Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control - David DeRose, Greg Steinke, Trudie Li

Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control (eBook)

The 'No Pressure' Solution

David DeRose, Greg Steinke, Trudie Li (Autoren)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
280 Seiten
CompassHealth Consulting (Verlag)
978-1-942730-03-3 (ISBN)

High Blood Pressure. Even if you haven't received the diagnosis yet, as many as three-quarters of the Western world will have to contend with high blood pressure sometime in their lives. However you no longer need to be a victim. DeRose, Steinke and Li draw from cutting-edge medical research and their decades of clinical experience to guide you on an amazing 30-day journey. Learn simple natural strategies that have helped many people decrease or eliminate their dependence on medications.

Chapter 1. The Personal and Global Toll of High Blood Pressure

The night sky was clear, the air crisp and clean. Once I got out of my car at the lecture venue, the only noise interrupting that night’s stillness was the repetitive sound of my feet hitting the pavement until an older model Chevy pickup began reversing out of its parking space. My eyes met the eyes of the pickup driver. It was Norman, my patient.

I was excited Norman was here, apparently to sign up for our heart healthy program. He sure needed it. However, I was confused. He was leaving, not coming. As Norman continued backing up, he rolled down his window and broke the news, “Doc, I really do appreciate the opportunity. But I’ve got a lot of work to do on the other side of the state. Can’t attend this time. Maybe next time.” Though concerned, what could I say?

Norman and his wife, Judy, had been successful Wisconsin farmers. However, tired of the cold winters, they recently sold their farm and moved to our community with its more temperate climate. Judy thought it would be easier for Norman to get healthy, free from the demands of farm life. His blood pressure was poorly controlled, which she knew only added to the risks of his diabetes and high cholesterol.

Not many days before that brief parking lot meeting, Norman was in my medical office complaining of shortness of breath. I offered him a variety of treatment options but he wouldn’t commit. I ordered some heart tests, but he hadn’t had them done.

As Norman drove off, I had an uneasy feeling. He needed to take his health seriously. He was too nonchalant. He wasn’t interested in the treatments I had offered. He wasn’t interested in living healthier. “Doc, come on,” he said, trying to reassure me. “Other than a little shortness of breath, I feel fine.”

A few days later, I received a call. Norman had been admitted to the hospital with a catastrophic, life-threatening stroke. He was on life-support. He couldn’t move his limbs. He was confused. The hospitalist told me he was doubtful Norman would ever leave the hospital. He didn’t. Norman hung on for two weeks in the ICU before breathing his last.

I was deeply saddened. The warning signs were there. I had attempted to impress Norman with their gravity. However, his apathy indicated he thought that I was the one with the problem: excessive concern regarding a healthy patient!

Now I was faced with one of those times when every compassionate health practitioner hates to be right. Norman was dead; his life had ended far too soon. Judy was a widow. It was all so unnecessary.

Blood pressure. Within appropriate limits, we need it to stay alive. However, high blood pressure is a beacon of warning. Refuse to respond at your own risk. Please, don’t follow in Norman’s footsteps.

What Might Have Been

Ed was a successful accountant in his mid-fifties. He had worked hard for many years and had finally come to the place where he could start slowing down. Unfortunately, Ed had neglected his health for several decades. He had gained weight, overworked, neglected exercise, ate far too many snacks, and typically ate excessively even at mealtime. Ed’s blood pressure had risen to dangerous levels. Headaches had become routine. He took several medications to address his blood pressure; they were, however, inadequately controlling his problems.

With such a medical and lifestyle history, Ed joined our four-week lifestyle education program. Unlike Norman, he was concerned and motivated. And our team rapidly took advantage of that receptivity and helped Ed understand the principles needed to reverse his blood pressure naturally. He carefully followed those recommendations.

A few days into the program, Ed came to me astonished. He was experiencing episodic dizziness. His blood pressure had dropped into the 110’s-120’s systolic and 70’s-80’s diastolic. He had reduced some of his medication on his own, but this clearly wasn’t enough.

