Comments on: Natural Blood Pressure Control – New Research May Help You

By: Rob@nitricoxidesupplements

Rob@nitricoxidesupplements — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:01:25 +0000

A very interesting and useful article with many intelligent comments.I have used Nitric Oxide for years and find it to be very useful in bodybuilding. It has made me stronger and more defined. It works by causing vasodilation which is very helpful for circulation. It means oxygen, nutrients etc are transported round the body much more quickly and efficiently.

By: Feel-Live

Feel-Live — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure.Your blood pressure reading uses these two numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Usually they are written one above or before the other. A reading of
120/80 or lower is normal blood pressure
140/90 or higher is high blood pressure
120 and 139 for the top number, or between 80 and 89 for the bottom number is prehypertension
High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, but it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. You can control high blood pressure through healthy lifestyle habits and taking medicines, if needed.

By: Kevin of Strength and Fitness Blog

Kevin of Strength and Fitness Blog — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:45:54 +0000

You should have mentioned CoQ10–it’s been established as effective against moderate hypertension.
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By: Mind Mart

Mind Mart — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:23:16 +0000

Herbs and Supplements for Hypertension…

One hypothesis is that some cases of hypertension are caused by a heart dysfunction of the endothelial vasodilator mechanism. The amino acid L-argnine has been shown to be highly effective in reversing this dysfunction. Taken either orally or intrave…

By: GiGi

GiGi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:14:31 +0000

Thanks, Jennifer for the great information! I agree about the excessive salt intake. I sometimes take for granted that people already know about all the salt in processed foods since we hear about it all the time, but it helps to get the reminder.

I also make the assumption that most of my readers aren’t fast food eaters, but that’s a pretty silly assumption to make since I occasionally have fast food, too!

GiGi

By: Jennifer Gait

Jennifer Gait — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:05:54 +0000

As usual Gigi, a nice post with lots of good information, One of the links in your previous post about reducing blood pressure naturally talked about the importance of getting adequate potassium and magnesium. This is important, but at the same time people need to reduce their salt intake.

There has been an epidemic of hypertension over the years to the extent that one in four people in the US have hypertension. This is in large part due to the excessive addition of salt to processed and fast foods. The maximum daily amount of salt for those aged 13 to 50 is 2500 mg, but nobody should get the MDA on a regular basis. (The percent of salt in food given on the label is the percent of the MDA). Rather than the MDA, people should aim to get no more than the adequate daily amount, which for those aged 13 to 50 is 1500 mg (I have been quoting the Canadian guidelines which might be slightly different in the US.). The MDA and the adequate daily amount are lower for children and those over 50, and differ according to age. Most people can get less than the adequate daily amount without any adverse health effects.

Many processed foods and those in fast food restaurants (including kiddie meals) often have far more than the MDA per serving I found one fast food outlet which had two offerings which had four times the sodium MDA!

Excessive salt intake not only contributes to hypertension but also to osteoporosis and to kidney disease. The mortality rate from kidney failure in the US has increased by 52 percent in 16 years. Japan, where people eat 5,000 to 10,000 mg or more of salt a day, has extremely high mortality rates from stroke and coronary artery disease. Finland, which had a program to reduce salt intake by 30 percent, saw a 10 mm of mercury decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure and a corresponding decrease in rates of stroke and coronary artery disease.

There are other sources of salt in the body including drinking and bathing in salt-softened water, but the dietary route is the major one for most. If people were to read labels when shopping and the nutrition guide (a misnomer) in fast food restaurants before ordering, they could substantially decrease their risk of hypertension and probably lower existing hypertension, especially of they take adequate amounts of potassium and magnesium as well. This is especially important in those populations, such as black people, who are genetically sensitive to salt.

Sorry about the length of this comment, but I think it is important that people are aware of the dangers of excessive salt.