HOW TO CONTROL LOW BLOOD PRESSURE

WHAT IS LOW BLOOD PRESSURE?
Its a condition in which heart is weak and forces the blood through vessels with less pressure. Its also known as hypotension.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF LOW BLOOD PRESSURE?
Persons suffering with chronic low blood pressure have following symptoms.
Lethergy
Weakness
Fatigue
Dizziness etc
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF LOW BLOOD PRESSURE?
There are many factors responsible for low blood pressure. Some of them are as under.
1..Faulty nutrition is one of the major causes of low blood pressure. It results in less supply of oxygen and nutrition to the tissues.
2..Haemmorrhage or loss of blood can lead to quick fall in blood pressure.
3..Stress, strain and emotional disturbance can also lead to low blood pressure.
4..Physiological and anatomical reasons are also contributory causes.
HOW CAN WE CURE AND CONTROL LOW BLOOD PRESSURE?
Let me share with you few practical and easy ways to cure and control low blood pressure. Follow them and see the results.
1..Take balanced diet rich in all important constituents. This will improve your general health and you will get rid of low blood pressure.
2..Cure and control constipation as early as possible.
3..Juice of raw beet(chukandar) is beneficial in the treatment of low blood pressure. A cup of this juice twice a day helps to a great extent.
4..Spikenard(Jatamansi-Local indain herb) is also effective home remedy for low blood pressure.
5..Protiens,Vitamin C and all B-Complex (all vitamins of B-Complex group) are much helpful in low blood pressure and should be taken under professional supervision only.
6..Adequate use of salt and salty foods is also a helpful home remedy.
7..Light physical exercises like walking,swimming,bicycling etc should be included in daily routine of life.
8..Hot salt water bath before going to bed is very effective home remedy for this ailment.
9..Over work,worry,anxiety and negative thinking must be eliminated from life.

HOW TO CONTROL HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

WHAT IS HYPERTENSION?
Blood circulates through blood vessels and supplies oxygen and nourishment to each and every cell of the body.This blood is pumped by heart and heart exerts a force on the walls of arteries.This is known as bloood pressure.Thus blood pressure is essential to keep the blood circulating in the body.But when this pressure becomes high its called high blood pressure or hypertension.
The instruement used to measure the blood pressure is called Sphygmomanometer.Bloood pressure has two types- Systolic pressure-the highest pressure reached when heart pumps blood in arteries and
 diastolic pressure-  the pressure between two beats.When a person has got high blood pressure,it means that heart has to exert greator force to pump[ almost same quantity of blood with in the same time due to which blood pressure gets elevated then normal]
CAUSES OF HYPERTENSION:-
The most important causes of hypertension are as under.
Heredity
Diabetes
Mental stress.
Obesity
Faulty life style.
Excessive intake of salt.
Smoking
Alcohol
Diet rich in saturated fats.
Tea,Coffee,cold drinks(having Caffiene).