I had the joy of helping Ed eliminate several of his blood pressure medications. Only then did the dizziness resolve. Getting off his blood pressure medication was just one of his rewards for intentional healthy living. Ed also lost weight, improved his cholesterol, stabilized his blood sugars, and improved his energy level. His sense of wellbeing was enhanced, and his mood brightened considerably. Although not everyone improves his or her blood pressure that quickly, Ed was astonished at his own improvements as he studiously implemented natural lifestyle principles.

The stories of Norman and Ed remind us that elevated blood pressure works insidiously, undermining the very foundations of health. Addressing our blood pressure naturally, we can reap amazing benefits. Greet a high blood pressure diagnosis with nonchalance or ambivalence, and we’re asking for trouble. To borrow a phrase from case law, high blood pressure is genuinely of “clear and present danger.” Let’s look carefully at data that supports this undeniable conclusion.

The Scope of High Blood Pressure

In order to assess fully the damage done by hypertension, we must first understand the scope of the problem. After all, a given medical condition might have severe individual consequences but make relatively little societal impact if few people are affected. Where does high blood pressure rank as far as numbers involved?

In the United States, high blood pressure’s scope is staggering. About 75 million American adults have hypertension, with roughly an equal number having a less severe elevated blood pressure condition known as prehypertension (blood pressures higher than normal but not yet high enough to be labeled hypertension).3 Added together, over 120 million American adults, almost 1 in 3, have elevated blood pressures. Some states fare better than others as depicted in Figure 1.1.4

If you reside in the Southeastern U.S.—watch out! Your risk of hypertension is very high. But if you are a resident of Minnesota, Colorado or another less heavily affected state, don’t feel smug. Yes, compared to the Southeast and a host of other regions, a smaller percentage of your state’s residents are dealing with hypertension. However, notice the numbers affected. Even in places like Minnesota and Colorado, over one-quarter of the adult population has high blood pressure. On the other hand, that figure approaches a whopping 40% in the hardest hit states.

Furthermore, hypertension is not merely an American problem. The World Health Organization found that globally some 40% of all adults are affected, and those ranks are swelling.5 Figure 1.2 illustrates the expanding reach of high blood pressure over time.

However, the plot thickens when we look in the mirror. Whether or not you think your appearance testifies to the fact, each of us is getting older. And with increasing age comes a staggering increase in high blood pressure risk. This has been well documented in U.S. data.6, 7 Figure 1.3 highlights this sobering reality.

The bottom line is this: If you live long enough, high blood pressure is almost sure to come knocking. However, don’t be discouraged. There is good news. The principles in this book are not only for hypertensives; i.e., those with high blood pressure; they are also for normotensives; i.e., those currently running normal blood pressures. Indeed, the simple natural strategies herein are powerful enough to keep many of you from ever being diagnosed with the condition.

Health Implications of High Blood Pressure

OK, high blood pressure—hypertension—is extremely common, but don’t millions of people have the condition and suffer no ill effects? Yes and no. Although many individuals with hypertension may feel fine, those higher blood pressures are taking a toll on a host of bodily processes.

Look at it this way: Imagine an 8-year-old girl walked up to you and punched you in the arm. Would you be rendered permanently disabled? Not likely. The average child that age might be able to inflict some pain, but we wouldn’t expect her to incapacitate you. However, what if that same 8-year-old just kept pummeling your arm? Severe damage could ultimately be inflicted.

The same is true of modestly elevated blood pressures. In this setting, a head of pressure is pounding away at your blood vessels, your heart, your brain, and your kidneys (as well as virtually every other tissue in your body). Like the blows from that 8-year-old, the pounding causes no distress initially. However, over time, the effects of those relatively small repeated traumas accumulate, thus risking serious or life-threatening complications. Now don’t take that illustration too far. If your blood pressure (“BP” in medical lingo) is very high, a more appropriate analogy might envision a professional boxer dealing the blows. In that scenario, the high blood...

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.6.2016
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
ISBN-10	1-942730-03-9 / 1942730039
ISBN-13	978-1-942730-03-3 / 9781942730033

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