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Dear Natural Healing House Friends,
The medical literature is very clear: if we allow hypertension to go untreated, there is a significant increased risk in heart attacks, stroke, congestive heart failure, and kidney failure.
Antihypertensive medications do not cure high blood pressure. They merely control high blood pressure.
In view of all the different side effects of the antihypertensive medications, many people desire a more natural approach. The JAMA reported a study in March of 1987 that found by simply eating a healthy diet that allowed the patient to lose some weight, reducing salt and alcohol, and increasing their physical activity, 39% of the patients were able to maintain normal blood pressures without drugs.
Participants in a third-party clinical study recently completed at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) reduced their systolic blood pressure by an average of 10 points and diastolic blood pressure dropped an average of 6 points in just 12 weeks using the USANA RESET and nutritional program. Physicians and researchers are beginning to realize that the majority of patients with high blood pressure are the result of an underlying insulin resistance. Healthy lifestyle changes can significantly improve insulin sensitivity and improve their health and blood pressure. This was noted in the above clinical trial and many individuals are improving their blood pressure enough to avoid taking medication.
Dr. Russo reported in the September 1998 issue of the Journal of Hypertension that oxidized-LDL cholesterol also caused injury to the endothelium. He demonstrated that hypertension is associated with greater than normal oxidation of the LDL cholesterol and an imbalance in the anti-oxidant status. His findings suggests that oxidative stress is an important factor in the development of hypertension and that antioxidants taken in supplementation could be beneficial. There have been several studies that have shown that in addition, Coenzyme Q-10 is not only able to lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures but also is able to lower insulin resistance, which decreases glucose and triglycerides.
This information has not been reviewed by the FDA and is not meant to cure, diagnose, or treat any disease.
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