title: Hypertension - Current Natural Strategies to Lower Blood Pressure.
abstract: The prevalence of hypertension (HTN) worldwide is high and is constantly rising. HTN is considered to be a silent killer since often there are no obvious symptoms but long-term, HTN significantly increases the risk of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases. Those with diagnosed HTN or at high risk of its development, should start blood pressure (BP) lowering therapy based on natural methods including: lifestyle, regular physical activity, respiratory training, reducing body mass, lowering sodium intake with food, potassium supplementation, balanced diet enriched with herbs, reducing caffeine and alcohol intake, smoking cessation, stress avoidance and regular monitoring of the BP. This review focuses on several most common methods of natural BP lowering since it is not possible to consider all of them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rysz
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Franczyk
authors.affiliation: Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banach
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, WAM University Hospital of Lodz, Zeromskiego 113, 90-549 Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gluba-Brzozka
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008019:Life Style
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: Hypertension; alcohol; body mass; caffeine; herbs; natural methods; physical activity; potassium supplementation; respiratory training; smoking; sodium reduction; stress