I'm Reducing High Blood Pressure Naturally - Here's How You Can Too

For me, taking medication can be just as scary as having high pressure readings. So I'm reducing high blood pressure naturally using a few methods that I will share with you here.

Many of the natural options you have for lowering your pressure may be in your pantry right now. Simple items that you probably already use when you cook can be used while reducing high blood pressure naturally.

Potassium

Potassium is an essential nutrient for maintaining good pressure levels. There are lots of foods (mainly fruits and vegetables) that you can use to help normalize your pressure. Here are a few foods that are rich in potassium.

Bananas

Spinach

Tomatoes

Apples

Sweet Potatoes

Garlic

Physical Activity

Exercise goes hand and hand with your diet. It is important to get up and active on a daily basis. Something as simple as a brisk 45 minute walk every day will help lower and maintain optimal pressure levels.

There are also holistic methods that are attributed to reducing high blood pressure naturally.

Meditation

According to a new meta-analysis conducted at the University of Kentucky. Meditation was associated with approximate reductions of 4.7 mm systolic and 3.2 mm diastolic pressure.

Meditation is easy to do and can be done just about anywhere, making it a very convenient as well as affective method for reducing your pressure naturally.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a 3,000-year-old form of Chinese medicine. Needles are inserted at specific points on the body to help cure disease or relieve pain.

Researchers at the Susan Samuel Center for Integrative Medicine at UC Irvine found that acupuncture treatments using low levels of electrical stimulation can assist in reducing high blood pressure naturally by as much as 50 percent.

These are just a handful of options that you have for reducing high blood pressure naturally. There are probably more natural options than you ever imagined. You just need to know where to find them.