How do you fix Low Blood Pressure ?

Low Blood Pressure, also known as hypotension is a condition where the blood pressure against the walls of the main arteries is low enough to cause things like weak spells, dizziness (such as when standing up too quickly), fainting spells, headaches and lack of appetite. Reduced blood pressure means reduced blood flow to the brain, hence the dizzy spells. It can also occur as a result of shock, dehydration (lack of water), low thyroid function, anaemia, fatigue, palpitations, hypochondria, pregnancy and alcoholism.

Low blood pressure is often connected with low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia). They symptoms often overlap, and their root dietary cause is generally the same.

Dietary Deficiencies

The essential dietary cause for low blood pressure is almost always an inadequate balance of alkaline and acid forming foods, coupled with a lack of Vitamin B12, iron, digestive enzymes or protein, and, more often than not, a very low intake of clean filtrated water.

Most people are concerned about high blood pressure due to fear of heart attacks and strokes, but very few are aware of the problem of low blood pressure. Kids heading towards blood pressure problems in adulthood are usually on a forked road – one leading to low blood pressure, the other leading to high blood pressure, depending on their dietary backgrounds and their lifestyles.

The similarity between low and high blood pressure is that both conditions are encouraged and complicated by an inadequate diet. Often the difference between high and low blood pressure not surface until 20 to 30 years of age. The first symptoms, as mentioned, are things like headaches, dizziness, weak spells (low pressure), as well as angina pains in the legs, arms, chest (high pressure). Typically, the sufferer seeks medical help and is then chained to a life-long regimen of some king of drug medication.

What is lacking in this approach is a good dose of common sense. It would be wise for people with high blood pressure to lean towards a well though-out vegetarian diet. The diet needs special attention to protein and iron intake, as well as the abundance of fruit and vegetables.

Things to avoid

Smoking
Alcohol
Strong spices
Black and white pepper
All processed meats

Fatty and fried foods
Bacon
Sausages
Pastries
Saturated animal fats

Refined sugars
Cola drinks
Preservatives
Additives
Food colourings
All chemicals in food.

Essential Foods

Vegetables: Plenty of dark, green leafy vegetables, sweet corn, yam, carrot, potato, sweet potato, spring onion, cabbage, leeks, shallot, parsley, onion, garlic, turnip, green sprouts, lettuce, endives, capsicum, pumpkin, cauliflower, celery, mushroom, brussels sprouts, asparagus, chinese vegetables, mint, zucchini, cucumber, green papaya.

Vegetables juices: Carrot, celery, spinach, beet top, beet root, parsley, mint, coriander. Combine all juices with a little ginger or garlic.

Fruit juices: Apple, cherry, passion fruit, pineapple, guava, grape, orange, lemon, black currant, cranberry.

Fruits: Grape, guava, avocado, olives, custard apples, banana, papaya, mango, peach, pear, pineapples, plum, passion fruit, apple, apricot, nectarine, orange, lemon, lime, rock melon, strawberry, water melon, kiwi fruit, and all types of berries and cherries.

DRIED FRUITS: Fig, sultana, date, apricots.

Liquids:

TEAS: Alfalfa, wild cherry, fenugreek, reship, dandelion, green tea.

WATER: It is essential that you drink 8 glasses of filtered water every day

Other remedies

Black strap molasses, lecithin, kelp, spirulina, turkey, chicken broth, baked beans, brown rice, fresh wheat germ, freshly ground flaxseed, all types of legumes, seeds and nuts. Soya bean, fresh rice bran, acidophilus yogurt, brewer’s yeast, olive oil, cod liver oil, flaxseed oil, fish oil, liquid chlorophyl, sardines, salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring.

Exercise Daily exercise and deep breathing 5 times each hour during daylight is a must.

Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs

VITAMINS: B complex B12, C, E.

MINERALS: Iron zinc, magnesium

HERBS: Pure liquorice root, rutin (buckwheat leaf) tablets, ginkgo, golden seal, cayenne capsules, alfalfa tablets.

DIGESTIVE ENZYMES: Papaya enzymes, lactobacillus acidophilus – bidifobacterium.