High Blood Pressure Natural Remedy – Out-of-the-Box Thinking

Do You Have Weak Adrenals?

He also believes that eating sugar acts in a way to raise the fight or flight hormones and that’s what raises the blood pressure. Sugar also acts on the adrenal glands. And when the adrenals are affected negatively over time, what happens is that the person ends up with weak adrenals.

Because we’re living in a society where it’s socially acceptable to eat quick energy snacks like candy bars, 5-hour energy drinks, and fast foods with high Glycemic Indexes that all stimulate the adrenals, we think it’s okay. But we must interfere with this reaction, which is really a stress reaction, signaling high blood pressure. Similarly, working at a high pressure job also overworks the adrenals.

Salt May or May Not Be Part of Your High Blood Pressure Natural Remedy

Here’s where another controversial part comes into the picture of what’s happening. People with weak adrenals need extra salt in the body, and not less salt. But it’s not just salt they need. It’s also the rest of the minerals.

What’s the Overall Strategy That Works?

The high blood pressure natural remedy then would be to keep the blood sugar under control, get off caffeine, and stop consuming sugar. Consuming caffeine is another mechanism to raise the adrenal hormones in someone with weakened adrenals because it stimulates the fight or flight syndrome.

The overall strategy for this high blood pressure natural remedy is to control blood sugar, insulin and overweight. The answer is a diet that is low in carbohydrates, has little or no sugar, alcohol and caffeine and is higher in protein. And don’t be afraid of saturated fat.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Nov 2013 by Dr Donna Schwontkowski. Reversing health disorders is easier when principles of natural healing are used. Dr Donna is a retired chiropractor with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in herbology. She has over 25 years experience working with thousands of patients to reverse their health conditions. Read more about her here.

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