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High Blood Pressure
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Keep Blood Pressure Low to Prevent Heart Disease
For those with heart disease, getting blood pressure numbers low can actually reverse the condition. Cleveland Clinic researchers conducted a study in which they measured arterial plaque in over 270 adults with heart disease.
After 2 years, arteries in those with high blood pressure (140/90 or greater) had become even more clogged. The blood vessels of those whose readings were in the hypertension warning zone (120/80 to 139/89) held steady. But subjects whose pressure clocked in at 119/79 or below decreased the amount of gunk in their arteries.
Driving down blood pressure can be as easy as taking regular walks, limiting sodium and saturated fat, and eating lots of fruits and veggies. --Prevention, December 2006.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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Lose a Little, Drop a Lot
If you're a bit heavy, shedding just a few pounds could bring your blood pressure back into the normal range. Roberto Fogari, MD, and colleagues at the University of Pavia in Italy asked 210 overweight (but not obese) adults with high blood pressure--systolic readings were 140 to 159, diastolic 90 to 99--to lose 5% of their body weight.
Just about half of the subjects met their weight loss goal, and of those, regardless of their method, 53% reduced their blood pressure to less than 140/90--without needing any hypertension medication. --Prevention, March 2008.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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Pharmacologist Joe Graedon, writing in the Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2008 offers this information: "There are a surprising number of natural approaches to blood pessure control. If you are overweight, losing pounds can make a big difference. The DASH diet, rich in vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy products, has also been shown to lower blood pressure. Other options: beet juice, Concord grape juice, pomegranate juice, etc."
Beet juice?...Interesting!...Researchers studying the effects of beet juice on blood pressure seem to have uncovered a mechanism by which green leafy vegetables and other nitrate-rich foods protect the heart. Their study used volunteers who drank 500 mL of beetroot juice. A comparison was made with other volunteers who drank 500 mL of water. The beet-juice drinkers showed significant decreases in blood pressure, beginning within one hour of beet-juice ingestion, and remained lower than that of the water drinkers over 24 hours. --Hypertension 2008.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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120 Over 80? What That Means
Confused about blood pressure? Don't be. The numbers reveal the force of the flow of blood in the arteries when the heart beats and rests. High blood pressure damages those arteries, making them thick and stiff, which constricts blood flow to organs. Two numbers measure the pressure: the top, or systolic figure and the bottom, or diastolic, figure. The systolic numbier is the beating force, and the diastolic number is the resting force.
A quick look at how the numbers stack up.
High: 140 over 90 (or higher)
At risk: Anything between 120 over 80 and 140 over 90. This is classified as prehypertension, which affects approximately 37 million Americans, as well as many, many Canadians.
Normal: Less than 120 over 80.
--Health.com - November 2008.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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Vitamin C Helps Lower High Blood Pressure
University of California, Berkeley researchers say vitamin C can lower blood pressure. A 10-year study of young adult women found that blood pressure--both the systolic and diastolic--was consistently five or 6 points lower in those who had the higher levels of vitamain C.
"This strongly suggests that vitamin C is specifically important in maintaining a healthy blood pressure," says Dr. Gladys Block. Vitamin C is found in fruits, vegetables, multivitamins and vitamin C supplements. Previous research links high levels of vitamin C with lower blood pressure in middle-age adults also.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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High Blood Pressure Linked to Mental Decline for Young and Old
Researchers from the University of Maine reported in the journal Hypertention, that mental function is measurably affected by high blood pressure in otherwise healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 83. The study spanned 20 years.
An editorial in the journal noted that the study has far reaching public health implications. Other studies have measured high blood pressure and high pulse pressure in older adults and found worse cognitive performance than those having normal readings, but until now none had examined both younger and older folks over an extended period of time.
A more recent study conducted on participants over the age of 45 underscores the association between high blood pressure and reduced mental ability. For every 10-point increase in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number in a blood pressure reading), the odds of mental impairment increase by 7%.
In the August 25, 2004 issue of Neurology, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology, results of the study were reported by a team of researchers who noted that other studies have also found such a relationship, but this particular one carries significant weight because of its size and efficacy. Dr. David Knopman, a professor of neuroloty at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, says this new study supports a large body of literature that shows hypertension has an impact on cognition.
Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis, the neurologist who compiled the data points out that, "It is possible that by preventing or treating high blood pressure, we could potentially prevent cognitive impairment, which can be a precusor to dementia."
Deputy director of the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, agrees with Dr. Tsivgoulis's statement and adds that the National Institute of Health will organize a large clinical trial to further evaluate the association between lowering blood pressure and health issues including cognitive decline.