HOW BLOOD PRESSURE RISES?
Blood pressure rises because
1..Antherosclerosis:- It is hardening and narrowing of arteries due to deposition of cholestrol on the walls of arteries.
2..Loss of elasticity of arteries with the increase of age.
3..Decrease of kidney function and endocrine glands.
RISKS ASSOCAITED WITH HYPERTENSION
(I) Heart Attack:-Hardening   and narrowing of arteries due to deposition of cholestrol on the walls of arteries can make coronary artry so narrow which may get totally blocked.This leads to the heart attack.
(II) Brain Haemarrhage:-Antheroslerosis makes blood vessels brittle.Brittle brain artry ruptures due to high blood pressure and leads to bleeding in the brain(Brain Haemarrhage or stroke). It may lead to the paralysis of some parts of the body.
(III) Kidney ailments:-Kidneys cannot function during hypertension.Therefore salts toxins get accumulated in the body.High B.P gradually destroys cells of kidney.
(III)..Eyes are also one of the organs under the attack in high B.P.
SYMPTOMS OF HIGH B.P
The common symptoms associated with hypertension are as under
1..Sleeplessness.
2..Dizziness.
3..Aches and pain in arms,shoulder region,legs,back etc.
4..Flashed face on exertion.
5..Pain in heart region.
6..Frequent urination.
7..Nervous tension.
8..Increased irritability.
9..Fatigue.
10..Obesity.
11..Emotional upset.
CURE AND CONTROL
Following measures should be taken to control hypertension.
1..Weight loss:-
B.P falls 1.5mmHg for every kg of weight loss.
2..Reduction of salt intake:-Salt intake shouldn't exceed 5-6gms daily. Potassium salt should be taken instead of sodium salt.
3..Water makes blood thinner.So its advisable ti drink plenty of water.
4..Physical exercise like running,cycling etc helps to reduce the B.P.
5..Eggs,ghee,butter,cream,biscuits,cake,chocolate etc are rich sources of saturated fats . Therefore intake of these foods must be restricted.
6..Minerals like Calcium,Potassium and Magnesium have been found to reduce B.P.
Lemon,Banana,Peas,Potato,Tomato,Cauliflower,Sprouts and Oranges are good source of these minerals and therefore must be used frequently.
7..Fruits and vegetables rich in fiber (Apple,Banana,Orange,Potato,Carrot,Tomato,Cabbage,Beans)must be taken in abundance. Solid fiber binds dietary cholesterol and excrets it out of body.
8..Vitamins like vitamin C (Ascarbic acid),Vitamin B3(Naicin) and vitamin E are helpful in reducing B.P.
9..Garlic is regarded as one of the most effective remedies to lower blood pressure. The pressure and tension are reduced because it has the power to reduce spam of small arteries.
10..Amla,Lemon juice,watermelon and onions are also helpful in hypertension.
11..Positive mental attitude towards life will help to ease the body and therefore reduces the high B.P.
12..Reduce intake of alcohol,coffee, sugar ,tea and soft drinks.
13..Quit smoking.
14..Massages,Meditation,music and humor are also good in high B.P.
15..Onions are helpful in normalizing the high cholesterol levels and thus help in controlling high B.P and other heart ailments.
16..Honey has a marvelous property to prevent many heart ailments. It tunes up the heart and improves circulation. Its very helpful in cardaic pain and palpation of heart.

HOW IS COFFEE HARMFUL

After the hard work when you feel exhausted,you genrally perfer to refresh yourself with a cup of hot coffee.Do you know,its actually a cup of poison you take in the name of coffee.
Coffee cantains alkoliods like caffeine which is a psychoactive drug of great power.It is similar to cocaine(an addictive drug).Its a strong drug and a potential health hazard.It may cause psychological disturbances when taken in excessive doses. The caffeine present in coffee effects the higher cerebral or psychic centres.Thus we get addicted to coffee like we get addicted to other harmful drugs.
Ailments related to intake of coffee.
HEART DISEASES:-
Regular and excessive intake of coffee results in high risks of heart ailments. Thus its major factor responsible for heart attacks in modern world. Hypertension and anemia get worsen by regular consumption of coffee.
DIGESTIVE AILMENTS:-
Digestive system is under attack of injurious caffeine present in the coffee. Digestive system suffers from many ailments due to intake of coffee. Some of these are
1)..Indigestion due to dyspepsia is direct effect of regular consumption of coffee. Not only caffeine present in this drink is injurious but the acid in coffee beans also effects process of digestion.
2)..Caffeine acts as diuretic(excessive and frequent urination) therefore sucks the fluid content of body and gut is devoid of essential fluids.The stool so formed becomes hard and difficult to expel.Hence its a major cause for constipation.
3)..The caffeine present in body may disturb fluid content of body and water gets accumulated in colons and leading to diarrhea.
4)..The research conducted by Bruce R.Douglos at university of Leiden,Netherland shows that one of the causes of gall stone is intake of of coffee.
5)..Caffeine is a significant cause of excretion of calcium from the body and leads to osteoporosis.
6)..Persons suffering from peptic ulcers,heart burns,oseophagus reflux, hypertension,heart diseases,anemia etc should completely give up the habit of coffee.
7)..Many woman ailments are direct effect of intake of caffeine present in coffee. Premenstrual syndrome,benign breast lump,miscarriage etc are woman ailments related to coffee.
In order to manimize  the adverse effects of coffee on health,it should be prepared by drip method.By this method brewed coffee goes through a filter or by percolator.
Coffee should be made caffeine less.
Coffee substitute made from roasted cereals must be used to satisfy the urge for bitter taste and aroma of coffee. Its much helpful in breaking the  coffee habit.Cereal coffee are wholesome and are used extensively by healthy-minded people and by those who want to break the coffee habit.
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HOW EXCESSIVE TEA KILLS YOU

