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God’s Prescription for a Healthy Heart

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Precision Blood Pressure Design

Like the concert virtuoso who sets the tension on a violin string with precision, the Grand Maestro of the Universe determined a specific blood pressure, which would be essential to healthy human life. In the Garden of Eden, God looked at the living bodies he meticulously fashioned and said, “It is good.” In other words: even down to the diminutive details we all take for granted or never slow down to notice, all things both micro and macro, internal and external, are now perfectly set for healthy life to flourish and thrive.

Stating the obvious, without blood pressure, life is over. However, too much, or high blood pressure results in the delicate and intricate harmony of every bodily system breaking down. Vascular health determines the well-being and longevity of every cell and organ in the body.

Next time you find yourself sitting with someone both to your left and to your right, one of the three of you is likely suffering from high blood pressure. Researchers report that in 90-95% cases of hypertension (aka, high blood pressure) no known cause can be found. Of course Newton’s Law remains true that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. That being said, something is boiling the blood of millions of people even if the majority of causes are not directly identifiable as medical in nature.

Merry Medicine for the Heart

The Bible says a lot about the heart, and even about the importance of having a healthy heart. Something as simple as joy directly affects blood flow. “A merry heart is like good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22) Aside from the astonishing fact that this verse was written a couple millennia before modern medicine discovered the role of the bones in making blood for the heart, there is this now documentable reality that these seemingly non-biological factors directly affect us physically. This monthly column on the Spiritual Dimensions of Wellness is devoted to what was obvious even to healing practitioners in the ancient world – that a wide range of intangible dynamics, especially emotional factors and spiritual forces, directly impact our bodies for good and for bad.

At funerals I often quote the verse which states how, “None of us lives to himself and none of us dies to himself,” which in context, refers to how dependant we are on God, each other and our environment. If things are not right in any of those three areas there is a direct correlation to our bodies breaking down. Before God ever created human life, he worked for a number of days on the ideal environmental conditions.

Secondary Blood Pressure Contributors

Those who research the mysteries of hypertension often mention in their medical journal articles how, in Eden-like settings like the tropical rain forests, no one has high blood pressure. Granted, these remote tribal peoples often have high mortality rates, but the point is these unknown factors contributing to hypertension are apparently not present.

Chocolate lovers will no doubt delight to know of the 2003 Harvard Study that uncovered the relationship between the Kuna Tribe in Panama having perfect blood pressure and the fact that tribal members drink five cups of cocoa each day. Chocolate has a relaxing effect on blood vessels due to the presence of flavonoids (a type of antioxidants). Flavonoids stimulate the production of nitric oxide, which acts as a blood thinner and increases blood flow.

Dr. Don Colbert in his book The Seven Pillars of Health asserts that something as simple as water will do wonders for our blood pressure as most of us are at least mildly dehydrated each day. Aging and family history of hypertension are considered related but secondary contributors.

Even more significant,...


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Hypertension – “The Silent Killer?”

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Vital Signs 101

Dave initially came in over a year ago wanting help to get off of his medications for diabetes and hypertension.  He was getting weak and tired, partly because numbness and tingling in his feet kept him up at night.  His blood pressure was poorly controlled, even on three medications.  Over the next six months he was able to get it down from about 220/110 to 146/88 – after stopping his medications.  At the same time, he lost weight, feels better and has more energy, plus he sleeps all night because his feet don’t hurt.  Dave had a metabolic syndrome that often causes the blood pressure to go up.  He was taking medication for each symptom of the syndrome, none of which helped his condition.  When we addressed the underlying condition the blood pressure finally improved.  While it’s important to look at hypertension, it’s more important to look at the cause.

The best way to look at blood pressure is as a “vital sign” like the temperature.  If you came in to my office and your temperature was 102 degrees Fahrenheit, I could diagnose “hyperthermia” (fever) and prescribe a medication to lower your temperature.  If I just sent you home with a prescription for Ibuprofen I could miss a serious infection.  A doctor needs to address not the fever, but rather the cause of the fever.  The temperature will drop by itself when an infection is treated.

Stalk the Silent Killer

Blood pressure is similar.  There are hundreds of reasons why your blood pressure might go up (WrongDiagnosis.com lists 398). When you find and treat the cause, then the blood pressure will come down to normal without ever taking a pill for it – just like curing a pneumonia will bring your fever down without Ibuprofen.  Remember, hypertension isn’t the cause of illness, heart disease, stroke, or arterial disease. It’s just an associated symptom.

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How Low Should You Go?

