker, is do the exercises
in my Hypertension Program. My Hypertension Program will
reduce your chances of heart attack or stroke by making your
blood pressure at low levels. The best part is that is does
not require you to change your lifestyle or spend hours
sweating in a gym.
It is composed of simple exercises that you can do easily,
but the result is nothing short of life-saving.
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