Whether you are young or older, if lowering high blood pressure can keep your mind sharp and prevent dementia, here are a few ways to do this without medication: Drink plenty of pure, unadulterated water. Chronic dehydration is often the cause of high blood pressure. The body tries to hold on to water reserves by constricting blood vessels, raising blood pressure. Soft drinks or fruit juices don't have the same effect as clean, pure water.
Sodium chloride, sodium and table salt can raise blood pressure. Cut way down. Stress is also a major contributor to high blood pressure. Research has shown physical exercise is the best tension reliever. Any exercise that gets the heart pumping will get those endorphins (stress-busters) flowing.
Health risks associated with high blood pressure, of course, include coronary heart disease, heart failure, kidney failure and stroke and a host of other insidious health problems. These are just a few of the reasons it is imperative to keep the blood pressure numbers in the optimal range of 120/80. There is indeed an added incentive now that we learn optimal control of blood pressure is vital at any age for protecting the mind. --Adapted from Naturalnews.com/007977.html.Article by Deanna Dean.
Comment: Let us remember that animal products are a major cause of hypertention. On the other hand fruits and veggies have an almost miracle effect in curbing this malady.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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High-Fructose Diet Linked to High Blood Pressure
We all know eating too much sodium--something most North Americns do daily--raises the risk for high blood pressure, among other serious health conditions. But it's not just salt, according to newly published research. High blood pressure may result from a diet too high in fructose, a type of simple sugar that's a key component in table sugar (sucrose) an high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), and often found in soft drinks, yogurt, breads and cookies, salad dressing, and other processed foods and drinks.
Researchers at the University of Colorado in Denver found that among 4,528 adults ages 18 or older, those who consumed 74 grams or more per day of fructose (the equivalent of two and a half sugary sodas) increased their risk for high blood pressure by 26% to 77%. --deliciousliving.com
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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Berry Good News
Just one cup of strawberries or blueberries a week can reduce your risk of high blood pressure, according to a new 14-year follow-up study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Men and women who ate the most blueberries and strawberries had an 8% reduction in their risk for developing hypertension, compared to those who ate the least.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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Thank you for sharing this information here.
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Re: High Blood Pressure
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Sugar-sweetened drinks cause higher blood pressure
by S. L. Baker, features writer
(NaturalNews) New research just published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association concludes that soda and other drinks sweetened with sugar are associated with higher blood pressure. And the more sugar as well as sodium (also found in abundance in most sodas) people consumed, the higher blood pressure spiked upwards.
The International Study of Macro/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure (dubbed INTERMAP, for short), found that research subjects who drank sugar-sweetened beverages daily had significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure on average than folks who didn't imbibe the sweet drinks. Researchers found the highest blood pressure levels in people who consumed the most glucose and fructose -- both of these sweeteners are found in high-fructose corn syrup, which is the most common sugar sweetener used by the beverage industry.
INTERMAP investigators looked at the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks, sugars and diet beverages in 2,696 participants between the ages of 40 and 59 who lived in two areas of the United Kingdom and eight regions of the U.S. In detailed interviews, the research subjects revealed what they ate and drank for four days. They also underwent two 24-hour urine collections and eight blood pressure readings and filled out detailed questionnaires about their lifestyle, medical history and social factors.
The research team found that sugar intake (in the form of glucose, fructose and sucrose) was highest in people who drank more than one sugar-sweetened drink a day. In addition, they discovered that individuals drinking more than one serving per day of sugar-sweetened beverages consumed almost 400 calories more daily than people who didn't.
Overall, the scientists concluded that folks who drink a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages have less healthy diets than those who avoid imbibing these empty calories. "They consume less potassium, magnesium and calcium," Ian Brown, Ph.D., research associate at Imperial College London, said in a press statement.
"One possible mechanism for sugar-sweetened beverages and fructose increasing blood pressure levels is a resultant increase in the level of uric acid in the blood that may in turn lower the nitric oxide required to keep the blood vessels dilated. Sugar consumption also has been linked to enhanced sympathetic nervous system activity and sodium retention," he added.
Paul Elliott, Ph.D., senior author of the study and professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, stated the new research points to a possible intervention to lower blood pressure. "These findings lend support for recommendations to reduce the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages, as well as added sugars and sodium in an effort to reduce blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health," he noted.
So do these findings give a green light to drinking chemically sweetened sodas instead of the ones containing sugar? Hardly.
As NaturalNews as reported previously, there's extensive evidence linking artificial sweeteners like aspartame to health problems ranging from premature births and brain tumors to fatty liver disease (http://www.naturalnews.com/aspartam...). What's more, although the INTERMAP study found no consistent link between blood pressure levels and drinking diet sodas, the researchers did discover that those who drank diet soda had higher mean Body Mass Indexes (BMI) than those who didn't -- and they exercised less, too. That means the people drinking diet sodas were fatter and probably less fit than the sugar-beverage consumers.
For more information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...
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