What are You Doing about Your Blood Pressure?

The medical term for high blood pressure is 'hypertension'. As a general rule, you're considered to be 'hypertensive' if your blood pressure is consistently above the ideal 120/80. Some people are genetically predisposed for having high blood pressure, but there are other factors that often contribute to it, regardless of your genes.

So that you can better understand your high blood pressure, you need to know what it really is. Your blood pressure is measured by getting the amount of pressure your blood is exerting against the walls of your blood vessels. If more pressure is being forced against those walls, you will get a high number.

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.

The same fate will happen to your blood vessels if your blood pressure gets too high and remains high. They can and will burst. The severity of the results is determined by the location of the burst vessel. If it is located in the brain, you can have a stroke. If it is a vessel that transports blood to your heart, you can have a heart attack or suffer a complete heart failure.

This is why high blood pressure is often called the 'silent killer'. You may feel fine and have no symptoms whatsoever...until the pressure becomes so great that it causes a life-threatening episode.

The numbers of your blood pressure reading are called systolic and diastolic pressure. The systolic pressure is the top number and indicates how much pressure is within the blood vessels every time your heart beats or pumps blood out. The diastolic pressure is the bottom number and indicates how much pressure exists within the blood vessels in between beats, or when your heart is 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.

Or you can do something easier, but is quicker and just as effective. You can avail of my Hypertension Program, which I designed to lower your chances of heart attack or stroke by lowering your blood pressure to acceptable levels. What's more, it does not involve drastic lifestyle changes or hours of sweating in a gym.

It's a series of easy, simple exercises which only take a few minutes a day and which you can do with little effort. The impact it will have on your blood pressure numbers is nothing short of life-saving.

By: Christian Goodman

Christian Goodman is a popular researcher and the creator of the natural health blog. His latest work is the Lower Blood Pressure program, which has now helped thousands of people in managing high blood pressure.

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