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Health See other Health Articles Title: What Blood Pressure Is And How To Control It Yourself CHN... The body is always talking to us. We may not listen, but its always reporting back about whats going on with it, how its responding to our actions and what were doing wrong and right. If you have a problem dairy, your intestine will signal its distress with cramping, bloating and other digestive symptoms. These symptoms can be correlated to eating things like cheese, gluten, strawberries eggs and any other foods that initiate intolerance or allergies. Drink too much alcohol, the next days hangover can be a communication so clear and impactful you may never imbibe again. On the other hand, sometimes a burst of happiness or a hit of energy or just some plain old peace of mind, can let you know that youre on the right track, doing something your body really needs, wants and likes. For instance soaking in hot tubs, a brisk workout or playing with babies and puppies come to mind. While digestion, immunity, skin and respiration are all exquisitely sensitive to their environments, no part of the body is more responsive than the heart and circulatory system. Considering something on order of one out of every two or three Americans have some sort of circulatory health challenges, thats good news. Thats because, once we recognize our complicity in our vascular health challenges, well be able to address them for real. This can be done without doctors, devices, diagnostics or drugs and their associated side effects. One of the more significant manifestations of cardiovascular disease is hypertension, and its a serious problem. According to an infographic published in the January 12, 2013 edition of New Scientist Magazine, hypertension is the leading contributor the global burden of all disease. Yet nothing exemplifies our participation in our own health and our health challenges more than high blood pressure. Which is the source of endless fodder for comedians jokes and is universally acknowledged for its association with stressful situations. Yet while seemingly everyone knows that stress and hypertension go hand in hand, most hypertensives think nothing about accepting the standard diagnosis of essential hypertension (i.e. hypertension caused by meaning caused by unknown factor) and pharmacological anti-hypertensives that are among the most toxic of all prescription medication. Hypertension is about stress. To the body there is no more important stress factor than a shortage of oxygen in the blood, a condition called hypoxia. Once a critical hypoxic threshold is reached, changes immediately take place in the blood vessels, causing a rerouting of blood. These modifications, that are the result of the intelligent shunting and strategic opening and closing of vessels, lead to an increase in blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force with which the sanguineous fluid moves through the circulatory system and represents the bodys attempt to get more blood (and oxygen) to the brain, heart, lungs, musculature and other vital parts of the body. Hypertension isnt the only cardiovascular effect of hypoxia. Oxygen acts as a buffer, separating red blood cells, helping keep them freely floating in easy and smooth fashion throughout the 50,000 mile long river of blood in the circulatory system. Under conditions of low blood oxygen, blood cells will tend to clump up. This clumping can create clots and further impede the delivery of oxygen to tissues, inducing even more hypertension. Thats not all. Hypoxia can disrupt electrical conductivity in the heart, leading to various heart arrhythmia, including the dreaded A-fib. Not coincidentally, among the most prescribed drugs in America are the anti-coagulants, medication that pharmacologically compels blood to thin. These drugs include beta blockers to chemically ablate (destroy) the heart, to prevent electrical malfunctioning and anti-hypertensives, that lower blood pressure by poisoning vessel valves, forcing them to open like a dam in a tsunami . BAD NEWS: Circulatory diseases are serious business. Theyre collectively by far the leading cause of death and illness in the United States not to mention spent dollars and wasted time. If you participate in the medical models impotent strategy of drugging, electrocuting and sticking in stents, youre not going to be getting better. GOOD NEWS: If you are dealing with any cardiovascular health issue, by applying simple lifestyle strategies, like slow deep breathing, nutritional supplementation, dietary modification and plain old relaxation, you can dramatically reduce your blood pressure, with zero toxicity and no side effects on your own. These tools are available to you without doctors, pharmacists, insurance companies or any other pharmaco- medical intervention. Poster Comment: Hypoxia can disrupt electrical conductivity in the heart, leading to various heart arrhythmia, including the dreaded A-fib. Explains why deep breathing routines mitigate AF. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Garlic and cayenne, two warming herbs, have been around a lot longer than pharma drugs. Those herbs help to dilate blood vessels and keep blood pressure under control. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Chinese friend tipped me off to egg plant; got me down 119 from 130, 140 and 150+. Also mentioned bitter melon.
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