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Low Blood Pressure Strengths

There is a pride that comes with being healthy.  However, the Good Book says, “Pride comes before a fall.”  Exactly.  My sister’s fall in blood pressure to a natural healthy low reading had her gloating with pride.  Unfortunately, the fall to an even lower blood pressure went unnoticed and soon complications became apparent indicating something was wrong.

Low blood pressure can mean a variety of things. Mildly low blood pressure, or hypotension, may be a sign of good health. People who have lower blood pressures have a lower risk of stroke, kidney disease, and heart disease. People who exercise regularly, people who maintain ideal body weight, and non-smokers tend to have lower blood pressure. As in the case with my sister, she worked hard to lose weight, kept a nightly walk schedule and ate more cantaloupe (her favorite fruit in place of desserts).

Is Low Blood Pressure A Problem?

But, in some people, hypotension can be a problem when[amprotect=all] it falls beneath acceptable ranges. These are the normal low blood pressure readings:

  • Adult: 117/70
  • Teen (12-17): 116/70
  • Child (8-12): 104-6/58-61
  • Infant: 50-70/20-45

When blood pressure dips beneath these levels, blood flowing through the arteries to the heart is weak.  The problem with this is the blood doesn’t delivery enough oxygen and nutrients to your vital organs (brain, heart, kidney).  As a result, these low blood pressure symptoms become present:

Lightheadedness Intolerance to heat
Dizziness Feeling cold all over
Exercise intolerance Belching after meals
Blurred Vision Delayed gastric emptying
Chest discomfort and/or pain Sleep disorders
Clamminess Cold hands
Anxiety Loss of sweating
Flushing Chills
Fatigue Light Sensitivity
Headache/migraine Lethargy
Blood pooling in limbs Weakness

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The Invisible Symptoms Of The Silent Killer HBP Revealed

September 1, 2010 By 3 Comments

Did you know in 2009, an estimated 785,000 Americans had their first heart attack, and of those about 470,000 will have another? That means about every 25 seconds an American has a heart attack and about every minute someone dies as a result.1

That makes High Blood Pressure (HBP) the #1 cause of sudden death America. HBP is called “The Silent Killer” because for most people their first symptom is a heart attack or death. Why is that?

Medical Myth: HBP has no cure and there are no symptoms.

Truth is every action has a reaction, every cause has an effect and every dis-ease has its symptoms.

I’m sure you’d agree that if you simply don’t know what to look for, you’ll never find it. Right?

I want you to know that worrying yourself to death is NOT your only option. So, today, I hope to help you learn how to stop a heart attack before it happens. Once you can recognize the effects of HBP, then you can better address the cause(s).

There’s no need to worry about curing your HBP if you’ll focus on the root cause of it.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ~ Franklin D Roosevelt

Uncommon Sense

Common sense is no longer “common” because so many people have become confused by all the mixed messages concerning their health care. As an independent medical investigator, consumer health advocate and author, I’ve found even doctors find it hard to keep up with all the advancing scientific discoveries and still manage their practices. Helping make common sense more “common” is why Home Cures That Work (HCTW) is such an exciting publication for both professionals and laymen alike.

Home Cures That Work helps keep intelligent people like you in the loop.

New Science Based On Time-Tested Remedies

The business of Western medicine, the American Medical Association (AMA), is actually quite young —historically speaking —and as a result, has made many costly mistakes over the past 160 years. One of them was the exclusion of all holistic, alternative and ancient time-tested medicine of the east.

The good news is America is finally realizing the benefits of joining ancient healing wisdom with cutting-edge medical science.

Cutting Edge Health Breakthroughs

Because of recent breakthroughs in “epigenetics,” we now know your hypertension is NOT usually determined by your genes. In fact, HBP is a direct response...


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Celebrity Chefs Low Blood Pressure Recipe Tips

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3 Tips From Celebrity Chefs to Lower Your Blood Pressure

Eating to control your blood pressure is what celebrity chefs are experts at.  Take some of their advice and tips for cutting down on fat, cholesterol and salt without loosing flavor or fun.

Here are some Celebrity Chef tips and recipes on how to make your diet blood pressure friendly.

1) Giada De Laurentiis, of the cooking show Everyday Italian, says that naturally fat-free lemon juice is the most essential ingredient in her kitchen.

She flavors salmon fillets with lemon juice, white wine, rosemary, and capers, so they need just a pinch of salt, which cuts out half the sodium found in this fattier seafood sauce.

Quick tip: Toss the salt in favor of lemon juice often enough, and you may even lower your blood pressure. [Read more...]

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Lower Blood Pressure Using Fighter Pilot Technology – Like Grandma Barton Did!

