There are some foods that provide vitamins for high blood pressure and then you have vitamins in a supplement form. With the quality of food these days it’s almost better to take vitamins that are manufactured. The caveat here is Buy Quality.

There are a few factors you need to consider when taking vitamins. The first and most important is digestion. No matter if your taking drugs, natural foods, vitamins or any other supplement, if you can’t digest it properly then it’s a waste. By this I mean your not getting the full benefit from it.

Studies show that more than 30% of what we digest never gets into our system. It passes right through us, it ends up in the toilet which is where the money you paid for it goes too.

This doesn’t mean all is lost, still a decent percentage of the vitamins get through, but I just wanted you to be aware of that fact. You can do things to improve your absorption rates which will help with curing your high blood pressure.

This is one reason why people think that vitamins don’t work, it’s partially because a lot of them don’t make it into your system. It takes a lot longer to have a positive affect and not to mention the waste of money part too.

What Vitamins Have an Affect on High Blood Pressure?

Vitamin A – is a fat-soluble vitamin that, like vitamin E, works primarily in the lipid, or fat, tissues of your body. Vitamin A prevents LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) building up of plague in your arteries.

Vitamin C – protects your arteries and decreases the risk of heart disease and hypertension. It prevents the generation of free radicals which damage artery walls. It helps repair damage to the arteries, preventing the deposit of plaque at the site of injury. It also helps elevate levels of HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).

Vitamin E – is the most active antioxidant in the fatty cells of your body. It reduces the risk of heart disease and hypertension by protecting your arteries from the effects of oxidized LDL cholesterol.

Potassium – even though it’s not a vitamin I include it because it’s easy to get and has an affect on high blood pressure. Bananas, potatoes and milk are good sources for getting potassium.

Magnesium – again, is not a vitamin but does benefit you and is a supplement easily found. People require between 300 and 400 milligrams of magnesium each day. Salmon, leafy green vegetables, whole grains and nuts are good sources of magnesium.

This gives you a good base to start from. I choose the easiest vitamins and supplements to find which give you the most benefits for high blood pressure. Now we need to touch on the subject of quality.

We always want to stress that your Doctor be informed of any changes to your diet. This includes adding vitamins or supplements. There may be factors in your medical history, especially with high blood pressure, that could affect what you take. Although vitamins have never killed anyone, you’ll still want to run it past your Doctor.

As you might notice, the choice of vitamins is a large as the taxes taken from your check. It’s a big business that produces some bad products that are passed on to you.

The two things to watch for in vitamins is processing and fillers. A cheap vitamin  C may have 500 mg of vitamin C in it, but how much vitamin C gets into your system after you break it down.

As far as processing, it’s a lot faster to use heat to make vitamins than it is using a cold process. Using heat destroys some of the potency which means less benefit to you. The question remains, how do you know what to buy? The answer is buy what is known.

There are certain companies that are certified and adhere to a good practice seal, this is GMP certified. The simplest way to go about this is just buy from a reputable know company. Here’s a few that provide quality vitamins.

• Roex
• Garden of Life
• Centrum Silver Brand
• Vita-Logic
• Natures Way

Your next step, if your not sure, is to check with consumer labs. You can’t be more sure than to have a lab report with the breakdown of what’s in that brand. Unfortunately, there are a lot of contaminated ingredients found in vitamins which would not benefit your high blood pressure problem. One containment I came across was lead. Again, with quality vitamins this is not a concern.

So we now have another remedy to deal with high blood pressure naturally, just make sure the vitamins are quality and be patient especially if your absorption is not 100%.

If you like shopping around, there’s plenty of manufactures to choose from.