Tips & Tricks for Supporting Healthy Blood Pressure
High blood pressure affects over 100 million Americans, yet many of the habits that support healthier numbers are surprisingly simple. Small daily choices around hydration, nutrition, sleep, and activity can make a meaningful difference for your circulatory health.
Here are a few simple habits many people use to support healthier blood pressure:
Stay Hydrated
Proper hydration supports circulation and helps your cardiovascular system function efficiently.
Eat Heart-Supportive Foods
Foods rich in nutrients like potassium, magnesium, and polyphenols — such as beets, hibiscus, berries, and leafy greens — can support healthy blood pressure.
Move Regularly
Even moderate daily movement like walking can support cardiovascular health.
Prioritize Sleep Quality
Sleep plays a major role in regulating blood pressure and overall heart health.
Maintain a Consistent Routine
Healthy habits tend to work best when practiced consistently each day.
Circulatory Health & Blood Pressure Tips
Diuretics & The 4 Things You Need To Know About Them
Diuretics help remove excess sodium (salt) and water from the body, and in doing this, promote the production and excretion of urine. Diuretics that aren’t “potassium-sparing” can cause us to lose potassium as well. We need to be careful about losing potassium. More about that later.
The Power of Tiny Habits
Just thinking of what we need to do to make a difference in our blood pressure can be overwhelming: cut back on sodium, increase your potassium intake, lose weight, stop smoking, get more exercise, manage your stress…
Beat the Heat: How to Protect Your Health from Heatwaves and Humidity
Ocean waves, hello waves, heat waves, goodbye waves, waves of humidity, sound waves. Some of these can positively affect our heath by refreshing us, making us happy, nourishing our spirit. However, two of them have the potential to negatively affect our health—especially when they happen simultaneously. When combined, waves of heat and humidity can have a dangerous effect on our heart rate, our hydration status, and our blood pressure.
Treat Yourself to Nitrates
BBQs! Picnics! Street Fairs! Amusement Parks! Where does all of this fun summertime food rate on the healthy vs. unhealthy scorecard?
There is certainly is an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables available. Obviously, we all know how they score! So many naturally occurring colors of the rainbow, all of which have health benefits to offer.
