Often, as this eMedTV page explains, lowering blood pressure involves making lifestyle changes first, such as reducing the amount of alcohol and salt consumed. Other lifestyle changes helpful in lowering blood pressure include becoming more active.
This section of the eMedTV library identifies the different types of blood pressure medicine and explains how they help treat hypertension, including ACE inhibitors, diuretics, calcium channel blockers, vasodilators, and beta blockers.
This eMedTV page explains the link between exercise and high blood pressure reduction. For example, studies on exercise and high blood pressure reduction show that 30 minutes 3 days a week is enough exercise to bring about a drop in blood pressure.
The DASH diet for high blood pressure, as this eMedTV resource explains, has been proven to lower a person's risk for hypertension. If your blood pressure is already high, this diet for high blood pressure has been proven to lower it as well.
The DASH eating plan, which is low in saturated fat and high in fiber, protein, and magnesium, has been proven to lower blood pressure. This eMedTV article discusses the DASH eating plan in detail and provides a sample eating plan to get you started.
This section of the eMedTV library discusses the link between weight and high blood pressure in detail. For example, lose just 10 percent of your current weight, and high blood pressure can be lowered -- or prevented, if you don't have hypertension.
Reduce the salt, and high blood pressure will likely go down. This eMedTV page explores the link between salt and high blood pressure. It also includes tips to reduce the amount of salt and sodium consumed.
This segment of the eMedTV archives explores the connection between alcohol and high blood pressure. While moderate amounts are usually fine, too much alcohol can make hypertension worse or decrease the effectiveness of medications.
This eMedTV page explores the benefits of supplements for high blood pressure, like potassium. Research shows that potassium lowers blood pressure, but other commonly tried supplements for high blood pressure are not proven to reduce hypertension.
A variety of conditions are made worse by smoking, and high blood pressure is just one of them. This eMedTV resource explains the dangerous link between smoking and high blood pressure and offers tips for quitting.
Studies on stress and high blood pressure, as this eMedTV page explains, show that long-term stress may affect blood pressure; the effects of short-term stress are limited. This requires a rethinking of myths about stress and high blood pressure.
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