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for Subscribers OnlyNovemver 20, 20257 Everyday Habits That Raise Blood Pressure—and How to Reverse Them by Sheramy TsaiBSN, RNGood morning, Many people assume high blood pressure stems from a single cause such as stress or age. More often, it builds through small daily habits we overlook, from skipped sunlight to unsettled sleep to low potassium. When I asked Harvard-trained cardiologist Dr. Cynthia Thaik what else we overlook, she didn’t begin with salt or genetics, though both matter. She pointed to something more basic that starts long before the blood pressure cuff ever touches the arm. The heart, she told me, reflects our inner state as clearly as our habits. If we ignore the emotional and spiritual side of our heart, she said, we can “never win the ball game.” One of her most striking observations involves patients with resistant hypertension—blood pressure that stays high despite treatment. Many share a pattern they don’t recognize in themselves: a deep-seated need for control. Not in a moral sense, but in the exhausting effort to manage every outcome. With that in mind, the daily triggers of high blood pressure look different. Much of the strain comes from bracing against uncertainty and trying to force what cannot be forced. Tight vessels, elevated cortisol, and restless sleep often mirror the mind’s grip on life. Thaik encourages small practices that interrupt that pattern. A quiet moment before responding. A pause instead of a push. Simply noticing tension instead of plowing through it. These small openings often change our blood pressure more effectively than dramatic plans. We tend to look for big fixes such as new medications or strict diets. Yet the most meaningful shifts often begin with something gentler. Wishing you a healthy body and mind,  READ FULL ARTICLE HERE7 Everyday Habits That Raise Blood Pressure—and How to Reverse ThemREAD ON More on Blood Pressure Management Classical Music May Help With Blood Pressure ControlResearch shows that predictable musical patterns can synchronize with blood pressure, suggesting classical music may help the body regulate it without medication.READ ONDark Chocolate and Tea Could Lower Your Blood Pressure: Major StudyFlavanol-rich foods such as tea, dark chocolate, and apples can modestly lower blood pressure and support heart health, offering a simple dietary strategy to complement standard care.READ ON‘Prayer Is Considered a Form of Medicine’: Dr. Kat LindleyPhysician Kat Lindley says prayer can calm the nervous system, lower stress-related blood pressure, and support emotional resilience, offering measurable health benefits alongside spiritual ones.READ ONThanks for reading. Stay tuned for our next edition coming your way next week.Want to wake up with us every morning? Subscribe to Rise & Shine.Thank you for being a subscriber! If you love this newsletter, please share it with your friends and let them know they can sign up and browse all of our newsletters here. Your Feedback We’d love to hear from you. If you have any suggestions for us to improve or a wellness story that you’d like us to cover, you can email me at healthnewsletter@epochtimes.nyc We may feature an excerpt of your response in the next newsletter.  You are receiving this email because you subscribed to The Epoch Times.The information in this newsletter is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of many experts and journalists. The Epoch Times encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.Copyright © 2025 The Epoch Times. All rights reserved. The Epoch Times, 229 W 28th St, Fl.5, New York, NY 10001Terms & Conditions | Customer Service | Privacy Policy | Manage Email PreferencesUnsubscribe |
