Q How to control high bood pressure without taking madicine?
High blood pressure come from the group of lifestyle diseases, and as its name suggest, it is caused chiefly by wrongly adapted lifestyle and day to day stress. So, best way to control blood pressure is to stay away from stress and live healthy and happy life. Your blood pressure can be kept under control with healthy diet and lifestyle alone, if it is mild to moderate hypertension. Whether you take medicines or not, it is mandatory to adopt correct lifestyle. You can do following changes in your lifestyle: 1.Do regular moderate exercise daily for 30-40 minutes. Like brisk walk, jogging, swimming, dancing, aerobics etc. 2. Maintain your weight in healthy range as being overweight can increase blood pressure further and cholesterol levels too. 3. Have oil restricted diet to control cholesterol levels. only 2 tsp daily. 4. Also salt restriction is mandatory in patients with blood pressure. 5. Raw garlic is well known for limiting cholesterol in blood. Have 2-3 cloves daily. 6. Avoid junk food, fatty food, outside food, fried things like chips, ice-cream, pastries. Limited consumption is allowed if you can not avoid. 7. Give emphasis on adding vegetables and fruits to your diet. 8. Reduce intake of caffienated drinks in diet. 9. Practice relaxation techniques daily like Yoga poses, pranayam, meditation, to keep your stress under control. 10. Last but not the least, monitor your blood pressure at regular intervals. If you find these changes are not helping you out effectively, switch to anti-hypertensive medicines along with above mentioned lifestyle changes. Sufficient lifestyle changes can keep blood pressure normal.