Posted on 08/13/2015 12:25:56 PM PDT by rey
I need to lower my blood pressure a little for a physical tomorrow. Is it possible to lower one's blood pressure in 24 hours? If so, how?
Eat fiber today, and definitely relax a lot, something that makes you laugh, like funny shows. You don’t want to work out like hell, but a nice long walk or just a few extra times going up stairs.
When you go there, think about where it is. If you can have someone drive you, relaxed, right to the door and drop you off, maybe early so you can sit in the a/c waiting room for a long time, that would be good. Bring something to read or look at on your phone that makes you happy or chuckle.
Don’t drink alcohol tonight, drink plenty of fluids. Eat both kinds of fiber tonight, starchy (oat bran, raw potato starch, potato salad...) and vegetable (have some fibrous veggies like broccoli, not just lettuce leaves.
No soda, no dessert except fruit.
Good luck!
Take deep breaths... and avoid frustrations, like women and children :)
Magnesium is a muscle relaxer not a blood relaxer.
Exactly.
Donate a pint of blood an hour before the physical?
Thank you. It is for my CDL and job. I was 144 over 98 and I need to be 140 over 90 or lower. Some here think I should be unemployed because of some arbitrary government number.
Leaches......
Take Cialis two hours before.
Drink as much vodka as you can without passing out.
The saturation of more oxygen has been the key.
Cut out the HFCS immediately and forever...
I take my blood pressure every night and then in the morning...
Your diet has a huge impact on your BP...
It's amazing how certain foods like HFCS will bump up your BP...
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/08/discover-the-secret-to-lowering-your-blood-pressure-in-15-minutes.aspx
The correct medicines will lower your blood pressure APPROPRIATELY, which is what you need. Go see a doctor! Drinking 2 or 3 glasses of wine, or 2 or 3 beers, will also TEMPORARILY lower your blood pressure, since alcohol is a vasodilator, but then they might think you are abusing it.
Agree about Magnesium (usually 400 mg is an average dose).
The links in #8 may substantiate this.
Go for a walk—a couple miles—an hour before the physical. A fair amount of deep breathing a few minutes before the measurement will help... I think it lowers the upper number more than the lower, though. Skip coffee and tea that day, too.
However, kidding yourself about high blood pressure is no way to go through life (Animal House reference).
Eat cinnamon.
Arrive 10 minutes early to get the traffic stress out of your system.
Oh yeah: NO SODA and NO DIET ANYTHING. Tomorrow morning (if you are allowed to eat breakfast before) eat a light breakfast with protein and fruit. No cereal, no donuts and pastries. Just eggs and or meat, and plenty of water and fruit. Fresh fruit is better than juice but if you love juice you can drink a little.
Re salt: DONT GO SUDDENLY NO SALT. Your body might react weird to that. Instead, if you usually eat tons of salt, eat slightly less. Eat no packaged food that is heavy in sodium. Sprinkle sea salt lightly on what you want salted.
why? don’t you want them to help you?
faking medical results is never a good idea
If you are 144 over 98, you need to be on MEDS. It is only going to go up further!
Don’t know about overnight but over time garlic can do wonders.
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