Natural Apple Cider as a Cure for High Blood Pressure

Natural apple cider became known as a health tonic in the 1950s, and since then it has been used as a treatment for many illnesses, including yeast infections, eczema and high blood pressure. It is usually taken as natural apple cider vinegar. Those who favor it say that the intake of apple cider may lower blood pressure quickly and for a long period of time.

High blood pressure

• High blood pressure is a disease of the modern world. The fast pace of daily life increases adrenalin in the bloodstream, causing the pressure to rise. A low level of blood pressure is usually healthy. High blood pressure is made worse by the narrowing of small blood vessels known as capillaries. Symptoms associated with high blood pressure include headache, nausea, blurred vision and dizziness. If left untreated high blood pressure can result in chronic organ failure resulting in heart attack, stroke, heart failure, eye damage and kidney failure.

Apple Cider Vinegar

• During the 1950s D.C. Jarvis, M.D. publicized the health benefits of apple cider as a health tonic. It is believed that making natural sweet apples into apple cider adds health benefits by the process known as acetic acid fermentation, which converts the alcohol created in the fermentation of the apple cider into acetic acid. Natural apple cider vinegar contains vitamins C, A, E, B1, B2 and B6 as well as potassium, magnesium and copper; this mixture of natural vitamins and minerals is said to address high blood pressure for sufferers in some cases in just hours and can maintain a lower level of blood pressure for many months.

Dosage

• Dilute apple cider vinegar in water and at times sweeten it with honey to make it more palatable. Mix two tsp. apple cider vinegar with eight oz. water three times a day. The mixture should be sipped, not gulped down quickly. For chronic conditions the dosage can be increased to two tbsp. apple cider vinegar in eight oz water.
  Another version of the high blood pressure cure is to dilute two tsp. of apple cider vinegar in 16 oz. water and sip the mixture throughout the day.