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Deep Breathing as a Mechanism to Control High Blood Pressure Dylan Chipperfield About the Author High blood pressure kills more females than any other risk factor and is second to cigerette smoking in being responsible for mortality rates in males. In our quest to find treatment and prevention measures I wanted to evaluate the claims that deep breathing may help lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure. While the research in this field is a little scarce (compared to other non-pharmalogical treatments of high blood pressure such as the DASH diet and physical activity), I believe their may be some merit in performing deep breathing exercises to control high blood pressure. Physiological data is quite astounding when it comes to the benefits of deep breathing. If you have any doubt about this, I'd like you to try something the next time you feel a little anxious. 1. Take your heart rate and respiration rate - Write the numbers down. 2. Go into a room without any distractions. 3. Set a timer for 10 minutes 4. Practice your deep breathing. 5. After 10 minutes of deep breathing, take your pulse and respiration rate again. 6. Now repeat your heart and respiration rate - Did you notice a difference? If you did, great! Keep it up as you will feel better for doing this simple exercise. If not, keep practicing. Give it a couple of weeks and see how you feel. I suspect that while we haven't seen any significant research supporting the efficacy of deep breathing in the treatment of diseases such as hypertension or cardiovascular disease, it perhaps isn't a function of the exercise/activity not having merit, but rather we are not studying it properly? For more blood pressure information, please visit www.myhealthpursuit.com Similar Articles Include:
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