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Grandma Barton Reports from the Cockpit!

I’d like to tell you a quick story about how I (Grandma Barton) recently lowered my blood pressure using a hand-held “video game” type device, which was developed based on some curious results reported from fighter pilots, and favorably reported on in the Harvard Heart Letter for reducing hypertension.

Now, I hate flying.

I haven’t flown in an airplane for over 15 years… It would’ve been 40 years if I hadn’t flown to Mexico to receive some alternative health care for my fight against breast cancer (which I beat!! Yeah!)

Anyway, for the past few years, I had high blood pressure. My doctor had me on blood pressure medications, but even then my blood pressure was usually around 150/90.

Don’t Play a Game with Your Health

Recently, Joe Barton (my son) was given a gift from a friend of his who works with a company called Zona Health. They make a product called the Zona Plus, which is a hypertension relief “game-like” device created with fighter pilot technology.

He gave this to me, and asked me to use it for a month to test lowering my blood pressure and relieve the effects of hypertension.

To remind myself to use the Zona, I printed out a picture of my 8-year old grandson making a goofy face, taped it next to my computer, and wrote in big letters, “Do the Zona today?”

Medication Costs Too High – So is Your Blood Pressure

I have been using the Zona Plus for a couple weeks now, and already...


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Eating Your Way To A Healthy Heart

September 1, 2010 By 3 Comments

How a Raw Fast Can Transform Your High Blood Pressure and Your Life!

Most people are aware of the strong link between a healthy diet, obesity, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease. Yet, millions of people are still suffering from these easily treatable and preventable diseases.

Why are so many not willing to change?

Is it the fact that eating a heart healthy diet means cutting out read meat, alcohol, salt and eating more fresh fruits, vegetables and lean proteins?

Or, is it because the abundance of highly processed and highly salted pre-packaged meals that ready to eat rather than make a home made meal each night?

The Good News: Not a lot of hard work

The good news is there is a simple, quick and easy way to get started in the right direction: no hard to prepare meals, no tasteless dinners, and no laborious preparation. You can lower your high blood pressure, lose weight, and start eating healthy in less then 30 days. All you need to do is take the 30-day Raw Challenge.

The 30-Day Raw Challenge

The raw food diet is based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, sprouts, seeds, nuts, grains, beans, dried fruits and seaweed. The belief is that processed and cooked foods destroy the natural enzymes that aid in digestion and absorption of food.

A raw food diet is ideal for those people suffering from High Blood Pressure because it is low in calories, fat and sodium, but is naturally abundant in potassium, magnesium and other heart-healthy substances such as vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber.

While maintaining a raw food diet for a prolonged period of time can be difficult for most individuals, this challenge is a great and easy way to get started in the right direction. This eating plan will teach you and your body to break old, unhealthy habits and reinforce healthy habits and foods into your diet.  You will also learn that eating healthy is easy*, quick to prepare and that it can be very satisfying for the entire family.

The Raw Diet Action Plan

Week 1: Meal Modification

During the first week, you will[amprotect=all] be removing read meat, refined sugars and white flours from your diet. This means no bread, crackers, lunchmeats or soda pop. Instead of white pastas, eat whole wheat, substitute red meat with grilled chicken, exchange all desserts for fresh fruits and replace cooked vegetables with raw varieties.

On a raw food diet, you should only be consuming unprocessed whole foods such as:

Fresh fruits and vegetables
Nuts
Seeds
Beans
Grains
Legumes
Dried fruit
Seaweed
Unprocessed organic or natural foods
Freshly juiced fruit and vegetables
Purified or filtered water
Young coconut milk

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Advanced Artery Solution™

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Oral Chelation with EDTA

Advanced Artery Solution™ is an Amino Acid supplement that works to reduce cholesterol by a process called Chelation. Advanced Artery Solution™ is designed as an “all-natural formula that is intended to be used as part of a cholesterol-reducing regimen” at home.  It is safe, natural and assists your body in making healthy arteries.

Advanced Artery Solution™ is formulated with:

  • Disodium EDTA (or EDTA for short)—Given to heart patients for over 50 years, this amino acid helps promote healthy arteries and circulation throughout your entire body, including your extremities.
  • Malic Acid—In tandem with EDTA, malic acid helps remove heavy metals from your body to fight memory loss and even unexplained fatigue.
  • N-Acetyl-Cysteine—To help offset the damages of premature aging and stimulate collagen production for younger, healthier-looking skin.
  • Vitamins C, E and Selenium—To help fight free radicals.
  • Folic Acid and Tri-methyl Glycine—To help regulate dangerous levels of homocysteine in your bloodstream.
  • Vitamin B12—To help protect your heart cells and regulate arterial inflammation.
  • Magnesium—To help maintain healthy arteries and blood vessels… promote normal blood pressure… and keep your heart beating strong and steady.
  • Bromelain—Widely used in traditional medicine. Helps to reduce minor joint pain, promote normal blood clotting, boost your immune system, and soothe inflammation.

