3 NATURAL WAYS TO LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

If your blood pressure is high, join the crowd. An estimated one in four Americans has hight blood pressure or hypertension, which boosts the risk of heart attack and stroke as well as cognitive decline and kidney failure. To lower yours naturally, you first need to get to a healthy weight, then try these good-for-pressure strategies from Prevention magazine:

1. POWER WALK: People with hypertension who take regular brisk walks can lower the top number(systolic) of their blood pressure reading almost 8 points and the lower one more than 6 points. Walk vigorously for at least 30 minutes most days.

2. TEA IT UP: Sipping three cups of hibiscus tea daily lowered systolic blood pressure 7 points in six weeks, on average in one study - results on par with those of many medications.

3. NIP IT IN THE BUD: Light drinking ( which, for a woman, is defined as a quarter to a half an alcoholic beverage per day) may reduce blood pressure more than not drinking at all.

source: http://www.prevention.com/