Happy Blood Pressure News!/Laura

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Dear Laura,

Thank you very much for telling us about your husband and VERY WELL DONE ON

GETTING HIM TO TAKE ALL

THAT'STUFF'!!!!

It's posts like yours that make the hours on the computer worth

while...........Lots of love and hugs Penny

(by the way - one of the best relaxation techniques is stretching exercises like

Yoga...)

 

mamalaura wrote:

 

> Hey everyone,

>

> I'm grinning from ear to ear because my husband, the high blood pressure

> case (remember?) came back from having a stress test at the

> cardiologist's office saying that the doc didn't know why he (my

> husband) was even there, because his BP and heart were just fine <grin>

>

> In 2 weeks his BP went from 148/106 to 116/83 and still dropping. He

> quit caffeine entirely and is taking cayenne (2 teaspoons a day), 3-4

> cloves of garlic a day and 1000 mg of magnesium daily. He does

> occasionally whine about all the stuff he has to remember to take, but

> then I remind him that it's better than BP meds and a heart attack ;-)

> I told him that I'll let him drop the amounts of the dosages once his

> diastolic (that's the second number in the BP) is consistently below 85

> for a month. It's all stress-induced (yippee for the modern world), not

> dietary or lack of exercise, so now I'm off to make a nervine tonic and

> work on some relaxation techniques . . .

>

> Thanks for your help and support -- just wanted to give you another

> anecdote for when folks ask about how safe and effective this kooky

> stuff is, that we do!

>

> Peace,

> Laura

>

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