by Gene Patterson

Created on: August 19, 2010   Last Updated: August 21, 2010

We all know exercise is good for us.  It is easy to say that you are going to do it “someday”.  High blood pressure should give you added impetus.

Not only does losing weight make you feel better and look better but because of circulatory system issues like Hypertension  it can actually make you live longer, often significantly longer.  If you want to live, stand up and say “I want to live”.  Now sit down.  If you want to lower your hypertensiuoion,  stand up and say “I want to

lower my HBP” Now sit down, see I have you exercising already!  Read on to find out more about ways to cure your high blood pressure naturally…

There is no magic cure. If you burn more calories than you take, in you lose weight. In fact it gets worse than that, many of the diet pills are just heavy in caffeine, what they do is raise your blood pressure, which is exactly what we are not looking to do.  You need to lose weight the hard way (which also happens to be the right way) by exercising more.  If you are not used to physical routines, no worries, just start nice and easy.  Even a 30 minute walk through the park can be great, you just have to set apart time to do nothing but exercise and make it a routine.  As you get stronger and healthier you can add on more and varied aerobic exercise. Cure your blood pressure naturally and through exercise, you do not want the other options

There are only two OTHER options for lowering hypertension.  One way is medication, which has some pain in the butt side effects but is better than the last option.  Two of course is death.  If you do not take steps to lower your blood pressure, like exercise, it will kill you in the end.

What exercise can you do?  It is sort of up to you.  You should aim for 30 minutes of aerobic activity daily.  This can be jogging. Cardio at the gym, racquetball, jumping rope; really just about anything that raises your heart rate. 

If you find those thing hard, or you are in bad shape even walking for 20-30 minutes to build up your endurance will have positive effects.  How much and what you do it up to you.  The important part is that you are doing something.

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