My outlook on how to attack high Blood Pressure- one man’s journey! The will to live a healthy long life and lengths in which I am willing to go to get there! I now ask you to take this journey with me and maybe help your own self if this disease has hit you or help someone you know who may be faced with this in their lives.
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Medical doctors overwhelmingly recommend drug therapy for this condition, making blood pressure drugs the number one prescriptive medication in this country. But is drug therapy the best approach? And, is it safe?
There are many popular medical myths about high blood pressure. For example, many physicians believe that high blood pressure is an "inevitable consequence of aging"; that the "only viable treatment option for high blood pressure patients is medication"; that high blood pressure patients must take their medications "for the rest of their lives"; and, worst of all, that high blood pressure medications are "safe and effective." This article will show that drug treatment is not the only viable treatment option, and that drug treatment is disturbingly dangerous. In fact, studies strongly suggest that for the majority of patients with high blood pressure, medications may be more dangerous than doing nothing at all.
Fortunately, there exist powerful diet and lifestyle treatment options that safely and effectively reduce high blood pressure. But don’t assume that your doctor will tell you about them because many doctors are simply unaware of the facts. Before exploring how to safely treat this condition, let’s look at what high blood pressure is, and seek to understand why it is our nation’s number one public health concern. In doing so, it will become clear why medical management is generally so ineffective, and why a safer, more effective approach one which takes advantage of the human body’s built-in healing mechanisms is often the best choice.
What is blood pressure?
Although high blood pressure does not cause any pain, and cannot be detected without a special device, it is clearly a serious health problem worthy of your rapt attention. But what is "blood pressure," and what can cause it to become "high"?
If you have ever been in a hot tub with the "jets" on, you have observed a circulating system. When the pump is "on," the water circulates from the hot tub, through pipes, into a pump, and then back to the hot tub. In this way, the water can be put through a filter to remove impurities, and be re-utilized, again and again. A hot tub with its pump "on" is a simple circulatory system. When the pump is "off," the water stops circulating and stays wherever it is in the system.
Your circulatory system is very much like the hot tub’s. Your blood is like the water. Your heart is like the pump, and your blood vessels are like the pipes. Your heart pumps your blood through the circulatory system in order to feed oxygen and nutrients to cells throughout your body, and to remove waste products. By circulating through the system, your blood is filtered, and re-utilized, again and again.
In a hot tub, as the water comes through the pipes it has a degree of force. This force is caused by the action of the pump, which puts energy into the circulating system and forces the water through the pipes. When the pump is off, there still may be water in the pipes, but there is no force. The degree of force in the system when the pump is on can be gauged in a number of ways, such as by putting your hand in front of a "jet." Another way would be to have a device to measure the amount of force that the water exerts against the walls of the pipes as it circulates. Such a device might yield a numerical measurement of the force, or pressure, of the water within the pipes.
Similarly, your blood exerts a force against the walls of your blood vessels as it circulates through your body. The degree of this force is called your "blood pressure," and it can be measured with a blood pressure monitoring device. Unlike the water pressure in the hot tub, however, human blood pressure is highly variable. In the hot tub, the water ejected by the jets comes in a steady, pressurized stream. But in the human circulatory system, blood pressure varies dramatically from one moment to the next.
Unlike the smooth action of the hot tub pump, the human heart expands and contracts mightily each second or so, causing your blood pressure to be comparatively high one moment, and comparatively low in the next. That is why we need two measurements when checking your blood pressure one at the moment when the pressure is highest (your systolic blood pressure), and one a moment later, when the pressure is lowest (your diastolic blood pressure).
Your systolic blood pressure is always higher than your diastolic blood pressure, and is always the "top" number when your pressure is reported. If your doctor tells you that your blood pressure is "120 over 80," this means that your systolic blood pressure was measured at "120," and your diastolic was at "80." Both your systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements are important because they indicate how well your circulatory system is working. If either of these measurements is unusually high, this warrants your serious attention. Because, as previously mentioned, elevated blood pressure may be not only a sign of cardiovascular disease, it is a cause of disease, as well.
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My outlook on how to attack high Blood Pressure- one man’s journey! The will to live a healthy long life and lengths in which I am willing to go to get there! I now ask you to take this journey with me and maybe help your own self if this disease has hit you or help someone you know who may be faced with this in their lives.
