Guest guest Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 My doctor is pressing me to start on blood pressure meds, and I'm resisting to date because I'm sure the cause is my overweight (which I'm working on losing), and because I'm not trusting the meds they have available to not do more harm than good. Does anyone have ideas on how to lower blood pressure in a healthy manner (other than what I'm already doing: losing weight)? My BP runs from 150-160/80-90 (though its a little lower when I'm NOT in the doctor's office!) Thanks for your help - Jent " The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. " -Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Hi, yes, actually it is very simple, easy and very very cheap way to lower blood pressure, and that if you dont mind the smell of Garlic, the best is the fresh Garlic, if you eat it with your regular meal one or 2 small cloves, or if you like to prepare yourself juice of vegitable or fruit and add one or two small cloves of Garlic to it once a day or twice to start, then you will see in one or two weeks the difference, try it, it is food and nothing else. k.m. Jent Lynne <jentlynne wrote: My doctor is pressing me to start on blood pressure meds, and I'm resisting todate because I'm sure the cause is my overweight (which I'm working onlosing), and because I'm not trusting the meds they have available to not domore harm than good. Does anyone have ideas on how to lower blood pressure in a healthy manner(other than what I'm already doing: losing weight)? My BP runs from150-160/80-90 (though its a little lower when I'm NOT in the doctor's office!)Thanks for your help -Jent"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." -Albert Einstein Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Two grat ideas in fact, one is cinnamon. I read in the newspaper recently according to Dr. Gott, an MD mind you that does not particularlty believe in alternetive medicine and says so has numerous patients taking a teaspoon of cinnamon in a glass of water each morning and theire blood pressure is staying very stable. The second is something called DASH, the Dietary Approach To Stop Hypertension. You can read an article that I posted at my website http://www.bmgfitness.com then click on the article tab on the left side. You don't have to sign up or anything, the articles, exercise library etc are free. Have a great day and look into these. I am sure glad I did Jerry Goodwin - Jent Lynne Monday, July 31, 2006 5:19 PM High Blood Pressure meds My doctor is pressing me to start on blood pressure meds, and I'm resisting todate because I'm sure the cause is my overweight (which I'm working onlosing), and because I'm not trusting the meds they have available to not domore harm than good. Does anyone have ideas on how to lower blood pressure in a healthy manner(other than what I'm already doing: losing weight)? My BP runs from150-160/80-90 (though its a little lower when I'm NOT in the doctor's office!)Thanks for your help -Jent"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." -Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Wow thanks for the information. I will definitely try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Here's a link to a post that I saved for a friend who has HBP and Diabetes 2. It recommends vinager before meals. The post by 'stellar' contains all the text from the Google Groups link which is very long. I took an excerpt out of it (towards the end of the page) about a drink in Japan which contains polyphenols and acetic acid (the reason vinager works). It seems like a better way to get it in your stomach than salad dressing or mixing it with water. It's (name in Japanese in text below) Red Wine Vinager mixed with grape juice. I'm not sure why the other poster (BAM Jesusman) said 20 g or approximately how many ml or ounces that would be. Maybe body builders weigh everything? Also, am I right in assuming that the grape juice you buy at the local supermarket does not contain a good amount of polyphenols, but if you're drinking it for the vinager effect it doesn't matter as long as it's not loaded with sugar? QUOTE-------------------------------- http://www.mindandmuscle.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=24610 Vinegar Reduces Blood Sugar, Insulin And Blood Pre, and activates hepatic AMPK stellar post Jul 4 2006, 10:34 PM Post #1 Take 2 of Deez and call me in the morning ***** Group: Members Posts: 995 Joined: 17-August 04 Member No.: 3693 EDIT:Can a mod please edit the title, it got cut off dammit...at least add this to the second line: " and activates hepatic AMPK. " thanks http://groups.google.comsci.life-extension/msg/b837fa4e45cd9ad6? & hl=en Biol Pharm Bull. 2005 Jul;28(7):1208-10. Related Articles, Links Click here to read A red wine vinegar beverage can inhibit the renin-angiotensin system: experimental evidence in vivo. Honsho S, Sugiyama A, Takahara A, Satoh Y, Nakamura Y, Hashimoto K. Department of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Japan. A new beverage made of red wine vinegar and grape juice (Budo-no-megumi) was developed for people who wish to take effective amount of both polyphenols and vinegar. Since the beverage was recently demonstrated to exert hypotensive effect in rats, we analyzed its underlying mechanisms in this study... (p<0.01). These results suggest that previously described hypotensive action of the beverage may be partly induced by the inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme. PMID: 15997099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BAM Jesusman post Jul 6 2006, 11:21 PM Post #7 **** Group: Members Posts: 439 Joined: 22-January 04 PA Member No.: 2216 " Vinegar or peanut ingestion significantly reduced 60-minute glucose response to the bagel meal (-54% and -56%, respectively) " And that's with 20g 5% acetic acid. wub.gif Good post -------------------- " Always combine diagnosis(MD), Acute treatment(Chiro) and long term management(PT, self education, lifestyle changes). " ... ------------------------End of Quote All the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 --- " A. J. McNeil " <tree444frog wrote: > Here's a link to a post that I saved for a friend who has HBP and > Diabetes 2. It recommends vinager before meals. The post by 'stellar' Those gluten-intolerant, be sure to use something besides white vinegar. Jent " The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. " -Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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