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Blood pressure
is like the barometer of health. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, means that
your heart is working harder to pump the blood. This is dangerous because it could
cause a heart attack, a cerebral thrombosis, or kidney disorders. It is very important
to check your blood pressure regularly. Hypertension has been known as "the
silent killer" since not many people keep track of their blood pressure. Method
to check blood pressure at home: Hang a key from a thread. Put your left thumb
on the right wrist of the person who is having his/her blood pressure checked.
Extend a measuring tape on the table parallel to the person's arm. Move the key
like a pendulum over the tape. If the pressure is low the key will start to rotate
on its own axis when it reaches the numbers 5-7. If the pressure is high, the
key rotates when you reach 10. Oatmeal:
Start out your day with a bowl of oatmeal. Not only it regulates blood pressure
but it is very effective in regulating cholesterol too. Pets:
It seems that interacting with animals such as caressing a cat, playing
with a dog, or just staring at a fish swimming in a bowl is an effective way to
lower blood pressure. 
Olive and
white hawthorn: 1 liter of water, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 handful of olive leaves,
1 handful of white hawthorn. Boil the olive leaves and the hawthorn for 3 minutes
over low heat. Let stand 10 minutes. Strain and store in a glass container. Crush
the garlic and add to the infusion. Drink a liter a day for a week and then stop
for another week. Repeat the same alternating weeks until blood pressure regulates. Parsley
and lemon smoothie: Parsley and a lemon. Blend the whole lemon (peel and everything)
with the parsley. home-remedies-site.com Take a glass before breakfast. Garlic:
Garlic is wonderful for dilating the arteries and preventing the formation
of thrombi. Just a clove of garlic a day is enough to receive its benefits. You
can prepare a tea, using a crushed garlic clove for each cup of water. Add lemon
juice to taste and it's ready. 
Celery:
Include celery in your daily diet. Some pieces of celery in your salad will help
keep blood pressure under control. Reduce
salt: Salt causes fluid retention and this only adds more pressure to the
body. Consume less than a teaspoon of salt a day. Grapefruit:
Studies have shown that eating grapefruit while undergoing treatment, increases
the effectiveness of the medication two fold. However, it also increases the side
effects of the medicine. Essential
foods to include in your diet if you suffer from hypertension: Garlic:
As I mentioned before, garlic is great for reducing hypertension. Garlic reduces
cholesterol in the blood, dilates the arteries, and prevents the formation of
thrombi in them. Add it raw to salads. Celery:
Another food that I already mentioned but it is worth repeating. For its diuretic
action celery controls blood pressure. Eat daily. Ginger:
Add it grated to your meals. Carrot:
It is rich in vitamin C and beta carotene. home-remedies-site.com Lowers cholesterol
and it is one of the best foods to protect the arteries. Add it raw to salads.
Lemon:
To detoxify the body and clean up the blood. Take a cup of hot water with the
juice of one lemon every day before breakfast. Corn:
Corn beards is one of the best natural diuretics. Boil 50 grams of corn beards
per liter of water, for 20 minutes. Drink four cups a day. Onion:
Its essential oil is rich in sulfur compounds and minerals and its diuretic action
makes this an ally to combat hypertension. Eat raw. Tomatoes:
Contain special compounds to lower blood pressure. Eat raw. Col,
broccoli, Brussel sprouts: These cruciferous vegetables prevent degeneration
of the blood. | 
