While doctors say that there are no direct cause of Hypertension, a number of lifestyle factors have been proven to raise blood pressure. Here is my very own Top Ten Causes of Hypertension.

10.) Being stressed. Too much work can give you unnecessary stress that stays with you even after you leave the office. Stress has been proven to cause several sicknesses, one of which is hypertension.

Take it easy and work at your own pace, tackling the harder chunks of work earlier on in the day.

9.) Worrying too much. This causes anxiety which has been proven to raise blood pressure. Making this a habit can cause as much damage as chronic hypertension, some experts say.

Things that you can do to relax include meditation, yoga, and massage.

8.) Eating the wrong things. Eating unhealthy food, whether you’re overweight or not, and whether you exercise or not, can increase your blood pressure.

Cholesterol, trans fats, and salt are the “bad stuff” that we consume. You can use the new food guide pyramid as a guideline to help you, and your blood pressure, get back on track.

7.) Lack of exercise. Most of us spend our days sitting down, whether at work, at school, or at home. Lack of exercise can lead to obesity, which is thought to be a leading cause of hypertension.

Increase physical activity by walking the last few minutes to work, go up or down using the stairs, and play a sport during the weekends.

6.) Being overweight. This is the main reason for the previous two ways to get hypertension. Poor eating and exercise habits will make your heart work harder to cope up with the excess weight.

A healthy eating and exercise regimen should gradually help you ease into your ideal weight (and blood pressure).

5.) Too much caffeine. A lot of people rely on coffee to keep them energized the whole day. What they don’t know is that caffeine has been proven to increase blood pressure temporarily, and the more they drink coffee in one day, the more it becomes sustained.

Two cups of coffee (24 oz.) a day should be your limit.

4.) Binge drinking. With all the stress and anxiety that we have, we tend to look for something to help us cope, and more often than that, it is alcohol. Binge drinking is not good for your blood vessels because too much alcohol constricts the vessels and raises your blood pressure by about 10%. Limit your alcohol intake to a glass of wine or a can of beer a day to avoid this, especially when you already have hypertension.

Of course, you can screw the whole thing and just follow my suggestions in #1, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Now for the top three:

3.) Smoking. Each cigarette you use increases your blood pressure by 5-10 mm Hg. The nicotine also affects the oxygen content in your body which causes your heart to work harder to make the cells healthy.

Kicking this bad habit will manifest in numerous health benefits within minutes.

2.) Not getting enough sleep. People who get less than six hours of sleep are twice more likely to suffer from hypertension than those who get more than six hours.

If you don’t get enough rest, the heart works harder to compensate for the lower energy levels. If you snooze for less than six hours a day, see if you can take midday catnaps-these have been found to lower the risk of heart disease.

And the number one reason for hypertension?

1.) Not getting my hypertension program. My clients have tried to do all the tips I’ve given to avoid the first nine items, but only when they used my program did they lower their blood pressure to ideal levels-and stayed there.

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I thought I had heard it all but not this time. I said “This is like a real Business.” I keep reading and trying to find the flaws but none. So I went to a meeting at http://itsgoodbusiness.net and listened to Tom Prendergast talk about how he has gotten increased results every month for seven years. In other words his check has gone up every month since he started simply by buying customers. Many producers are already looking at this model and planning on leaving their existing companies. But just think you can never lose your customers since they are customers and not someone’s downline. This is a new innovation that has been around for almost ten years but as it catches on it will drive the other MLM or Network Marketing Companies wild because they can’t compete. It will pull their producers away from them since no one likes to make unnecessary phone calls. This makes your business stable and solid.

Wishing you Great Success in 2008 Wayne Harrold, MBA, SEO-Master http://itsgoodbusiness.net (330) 232-3314 Skype ID: wayne_gold