As the human heart pumps blood through arteries, the blood pushes against the
walls of the blood vessels. In people who have hypertension, this pressure is
very high. Whether a person's blood pressure is normal, high, or low, depends on
many factors: output from their heart, resistance to blood flow of the blood
vessels, volume of blood, and blood distribution to all of the organs. Each of
these factors may be affected by the specific hormones and the activities of the
nervous system. If blood pressure is raised, the heart must work harder to pump
the required amount of blood to all body tissues. This health problem
often leads to kidney failure, heart failure, and stroke.
In addition, high blood pressure is often associated with coronary heart
disease, arteriosclerosis, kidney disorders, obesity,
diabetes, hyperthyroidism,
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Over 50 million Americans have high blood pressure. According to
the U.S. Public Health Service, hypertension affects more than 50% of all
Americans over 65 years of age. The percentage of the African-American
population with high blood pressure is around 33% higher than that for whites.
African-Americans between 24 and 45 years old are eighteen times more likely
than whites to develop kidney failure due to hypertension. Men normally develop
hypertension more often than women, but the risk for women rises after menopause
and will approach that of men. A woman's risk of high blood pressure also
increases if she takes oral contraceptives or is pregnant. Because high blood
pressure usually causes no symptoms until complications develop, it is known as
the "silent killer." Warning signs associated with advanced
hypertension may include headaches, sweating, rapid pulse, shortness of breath,
dizziness, and visual disturbances. In the year 1990, nearly 33,000 Americans
died of hypertension-related diseases other than heart
attack and stroke.
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Read these
Doctor's Comments about Drugs
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"The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once
from the disease and once from the medicine." William Osler, M.D.
"The cause of most disease is in the poisonous drugs
physicians superstitiously give in order to effect a cure." Charles E.
Page, M.D.
"If all the medicine in the world were thrown into the sea,
it would be bad for the fish and good for humanity."
O.W. Holmes, (Prof. of Medicine Harvard University)
"Every drug increases and complicates the patients
condition." Robert Henderson, M.D.
"In sickness the body is already loaded with impurities. By
taking drug - medicines more impurities are added, thereby the case is further
embarrassed and harder to cure." Elmer Lee, M.D.
"The necessity of teaching mankind not to take drugs and
medicines, is a duty incumbent upon all who know their uncertainty and injurious
effects; and the time is not far distant when the drug system will be
abandoned." Charles Armbruster, M.D.
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See the website www.drugs.com
to look up possible side effects
of any prescription drugs or medications that you are using.
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Let
Your Body Heal Itself
There are natural alternatives including: vitamins, minerals,
herbs, enzymes, probiotics, and many others that when combined in the right way
can support you body's own healing power. Is is magic? No it is the way that our
Creator God made us and the world's gifts for us. It is up to all of us to
use these gifts wisely. |
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You
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have a wonderful human body that when given the right nutrients in the right
amounts can heal itself.
"Most people do not consume an optimal amount of all vitamins by diet
alone. Pending strong evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials, it
appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements." - JAMA
Journal of the American Medical Association 6/12/2002 Vol 287
There are
hundreds of studies which show the risk of cancer, heart disease, and other top
killers is reduced by eating more than just the minimal RDA standards.
Prevention
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balance is the treatment. Natural foods, herbs, vitamins and supplements to
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You would not think of exposing yourself to an Atomic Bomb fallout or
excessive X-rays. But not getting enough vitamins and minerals is just as
dangerous. Cells in your body not getting their vitamins and minerals suffer
both DNA and mitochondrial damage. These cells under a microscope look like they
have been hit with radiation. This type of damage may cause you to age faster
and can lead to Cancer
and other degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and others.
- Vitamin deficiency = DNA damage
- Strengthen your Body & Immune system
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"It's virtually impossible to get sufficient quantities of some
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Jeffery Blumberg PhD professor of Nutrition Tufts University
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Dr. Mark Crapo
"Would you like to live longer - look and feel better ... find out about
people who are doing it and how you can improve your health and life." |
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