Hypertension
The silent killer
Over 78 million people in America suffers from high blood pressure which places them at risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke and heart attack.
What is hypertension?
- In order to maintain adequate blood circulation there must be a certain amount of pressure. The normal blood pressure should be 120/80mmHg. Hypertension occurs when systolic blood pressure is at greater than 140mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure is at or greater than 90 mmHG
- For clients older than 60 years blood pressure should be less than 150/90. When blood pressure exceeds 180 or above for the top number and 120 for the bottom number indicates hypertensive crisis a medical emergency.
Risk Factors
- Family history
- Excessive sodium intake
- Physical inactivity
- Obesity
- High Alcohol consumption
- African American
- Smoking
- Hyperlipidemia
- Stress
- Age greater than 60 postmenopausal
- Kidney disease
- Arterial plaque and poor ventilation.
Signs Symptoms
- Asymptomatic (shows no symptoms)
- Headaches
- Facial flushing
- Dizziness
- Fainting
- Retinal changes, visual disturbances
- Nocturia
Complications
- Aneurysms
- Heart failure
- Myocardial infarction
- Peripheral artery disease
- Stroke
- Vascular dementia
- Visual impairment and retinal hemorrhage
Life Style Changes
- Sodium intake
- Loose weight
- Avoid alcohol and caffeinated beverages
- Exercise 3 or 4 days for one hour
- Stop smoke
- Low potassium
- High fat diet (Animal Products)
Natural Remedies
- Juice Diet for 3 to six days
- Apple and water fast
- 3 days water fast
- Colon cleansing
- Consume garlic daily (3 Cloves twice a day, you can put in the salad or on toast)
- Garlic enema 3 times a day (1 large clove garlic in 1 cup of water and inject it into the rectum.
- Linden tea
- Hibiscus
- Hawthorne berries
- Foods high in potassium such as legumes, pears, squash and pumpkin seeds
- Olive oil
- Omega 3 fatty acids
- Grapefruit, grapes
- Cayenne Pepper
- Parsley
- Magnesium, potassium and calcium
- Celery
- Oats, millet, rye and buck wheat
- Supplements Kyolic garlic, COq10, and L-Arginine
3 John: 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