"Tea drinking is poison drinking" Dr.P.C.Roy(Father of modern chemistry in India).
Tea is widely consumed drink all over the world.Its stimulant and helps to get over the feeling of tiredness and fatigue. This leads to habbit of tea drinking.
Tea contains caffeine.Caffeine has a stimulative and restorative effect on nervous system.Thus short term relieving the feeling of fatigue is due to this stimulation.
Tea is prepared from the leaves of an evergreen shrub belonging to the Camellia family. The chemical composition of tea is as
Moisture.....5-8%
Aromatic oils....5%
Caffeine. ....2.5-5%
Nitrogen. ..4.75-5.5%
Tanin...14%
Soluble matter...38-45%
Minerals...5-5.75%
HARMFUL EFFECTS
The main harmful effects of tea are due to presence of Caffeine,Tanin and aromatic oils.The way we prepare tea by boiling tea leaves with water makes it more harmful. More its boiled in water,the more injurious it becomes. The excessive consumption of tea causes health hazards like
KIDNEY AILMENTS:-
Dieursis(Frequent and excessive urination) is common and definite effect of excessive intake of tea.Thus robs the body of its fluid content.Due to excessive work kidneys may get demaged.Due to high content of oxalate tea may also promote kidney stones.
INDIGESTION:-
"Ptylene" an important enzyme of saliva is badly effected by the tanin found in the tea.Adding milk to tea can reduce its harmful effects on Ptylene.
Gas formation,delayed stomach digestion,diarrhea and constipation are the other harmful effects of excessive intake of tea.
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME:-
As per the research of Dr.Annette Rossignol,a woman who takes 1/2 to 4 cups of tea daily are twice at the risk of having premenstrual syndrome than non-tea drinkers.
Other harmful effects of excessive intake of tea include
+Dilation of coronary arteries.
+Decrease on carbon dioxide level in body.
+10-20% more heat production by body.
+Irritability and palpitations.
In order to maximize the harmful effects of tea,following method should be employed.
♡Boil water,pour it on tea leaves and keep it as such for 4-5 minutes.Pour this liquid in another pot.
♡Add sugar and milk.
♡Add mint and lemon grass(this helps to reduce the harmful effects of tea on stomach).
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HOW TO QUIT DRINKING

WHAT IS ALCOHALISM?

It is a chronic disorder in which a person is unable to refrain from frequent and excessive consumption of alcohol

for physical or psychological reasons. 

As per the world health organization "Alcoholism is one of the three most deadly killer diseases of 20th century "

It has become a major social problem and a big reason of frequent traffic accidents. It's one of the basic causes of poverty as it sucks the economic sources. 

Alcohol cantains ethyle alcohol which depresses the brain and central nervous system. If you feel relaxed after drinking it is actually death of brain cells. Man doesn't consume alcohol, but in real sense alcohol consumes man.

After enetring the body through alimentary canal.It gets quickly absorbed in blood stream and reaches to each and every part of body.  

WHY YOU DRINK?

Personal reasons 

I..You try to escape tough situations in life.

II..You try to get rid of stress.

III..You want peace. 

(Unfortunately you never get these reasons. fulfilled)

Social Reasons

I..To please someone. 

II..To show that you are upto date person. 

III..To show you are a high profile personality.

(Are these reasons more important then you-absulutly not)

Why MUST YOU QUIT DRINKING? 

1.Drinking gives you puffy face with blood shot eyes.Thus effects your beauty and outlook.

2.Eyes are mostly effected by alcohol and there is high risk of blindness in all those who drink heavily. 

3.It makes you over emotional ,thus you loose control of situation which effects your social and personal life.

4.Alcohol impairs your quality of judgment so there is high of loss in life.

5..Alcohol disturbs sleep which inturn effects physical and psychological health badly.

6..It leads to vitamin deficiency and therefore weakens your resistance to common ailments. 

7..Drinking weakens your memory and lowers your job performance and productivity. 

8..Alcohol is basic cause of Cirrhosis of liver.Liver (chemical industry of body) is disturbed which in turn effects whole body.

9..Stomach and bowels get disturbed which weakens the body. Its major reason for over weight.

10..Those who are addicted to alcohal have high risk of heart attack.

11..It effects those whom you love.

HOW TO QUIT DRINKING?

There are some practical tips . Follow them and get rid of alcohol.

1..Sip slowly. 

2..Space your drinks.

3..Dilute your alcohol.

4..Reduce the amount in every drink.

5..Never conceal the amount of alcohol you drink. 

6..Don't drink on empty stomach. 

7..Never drink at times of stress and strain.

8..Avoid social gatherings and parties where drinking is must.

