Hey guys! So you want to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol naturally? Especially since Valentine’s Day is coming up. If you’re not aware of it, February is heart health month!

But if you want to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol naturally, I’m going to give you some great tips right now because what’s a better gift for the ones you love than being healthy and living a long strong and active life.

I’m Doctor Christopher Hood from Hood Chiropractic, and one of the things that goes on when someone has blood pressure or cholesterol challenges, is they use medication because what they’re trying to do is keep their arteries clean. Now, the arteries in your body run blood from your heart through your entire body. The arteries aren’t just a blind tube, they actually have three layers to them. You have the outer layer, inner layer and the middle layer.

The reason they have that is because when your heart pumps those arteries pump too, so they actually pump with your heart. They don’t just lay there; the heart doesn’t just do all the work. So, your heart and arteries pump at the same time. The internal layer is called the tunica intima, it’s a Latin word for “The middle area.” That layer actually has a smooth muscle that contracts with your heart. So, you hear people that end up with blood challenges and they’re worried about having atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis, which is hardening and plaquing in the arteries. What they’re worried about is the arteries can’t flex anymore when the heart beats, and therefore the heart has to work harder and therefore your blood pressure goes up because your heart is working harder and it is bad for your long term health.

So, one tip you can start using right now today is start using omega fats. Fish oil, flaxseed oil, extra virgin olive oil. Coconut oil works as well even though it’s not technically an omega 3 fat.  But omega 3 fatty acids strengthens the tunica intima, the internal arteries, so when your hearts pumps and the arteries work better, and by having strength your heart doesn’t have to work as heart so it last longer.

My grandmother use to say “the candle the burns twice as bright lives half as long.” If your heart is working overtime because your arteries don’t work right, your heart's not going to live all those years God intended and your just not going to have a healthy and vital life. Simple key, omega fats. 3000 units per day of omega fats. Keep your arteries working properly, keep the tunica intima oiled up if you want to look at it like that. Keep the atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis, hardening and plaquing, down. And you get to live a long strong health life. Omega 3 fatty acids 3000 units a day.

We’re really happy to be bringing quality information that you and your family can utilize to increase their health. Healthy family, loving family, long life together.

I’m Doctor Christopher Hood, it’s all good in the hood. We will talk to you soon, and God bless.