High blood pressure or hypertension is signified by higher levels of resistance that the heart has to deal with as it pumps blood around the body. High blood pressure is often due to a narrowing of the blood vessels around the heart.

Multiple hypertension risk factors and causations:

• age
• obesity
• lack of exercise
• high dietary intake of salt, fast foods and alcohol along with
• stress and smoking

However, all these factors play a key role in constriction of the arteries and the development of hypertension.

How to bring your blood pressure down

Avoiding stress is nearly impossible in today’s fast-paced and hectic world, however, management is possible for maintaining healthy blood pressure levels.

• Consider using a high dose comprehensive magnesium supplement and B vitamin complex to support healthy stress response and nervous system functioning
• Supplementing with CoQ10 or Ubiquinol may be helpful to provide energy support to the high functioning heart muscle and cardiovascular system
• Increasing your intake of oily fish such as sardines, salmon and mackerel and supplement with a high strength concentrated and clean source of omega 3 fish or krill oil from a sustainable source
• Introducing stress busting techniques such as exercise, yoga and meditation can all be helpful to ‘create space’ between the stress around us and teach us how to react in a calm and controlled manner
• Limiting heart damaging habits such as excessive alcohol intake, smoking or eating refined carbohydrates and fast foods for optimal health

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