How to Lower High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Naturally
How to Lower High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Naturally
In this video, Dr. Barker shares how you can lower high blood pressure (Hypertension), naturally. Elevated blood pressure isn’t due to a drug deficiency! https://www.naturalathleteclinic.com/
And for athletes, if you’re taking beta blockers or diuretics, these meds can limit your performance. Watch the video to learn how natural medicines like magnesium, coleus forskholi, hawthorne, vitamin C, potassium, garlic and others can help lower and control high blood pressure.
Dr. Jason Barker received his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2001. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. He is registered in Colorado where he maintains an active clinical practice. This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Jason Barker and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from your personal physician. This video does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Barker and you. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Barker nor The Natural Athlete’s Clinic takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading, viewing or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians and obtain a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program. Thank you for watching!
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2.81 -> Hey you guys in Dr. Jason Barker with the
Natural Athlete's Clinic and I wanted to
6.96 -> make video today about high blood
pressure or hypertension. So you've
10.92 -> probably heard of the reading
of 120 over 80 as a normal blood
14.91 -> pressure reading however a lot of
sources these days are saying that if
18.18 -> you're at 120 over 80 you are already on your
way to hypertension and you have pre
23.01 -> hypertension. So those of you watching
this video probably know that things
27.42 -> like being sedentary, having excess
weight, too much salt, too much alcohol
32.07 -> too much caffeine, too much stress, things
like that will raise your blood pressure.
35.7 -> So what do you do if you are already
avoiding those things and living a
40.379 -> relatively healthy and active lifestyle?
Well before we get into natural ways
44.969 -> that you can lower your blood pressure,
there's two compounds of medications
49.02 -> that I don't necessarily like to see
athletes on for a couple of reasons. The
53.789 -> first group of medications that I'm not
too happy about are diuretics. Diuretics
58.739 -> help you get rid of fluid out of your
body and they do this by affecting your
62.25 -> electrolytes. So if you are an athlete
and you're out on a course running or
67.32 -> riding your bike or anything like that,
you're in a little bit greater risk of
71.25 -> having an electrolyte imbalance because
those medications alter how your body
75.06 -> processes sodium and potassium which are
your two main fluid balance electrolytes.
79.77 -> Now the second group of medications that
I'm not too psyched up about our beta
84.659 -> blockers.
So what beta blockers do essentially is
87.59 -> they will inhibit that fight-or-flight
response on your heart muscle. So they
92.7 -> decrease the force and the rate at which
your heart contracts. So you can imagine
97.17 -> that if you're out there trying to run,
ride, swim, what-have-you and you're
101.28 -> trying to get that heart rate up and
moving, you can't do it if you're on a
104.34 -> beta blocker. So it's a lot like driving
your car around - one foot on the gas and
108.78 -> one foot on the brake pedal. So what
we're going to do is I'm going to give
112.17 -> you some examples of some natural
medicines that you can use. And then if
115.53 -> you work with your healthcare
practitioner, maybe you can reduce
117.899 -> your doses or maybe even altogether get
rid of those high blood pressure
121.92 -> medications. So there are many many
natural medicines that will help lower
127.5 -> your blood pressure and I can't go into
all of them in this video but I'm going
130.86 -> to tell you about my favorites that I
like to use in the clinic.
133.18 -> First one is a mineral and that's
magnesium. You hear me talking about
137.709 -> magnesium a lot because it has so many
good effects throughout the body but
140.17 -> what it does specifically for your blood
pressure is that it will relax those
144.129 -> small little muscles that surround your
vasculature. So it acts like a very
148.859 -> gentle muscle relaxer and lets those blood
vessels expand a little bit thereby
153.459 -> decreasing that pressure. Second compound
I really like is something called
157.48 -> Arginine. Arginine is an amino acid. You
can find it in things like beef and
161.5 -> dairy and whole grains and beans and
what arginine does, is it's a precursor
166.54 -> to another chemical called nitric oxide.
So nitric oxide dilates those blood
171.819 -> vessels and we really depend on that to
expand and contract those blood vessels
175.84 -> in your body. We like to use something
called nitric oxide support. It has a ton
180.67 -> of Arginine in it and that's what we'll
use to replace that. Next mineral I
185.889 -> really like to use is potassium. Of
course you've heard of this, you know how
189 -> bananas are famous for all the potassium.
You can also get a lot of potassium out
192.849 -> of other fruits and veggies but
potassium works for lowering blood
196.81 -> pressure by blocking the effects of
sodium. Sodium helps you hold on to water,
201.699 -> helps keep that fluid on board that
raises your blood pressure.
206.44 -> Potassium will block the effects of
sodium. So you can supplement with
210.909 -> potassium. You of course need to get a
lot of potassium out of fresh foods,
215.59 -> beans, veggies, fruits anything like that
is going to have a lot of those minerals
221.29 -> in there. The next vitamin that I really
like is vitamin C. So vitamin C does a
227.379 -> couple of things - it helps preserve or
prolong the lifespan of that nitric
232.569 -> oxide so it keeps it in your body a
little bit longer. And then vitamin C
236.29 -> also helps you produce collagen. Now you
use collagen which is a protein and that
242.769 -> help that's what you build your blood
vessels out of. So as we age, we don't
247.03 -> make collagen as well, the blood vessels
get stiffer, they can't expand and
251.65 -> contract as readily. So if you've got a
lot of vitamin C in your body, you've got
255.94 -> that raw material there for you to make
more collagen. Okay so some herbal
260.47 -> medicines that you can use for your
blood pressure, there's a lot of them and
263.11 -> again these are just my top ones that I
use. The first one is garlic.
267.639 -> Garlic also stimulates the release of
nitric oxide. You can see a pattern here
271.749 -> right?.. and then garlic also relaxes the
little muscles around those blood
276.039 -> vessels. Another herb is Hawthorne.
Hawthorne has been used literally for
280.629 -> thousands of years for all kinds of
different heart conditions and modern
284.469 -> studies have shown that it actually
helps increase the profusion or the
288.909 -> blood flow into the heart muscle itself.
It has anti rhythmic properties to it
294.34 -> and of course winds up lowering that
blood pressure as well.
298.65 -> Another herb that I like is something
called Coleus Forskohlii. This is an
302.469 -> indian herb and what Coleus does, is it
stimulates the release of something
306.819 -> called cyclic AMP. And cyclic AMP in
turn is another way that we can relax
312.699 -> those vessels and relax the muscles around
those blood vessels throughout the
316.779 -> vasculature. And by the way, cyclic AMP is really good for asthma too. Same
323.349 -> effect- relaxes the little muscles in the
lungs so you can get a better breath of
327.729 -> air in there. So I'm gonna keep it of
that for today's video. See if you can
331.99 -> use some of these natural medicines. We
of course like to use Mountain Peaks
337 -> Heart Tension Formula because it has all
those things I just talked about with a
340.689 -> couple of other herbs in there too. We
use that in the clinic. We use the Nitric
345.61 -> Oxide support and of course we work on
the diet and lifestyle and things like
349.689 -> that. We've been pretty successful in
getting people's blood pressures down
352.899 -> that was out of control before. So of
course if you're going to do this, check
356.5 -> with your Doctor. You definitely don't
want to monkey around with having high
359.949 -> blood pressure that's not under control.
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365.439 -> found this video helpful, please give us
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369.699 -> high blood pressure, please share the
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