Comments on: Want To Lower Your Blood Pressure?

By: DR

DR — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:10:41 +0000

They say it, but do they do it?

It’s sad, but most of us don’t even think about how our lifestyle impacts our health until something goes wrong.

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By: Alistrol

Alistrol — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:22:29 +0000

Exercise is the best way too stay healthy.. Along with the right diet and lifestyle.. Like they always; “Prevention is better than cure.”

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By: rambodoc

rambodoc — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:34:32 +0000

A couple of points:
Obesity causes hypertension. Losing weight may reduce and even totally correct one’s BP.
There is no such thing as ‘low BP’ or hypotension in normal people. As such, the occurrence on a regular basis of low BP causing giddiness or blackouts is a sign of an underlying problem.
I say this because a lot of people keep going to doctors regularly because they are worried about their low BP, even though they are otherwise fine.
These people are blessed: they will probably never become hypertensive.
After doing a heavy bout of leg press, when I get up, I feel giddy for a few seconds. I am sure this must be because the change in posture must be reducing the blood flow to my brain, but there is no way for me to check my BP at that point of time. Maybe it is better to get up slowly rather than at one go.

By: charliedw

charliedw — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:12:07 +0000

I agree with the comments above, it is good to see hard figures and evidence to support what most of know intuitively. But like Mark says, sometimes we need to ease into it gently.

Exercise also helps with stress too. For all our science and sophistication, our bodies still react like cavemens. When we get stressed and our body releases adrenalin the body still thinks fight or flight (ie fighting or running which would have kept the caveman alive). The body however doesn’t realise that we may be stressed because we are stuck in a traffic jam! This means that these “stress chemicals” are in our blood, but we are not doing any exercise (running from sabre tooth tigers or fighting another tribe). Exercise burns these chemical out of our system which is also very good for us.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:30:46 +0000

My mother-in-law has high BP and is on meds for it and thinks that meds are the only/best way to lower BP. She’s very sedentary and no matter how much my wife and I encourage her to get exercise (and offer to walk with her) she just thinks meds are the only way. It’s actually quite sad. Thanks for the info.

By: Mark Salinas

Mark Salinas — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:05:50 +0000

An easy to understand breakdown. “increase your exercise intensity and lower your blood pressure.” Makes good sense…although I believe the elderly, anyone recovering from an illness or injury, someone who is significantly overweight and out of shape, or someone who is just beginning to workout might want to start at a lower intensity . Nice post as always! Thanks!

By: McBloggenstein

McBloggenstein — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:07:39 +0000

At first I’m thinking “What a suprise! Exercise is good for us!”

But it’s good for people to see the numbers laid out like this. It makes it more real, rather than just assuming it has benefits.

Good stuff!