High Blood Pressure
What your doctor doesn’t know
that can kill you By
Douglas Lisle, Ph.D.
Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
High blood pressure, also known as "hypertension," is the number one reason people visit their doctor in the What your doctor doesn’t know
that can kill you By
Douglas Lisle, Ph.D.
Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
Medical doctors overwhelmingly recommend drug therapy for this condition, making blood pressure drugs the number one prescriptive medication in this country. But is drug therapy the best approach? And, is it safe?
There are many popular medical myths about high blood pressure. For example, many physicians believe that high blood pressure is an "inevitable consequence of aging"; that the "only viable treatment option for high blood pressure patients is medication"; that high blood pressure patients must take their medications "for the rest of their lives"; and, worst of all, that high blood pressure medications are "safe and effective." This article will show that drug treatment is not the only viable treatment option, and that drug treatment is disturbingly dangerous. In fact, studies strongly suggest that for the majority of patients with high blood pressure, medications may be more dangerous than doing nothing at all.
Fortunately, there exist powerful diet and lifestyle treatment options that safely and effectively reduce high blood pressure. But don’t assume that your doctor will tell you about them because many doctors are simply unaware of the facts. Before exploring how to safely treat this condition, let’s look at what high blood pressure is, and seek to understand why it is our nation’s number one public health concern. In doing so, it will become clear why medical management is generally so ineffective, and why a safer, more effective approach one which takes advantage of the human body’s built-in healing mechanisms is often the best choice.
What is blood pressure?
Although high blood pressure does not cause any pain, and cannot be detected without a special device, it is clearly a serious health problem worthy of your rapt attention. But what is "blood pressure," and what can cause it to become "high"?
If you have ever been in a hot tub with the "jets" on, you have observed a circulating system. When the pump is "on," the water circulates from the hot tub, through pipes, into a pump, and then back to the hot tub. In this way, the water can be put through a filter to remove impurities, and be re-utilized, again and again. A hot tub with its pump "on" is a simple circulatory system. When the pump is "off," the water stops circulating and stays wherever it is in the system.
Your circulatory system is very much like the hot tub’s. Your blood is like the water. Your heart is like the pump, and your blood vessels are like the pipes. Your heart pumps your blood through the circulatory system in order to feed oxygen and nutrients to cells throughout your body, and to remove waste products. By circulating through the system, your blood is filtered, and re-utilized, again and again.
In a hot tub, as the water comes through the pipes it has a degree of force. This force is caused by the action of the pump, which puts energy into the circulating system and forces the water through the pipes. When the pump is off, there still may be water in the pipes, but there is no force. The degree of force in the system when the pump is on can be gauged in a number of ways, such as by putting your hand in front of a "jet." Another way would be to have a device to measure the amount of force that the water exerts against the walls of the pipes as it circulates. Such a device might yield a numerical measurement of the force, or pressure, of the water within the pipes.
Similarly, your blood exerts a force against the walls of your blood vessels as it circulates through your body. The degree of this force is called your "blood pressure," and it can be measured with a blood pressure monitoring device. Unlike the water pressure in the hot tub, however, human blood pressure is highly variable. In the hot tub, the water ejected by the jets comes in a steady, pressurized stream. But in the human circulatory system, blood pressure varies dramatically from one moment to the next.
Unlike the smooth action of the hot tub pump, the human heart expands and contracts mightily each second or so, causing your blood pressure to be comparatively high one moment, and comparatively low in the next. That is why we need two measurements when checking your blood pressure one at the moment when the pressure is highest (your systolic blood pressure), and one a moment later, when the pressure is lowest (your diastolic blood pressure).
Your systolic blood pressure is always higher than your diastolic blood pressure, and is always the "top" number when your pressure is reported. If your doctor tells you that your blood pressure is "120 over 80," this means that your systolic blood pressure was measured at "120," and your diastolic was at "80." Both your systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements are important because they indicate how well your circulatory system is working. If either of these measurements is unusually high, this warrants your serious attention. Because, as previously mentioned, elevated blood pressure may be not only a sign of cardiovascular disease, it is a cause of disease, as well.
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