Today I’m going to be sharing with you my top foods and supplements for overcoming high blood pressure. Blood pressure can be easily balanced out if you follow the steps in this video. High blood pressure is usually caused by excess sodium consumption, increased stress, or poor diet and exercise.
There are three specific nutrients you want to get in your diet if you have high blood pressure: 1. Potassium 2. Antioxidants 3. Omega-3 fatty acids 4. Bonus=Magnesium
Foods you want to avoid: 1. Excess sodium 2. Processed sugar
The best supplements to naturally treat high blood pressure: 1. Fish oil 2. Magnesium 3. Coenzyme Q10 4. Garlic
Essential oils to use are: 1. Lavender essential oil
Lastly, make sure you’re exercising 20-30 minutes, three times a week. -------------------- Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CNS, is a doctor of chiropractic, certified doctor of natural medicine and clinical nutritionist with a passion to help people eat healthily and live a healthy lifestyle. Visit the blog: http://bit.ly/2T6NPBR -------------------- Want to connect on social media? Like on Facebook → facebook.com/drjoshaxe/ Follow on Instagram → instagram.com/drjoshaxe/ Follow on Twitter → twitter.com/drjoshaxe/ Follow on Pinterest → pinterest.com/draxe/ -------------------- Have any questions? Ask away → http://bit.ly/2DqymXS -------------------- This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe 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 a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading 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 before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.
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6.379 -> Hey guys, Dr. Axe here, founder of DrAxe.com
and Doctor of Functional Medicine.
10.22 -> Today I'm going to be sharing with you my
top foods and supplements for overcoming high
15.53 -> blood pressure.
16.9 -> Believe it or not, blood pressure is something
that can be easily balanced out if you follow
22.14 -> the steps here that I'm going to talk about
in this video.
24.679 -> First, let's talk about what causes high blood
pressure.
29.109 -> Most of the time when you're reading online
or in the media today, you're going to see
31.849 -> things like excess sodium consumption, emotional
stress, poor diet, and lack of exercise.
39.1 -> Those are four of the big ones that people
say may be causing high blood pressure.
43.82 -> Let's start off talking about diet.
46.45 -> What is the best diet for blood pressure?
48.11 -> There are three specific nutrients you want
to make sure that you're getting in your diet
53.3 -> if you have high blood pressure.
55.18 -> Those include potassium, antioxidants, as
well as omega-3 fatty acids.
60.829 -> In fact, if I had to throw a fourth one in
there I would say magnesium.
64.28 -> If you can add those four nutrients into your
diet and eat foods that are high in those
69.38 -> substances, you're going to see your blood
pressure really balance out there very quickly.
74.74 -> That's going to be a diet that's high in fruits,
vegetables, sprouted nuts and seeds, and organic,
80.899 -> wild-caught meats.
82.02 -> One of the things you may do after watching
this video is go to my site, DrAxe.com, do
87.641 -> a search for potassium rich foods, magnesium
rich foods, and omega-3 rich foods.
93.75 -> If you go and look at those food lists, you'll
see things like avocados are packed with magnesium
99.03 -> and potassium.
101.24 -> Doing guacamole would be great for you or
consuming chia seeds or wild-caught salmon
106.45 -> or other foods like that.
109.22 -> Figs are super high in potassium as well.
112.039 -> Again, I would go online and look up foods
that are really high in potassium, magnesium,
117.959 -> omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants as well.
121.509 -> We have actually all of those top ten lists
there on DrAxe.com.
125.619 -> That should be diet.
126.729 -> Some things you want to avoid, diet wise,
when you're following a healthy blood pressure
131.53 -> diet is avoid excess sodium intake.
134.45 -> You don't want to overdo the salt.
135.49 -> A little bit of sea salt is fine, but definitely
stay away from the processed iodized salt.
140.95 -> Really eliminating processed sugar.
144.18 -> Processed sugar will definitely cause your
blood pressure to spike.
147.24 -> Then, of course, processed and fast foods
that contain hydrogenated oils, we know those
152.54 -> are inflammatory to the body.
154.84 -> That inflammation in the arteries will cause
blood pressure to rise and actually will cause
159.75 -> high cholesterol as well.
161.8 -> Again, you get those foods out, add in those
mineral and vitamin rich foods, and you're
167.2 -> going to see immediate results in your blood
pressure.
170.14 -> Then in terms of the best supplements to naturally
treat blood pressure, I want to go over the
174.76 -> top ones here.
176.04 -> The first one would be fish oil.
178.37 -> Fish oil is high in omega-3 fatty acids.
181.24 -> Those omega-3 fatty acids, called EPA and
DHA, are highly anti-inflammatory.
187.04 -> We know that high blood pressure is in part
caused by inflammation.
191.46 -> If you can start adding in wild-caught fish
into your diet and taking a good quality fish
196.76 -> oil supplement at about 1000 milligrams a
day, you will see results very quickly in
201.9 -> your blood pressure.
202.9 -> The second most important supplement to take
for blood pressure is magnesium.
208.36 -> Magnesium helps relax your blood vessel walls
and improves circulation and reduces stress
215.23 -> in your body.
216.46 -> All of those things are benefits of taking
magnesium which will naturally lower blood
220.35 -> pressure.
221.35 -> Typically, you want to take 250 milligrams
of magnesium 2 times a day.
227.29 -> I recommend a magnesium chelate supplement
when you take that.
231.51 -> The third supplement you may want to consider
taking if you have high blood pressure is
234.96 -> Coenzyme Q10.
237.04 -> This is absolutely essential as well if you've
ever taken a cholesterol lowering medication.
242.52 -> Coenzyme Q10 is an antioxidant that supports
heart health and circulation.
247.78 -> It also acts as an antioxidant.
250.58 -> Again, Coenzyme Q10, about 200 milligrams
a day is a great supplement for helping blood
255.47 -> pressure issues.
256.66 -> The fourth supplement would be garlic.
259.12 -> You can actually eat garlic or take garlic
extract.
262.319 -> Garlic contains allicin as well as other phyotnutrients
that kill off bad bacteria in your body and
269.21 -> act as antioxidants to help lower blood pressure.
272.49 -> You can also use lavender essential oil.
275.63 -> Lavender oil has been shown to reduce stress
which is one of the major causes of high blood
280.99 -> pressure.
282.02 -> Typically take about two to four drops of
lavender oil, rub it on your neck, and you
286.62 -> will see that start to improve your overall
blood pressure as well.
291.63 -> Last but not least in lowering blood pressure,
I would recommend daily exercise.
295.59 -> You don't have to exercise every day, but
just 20 to 30 minutes 3 times a week of exercise
300.68 -> can make a huge difference.
302.21 -> I recommend checking out interval training
like my BurstFit program as one of the best
307.13 -> ways to get fit fast.
308.75 -> Also, just in general, any form of exercise,
whether it be weight training, walking, Pilates,
315.62 -> barre classes, or even group classes, all
of those are effective forms of exercise that
322.68 -> help naturally lower your blood pressure.
325.08 -> Hey guys, I hope you've enjoyed these top
tips to naturally lower blood pressure.
328.6 -> If you want to learn more, hey you can check
out DrAxe.com.
332.05 -> Simply search high blood pressure.
333.87 -> I've got more articles and tips on there as
well.
336.06 -> Hey guys, this has been Dr. Axe with my top
healthy blood pressure tips.