Say "big no" if you are offered. 

9..Never keep it within reach. Keep it under lock and key.

10..Get yourself busy when you feel urge to drink and develop new activities of interest. 

11..Never ever drink in morning. 

12..Commit to stop all at once not by gradually. 

13..Keep a written record of drinking and analyse it on last day of every month.

14..Clean your bedroom,reading room,office room (the place where you spend most of your time) from all things that trigger the urge to drink. 

15..Keep healthy reasons of not drinking in front of you always.

16..Make your intention known publically.

17..Reward yourself with something when you make the progress. 

18..Enjoy the benefits and celebrate them.

19..Resist the short term problems. 

20..Quit for sake of those whom you love.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT

START NOW AND QUIT.

HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE

"Life is movement,stagnation is death."
To mantain the normal condition of the body,physical exercise is of prime importance. Rest means rust.The main cause of weakness is physical inactivity.
MAJOR BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE
1..The regular physical exercise gives radaint glow to the body which is a sign of health and physical fitness.
2..It reduces gravitational Ptosis or Sag(that is the uneven flow of blood in feet,legs and lower abdomen.)
3..Lung congestion due to Lymph accumulation can be prevented by regular exercise.
4..Physical stamina is developed.
5..Blood circulation and metabolic rates show significant improvement.
6..The function of blood viens show improvement due to continuous squeezing and refilling.
7..Heamoglobin level and red blood cell count is increased. It leads to the improvement of quality of blood.
8..Intestinal load gets manimised which leads to the improvement in the process of digestion.
9..It promotes physical strength and mental vigour.
10..Physical exercise reduces the risks of heart attack by keeping the heart in active state of health.
11.It promotes longitivity.
12..Reduces hypertension.
13..Physical exercise is master remedy for weight loss.
14..It can be best treatment for the fatigue caused by  poor circulation.
15..Its a good medicine for sound sleep.
15..Exercise plays an important role in the treatment of stress and strain.
16..Physical activiness reduces the sense of helplessness.
17..Exercise leads to the harmonious development of the whole system.

DO'S AND DON'TS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE
DO'S
(I).. Start with very light exercise.
(II)..Increase the efforts in an easy and gradual manner.
(III)..A comfortable sense of tiredness should be the aim.
DON'TS
(I)..Don't go for exercise after heavy meals.
(II)..Weak patients with diseases like cancer,tuberculosis,heart trouble,asthma should avoid heavy exercise and should seek professional guidance for exercise.
(III)..Its not advisable to be exhausted or seriously short of breath during exercise. 

HOW FASTING KEEPS YOU HEALTHY

Fasting is one of the  best methods in nature cure.Come lets see how it cures.

Fasting refers to complete abstinence from food for a short or long period for a specific purpose. The practice of fasting is one of the most ancient practices. 

Many modern physicians have successfully employed this system of healing in treatment of numerous diseases. 

The majority of persons eat too much and follow sedentary occupations which do not permit sufficient and proper exercise for utilisation of this large quantity of food.Digestion and elimination become slow and the functional activity of the whole system gets deranged. 

By depriving the body of food for a time,the organs of the elimination such as bowels,kidneys,skin and lungs are given opportunity to expel the overload of accumulated waste from the system. Thus fasting is process of purification and an effective and quick method of cure.It helps in correcting the faults of improper diet and wrong living. Fasting is highly beneficial in all kinds of stomach and intestinal disorders and in serious conditions of kidneys and liver.Its best remedy for eczema and other skin diseases. The various nervous disorders also respond favourably to this mode of treatment.
Fasting should,however,not be restored to in every illness. In cases of diabetes,advanced stages of tuberculosis and extreme cases of neurasthenia, long fasting will be harmful.  Fasting as cure to a disease should be observed under professional guidance only.
Benefits of fasting
1..Its helps body to decompose and burn those cells and tissues which are diseased.
2..Building of new and healthy cells are speeded up by the amino acids released from the diseased cells.
3..The capacity of eliminating organs, that is, lungs,liver,kidneys and the skin is greatly increased.
4..Fasting gives physiological rest to the digestive,assimlative and protective organs.
5..It also exerts a normalising,stabilising and rejuvenating effect on all the vital physiological,nervous and mental functions.
The success of the fast depends largely how you broke it.This the most significant phase.
The main rules to break fast are-do not over eat,eat slowly and chew your food throughly and take several days for gradual change to the normal diet.The right food after a fast is as important and decisive for proper results as the fast itself.