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#62. Ginger (64 non-drug ways to lower blood pressure)

Plants produce powerful compounds, many of which are natural drugs.  Now some of these are toxins but a fair number of substances are beneficial to health.  Some of these compounds are spices and their medical value has been known and valued for centuries.  Ginger it...

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#61 Chicken Soup (64 nondrug ways to reduce blood pressure)

Most commercial soups are full of chemicals, flavour enhancers, MSG, salt and other things you probably don’t want in your diet.  However, if you are willing to make your own chicken soup, from some roasted or baked chicken, it probably a great thing.  Apparently the...

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# 60 Hypnotherapy (64 non-drug ways to lower blood pressure)

I couldn’t find any studies that actually proved that hypnotherapy works for lowering BP.  Despite this, I think there may be something too it.  After all, when hypotized folks have been operated without medication and seem to experience no pain, it would seem that a...

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# 59. Drink Hibiscus Tea (64 non drug ways to lower blood pressure)

Folks tend to forget that plants can contain powerful drugs.  Studies show that Hibiscus tea has impact on BP and thought is that is a natural ACE inhibitor.  This BP lower idea I haven’t tried … someday when I’m in tea store I must remember...

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58. Avoid high fructose corn syrup (64 non-drug ways to lower BP)

A number of studies by various researchers are highlighting the danger of Fructose sugar. “These results suggest that excessive fructose intake may have a role in the worldwide epidemic of obesity and diabetes,” said Dr. Richard Johnson of the University of Colorado-Denver. ...

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#57 B1 and B vitamins

B1 vitamin appears to be critical in combating diabetes, and diabetes is linked to high blood pressure problems. Whether B1 vitamin can help in controlling blood pressure is unknown.  The January 17-2006 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reports that 30%...

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56. Yoga (64 non-drug ways to lower Blood pressure)

I actually haven’t found a scientific study that shows that yoga lowers blood pressure. However, like Tai Chi, Yoga is actually a wonderful exercise program … and Yoga probably does lower blood pressure. The slow breathing of yoga is probably the element...

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#55 Breathing through the nose (64 non-drug ways to lower BP)

Apparently breathing though the nose raises the amount NitroOxide (NO) in the blood. I’ve read that  the nasal sinuses are major producers Nitric oxide production. Inhaling though the nose apparently helps to provide a steady, high supply of NO gas. If so,  NO relaxes the...

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#54 Relaxation (64 non-drug ways to lower blood pressure)

The folk lore is that stress raises blood pressure.  It seems that hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol increase under stress and cause the blood pressure rises. For a long time I didn’t have relaxation on my list — for some reason I thought that...

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#53 Curcumin (64 Non-Drug Ways to Lower Blood Pressure)

Curcumin is the coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.  More commonly, it is known as a spice of the ginger family.

There is no direct evidence but the indirect evidence seems to be...

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