Overweight and wrong food
Mind you, we speak of excess weight and not of obesity. For some patient several extra pounds are enough to get hypertension. Middle-aged men usually carry their excess weight around hips and waist (not to mention those moobies).
At the same time testosterone level may start declining. During the process certain zones of the body get additional fatty tissues, including the heart. Such state and age along with weakened heart increase the risk of high blood pressure.
Even a ten per cent decrease in weight can sometimes help to overcome hypertension. One of my acquaintances had extra 20 pounds compared with norm. You wouldn’t even notice them on his 6′4″ figure, but together with them he got rid of his problems with high blood pressure.
Obesity is not directly associated with hypertension, but is one of the risk factors. Obese people with escalated blood pressure should begin with losing their weight.
Overweight and diet problems are good friends. The only valid way to start losing weight is to watch what and how much you eat. Do not forget to add exercising to your balanced diet. For people with hypertension DASH diet is recommended. It is based on vegetables, grains, and fruits. High-sodium products and salt should be restricted.

Treating hypertension with the help of natural methods many associate with minerals, supplements, or herbs. The thing is that they can be as “natural” as the prescribed medicine. Moreover, these powerful remedies are often fraught with various side effects. Like prescription drugs, they are costly (insurance and state health systems do not cover them as a rule).
If you are interested in natural remedies, take a look at your lifestyle and start changing from the inside. You will be impressed, how simple measures can impact your physical condition and the blood pressure.
Healthy lifestyle does not necessarily mean low blood pressure. And hypertension is by no means always related to your habits. It has also nothing to do with adjusting to any standards. Each healthy person has got his or her own size, shape, and preferences. But in case of hypertension it is your lifestyle that you should pay special attention to.
Below are things that really matter for your blood pressure.

Only 5 per cent of people require medicine to lower their blood pressure. For others natural methods will do if they are supported by healthy lifestyle. 

Stop smoking and take a drink or two instead. Everyone agrees now that a bit of alcohol is good for your heart. The exact dose depends on the person’s weight, sex, age, and physical condition. If overdosed, spirits have the opposite effect. Be sure to know your limit.

All the types and lines of drugs for lowering blood pressure can be divided into five main categories. Below you will find a short description of them.

Those dealing with health-themed forums might have had a chance to hear from a person desperate from trying to live both high blood pressure and effects from its treatment. Patients taking medicines to lower blood pressure mostly are experts as far as their side effects is concerned. Obviously, people who live with hypertension without any drugs are not so good at it. Sometimes, it’s difficult to say which way is better. 

Blood pressure remedies are divided into several classes, each with its own “peculiar” sides. More often than not treating hypertension requires a number of drugs, which complicates the possible side effects even further. Below the common types of them are mentioned, with potential problems that might arise from taking such drugs.