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Have you been curious about those two numbers in your blood pressure reading? It's amazing that doctors emphasize the importance of those numbers, while we don't have a clue as to what they mean. Actually, these numbers tell you how hard your blood is pushing against the walls of your arteries. Just as how water building up in a hose can damage it, your own blood can also damage your arteries and leave you more susceptible to strokes and cardiac arrest. 120/80 mmHg. This is how a blood pressure reading looks like. The first number represents your systolic blood pressure, and the second number represents your diastolic blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure is the pressure your blood exerts on your arteries when your heart beats. Diastolic blood pressure is your blood pressure when your heart is at rest between beats. A blood pressure reading of 120/80 is considered normal. Majority of people have this or a slightly lower blood pressure. Those with slightly higher blood pressure than 120/80 are considered prehypertensive, and this triggers doctors to start treatment to keep the blood pressure from increasing further. Of the two numbers, it's long been thought that a higher diastolic blood pressure (the second number) contributed to hypertension and its subsequent medical concerns. However, it's been recently suggested that higher systolic blood pressures (the first number) also pose a measure of risk, particularly for individuals past the age of 50. When a person has a blood pressure reading of 140/90 or higher in two different sittings, then that person is said to have hypertension. If not treated, it can lead to several other medical conditions. When it comes to bringing those numbers down, doctors often suggest life-changing, radical practices to their patients. They often ask their patients to stop smoking or drinking, start getting into a vigorous exercise program, or to change their diets drastically. When these individuals can't maintain these life-changing practices (and more often than not, they can't), their blood pressure gets back up and their hypertension returns. In other words, hypertension can make some very unpleasant changes in a person's life. But it doesn't have to. My Hypertension Program doesn't require you to do any life-changing practices. The truth is, most of the exercises can be done while you go on about your day. Wouldn't you want to be one of my customers who have successfully lowered their blood pressures for good? And now that you know what those numbers stand for, it's much more satisfying to watch them go down to the 120/80 levels and stay there. Warm regards, Christian Goodman
By: Christian Goodman
Christian Goodman is a well known natural health alternatives writer and the creator of health programs. His latest work is the natural method for high blood pressure which has now helped thousands of people cure their hypertension.
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