Curtailing Hypertension For Better Health and Vitality

Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, has reached epidemic proportions in this country (United States) and all over a large majority of the world. Common factors inducing this continuous decline are:

• high-paced lifestyle with continuous high levels of stress
• lack of nutritionally balanced meals (always using the eat and run routine)
• lack of continual exercise program: the "couch potato syndrome"
• insulin resistance which is common in cases of obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol and high triglycerides.
• dehydration which actually leads to a retention of sodium in the body (which gives you that bloated, puffy feeling). This is actually an increase in blood volume thus increasing pressure in your blood vessels
• smoking
• excessive alcohol beverages (more than 2-3 drinks per day)
• environmental toxins such as certain medications and heavy metal concentrations which are introduced into your system

Hypertension itself afflicts more than 50 million people alone here in the United States. This number though is still short a few million more because of undiagnosed conditions. Many people do not realize they have it because of the immediate lack of identifiable symptoms. Common signs include:

• headaches, especially in the back of the head and neck area)
• unusual sweating or clamminess of the skin
• fatigue
• blurry vision
• light dizziness

Often, all of these get passed off by many people as a hard day at work. Therefore there is no urgency to check with a doctor and verify a diagnosis.

But the continuous elevated pressure is a precursor to serious damage to the heart and blood vessels. This leads to heart failure, heart attacks or more common is a severe stroke. Each of these can result in a fatality or you having major medical complications for the rest of your life.

Although all of this sounds like bad news, most of it is reversible by the person themselves if they are willing to take responsibility for their own health. Re-read this list of common lifestyle factors which often lead to your high risk levels of this disease and slowly start implementing a few lifestyle changes to reduce your chances of becoming one of the next victims of high blood pressure, nicknamed the "silent killer."

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Kathi Robinson
There is many effective ways to help control high blood pressure, both through conventional (pharmaceutical drugs)and alternative (nutrition and therapy) programs. Please visit my site at http://www.allergy-and-diabetic-health.com/lower-blood-pressure.html for help in achieving an end with some simple lifestyle options.

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