Sex Influences Mortality Risk Associated With Diastolic BP Wow..this is some new news to me! Men with systolic (the top number) hypertension and normal diastolic (bottom number) were at higher risk of cardiovascular mortality than those systolic hypertensive men with elevated diastolic values. No theory was given for these results. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:163-168 […]
Worsening of Hypertension by Cyclo-oxygenase-2 Inhibitors Remember and keep this ingrained: the human body has interactions between organs, between cells and even within cells that are far beyond what science may ever discover. When we block one such interaction without fully understanding what that process does IN ITS ENTIRETY, we risk side effects that may […]
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 […]
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Hypertension It seems that we can now add elevation of BP to the list of side effects of NSAIDs use. This list also contains gastric erosions/ulcers, disruption of intestinal permeability, kidney damage and liver damage. I could accept the harm vs benefit logic for NSAIDs if there were not tens if […]
