Clinical preventive services can provide excellent value At first glance, this editorial sounds like the author may finally be grasping what prevention is. Read a little further, and you find that his definition of “prevention” includes many cancer screenings, blood pressure checks and vaccinations. I’m confused. How can a cancer screening (i.e. LOOKING for cancer) […]
Antioxidant Treatment Reduces Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Rats This research article begins to link reactive oxygen species (ROS) to increased blood pressure. ROS are formed normally in the body by the process of making energy, and the body normally gets rid of these rapidly using antioxidants. However, if too many ROS are being produced and/or […]
Antihypertensive Drug Therapies and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke When I first read this title, I thought, “Another no-brainer–of course the risk will be lowered.” Not so. Using antihypertensive therapies without a thiazide diuretic increased risk of stroke!! This was actually new news to me, although the study does indicate previous data that prompted this […]
Coenzyme Q10 in Isolated Systolic Hypertension I just love results like this!! An isolated nutrient like CoQ10 giving an average of 18 point reduction in systolic blood pressure is amazing. Remember that any good natural approach to hypertension would also include exercise, avoidance of refined carbs, increased intake of monounsaturated fats, hawthorne, calcium, magnesium and […]
Medically supervised water-only fasting for hypertension This is the article noted above. The results of this study still shock me. 60 point reduction in blood pressure in patients with stage 3 hypertension. Just incredible. There’s no drugs on the market that boast these same results. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Online Read entire article […]