These ingredients assist in producing an effect called “Chelation,” which is the process of removing toxins and deposits in the bloodstream. By cleansing and removing plaque, this will improve blood flow and eventually restore health. Consider it as an alternative to balloon angioplasty and bypass surgery.

Stay Healthy with Advanced Artery Solution™ oral chelation!

  • Reduce Cholesterol
  • Improve Circulation
  • Better Blood Pressure
  • Regular Heart Beat
  • Higher Energy
  • Increased Sexual Desire
  • Sharper Memory
  • Clearer Vision

The build up of plaque and calcium on human cardiovascular system is a slow process that can literally go unnoticed for many years. If left unchecked, this will eventually lead to hardening of arteries & blocked arteries. When this happen, it will cause angina pain, strokes and heart attacks in some cases.

Order Yours Natural Solution TODAY!

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Are You Triggering High Blood Pressure While You Sleep?

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Less Sleep Associated with High, Worsening Blood Pressure

According to a new study carried out by Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo of the University of Haifa-Oranim and with Prof. Charalambos P. Kyriacou of the University of Leicester, just one “pulse” of artificial light at night disrupts circadian cell division.

“Damage to cell division is characteristic of cancer, and it is therefore important to understand the causes of this damage,” notes Dr. Ben-Shlomo. (Read on to see how to avoid this and high blood pressure.)

The current research was carried out by placing lab mice in an environment where they were exposed to light for 12 hours and dark for 12 hours. During the dark hours, one group of mice was given artificial light for one hour. Changes in the expression of genes in the rodents’ brain cells were then examined.

Earlier studies that Dr. Ben-Shlomo carried out found that the cells’ biological clock is affected, and in the present research, she revealed that the mode of cell division is also harmed and that the transcription of a large number of genes is affected. She states it is important to note that those genes showing changes in their expression included genes connected to the formation of cancer as well as genes that assist in the fight against cancer.

Sleep Deprivation and Health Effects

I know how hard it is to remember even a fraction of what we read. So, here’s reminder of some information and advice I gave you in Life Extension Express about quality sleep.

Losing sleep for even part of one night can trigger the key cellular pathway that produces tissue-damaging inflammation. Your body perceives sleep deprivation as stress and responds by producing deadly stress chemicals. A single night of reduced sleep significantly impairs your ability to function. As you add days, impairment becomes cumulative.

As a result, this sleep deprivation:

  • Spikes your blood pressure
  • Increases mood swings, stress and irrationality
  • Reduces your ability to adapt to change
  • Impairs performance
  • Saps your energy
  • Slows reactions and impairs memory, judgment and decision making no matter what you do.

Worse, you are often the last to notice or admit it. This has been clearly proven in clinical studies as well as in brain scans.

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Quality sleep helps your blood regulate stress hormones, which maintains your nervous system. Over time, a lack of sleep could hurt your body’s ability to regulate high blood pressure. Aim for 7-8 hours a night of quality sleep.

Even more alarming is, lack of sleep contributes to:

  • High Blood Pressure
  • Heart Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Weakened immune system
  • Depression
  • Cancer
  • Stroke

Also, a single night of sleeping just four, five or even six hours can impact your ability to think clearly. Sleep deprivation can cause changes in your brain activity similar to those experienced by people with psychiatric disorders.

So, lack of adequate sleep is definitely pro-aging. And if that’s not enough reason to get enough quality sleep, consider the fact that sleep deprivation makes you a less active lover.

Quality Sleep Solutions

The average person needs seven to eight hours of quality sleep a night. Some need more, and some need less. That means deep, undisturbed sleep.

Helpful hints for stress-free deep, rejuvenating quality sleep:

  • Get regular exercise, but do not exercise shortly before going to bed.
  • Adopt a regular schedule for quality sleep.
  • Keep your TV out of your bedroom.
  • Go to bed earlier and get up earlier, rather than going to bed later and getting up later.
  • If you drink coffee or tea, drink them early in the day.
  • Reduce interruptive noise, even if you need to use some type of white noise machine. Heavy drapes can also reduce noise.
  • Keep your bedroom as dark as possible.
  • If you normally get up during the night to urinate, stop drinking liquids late in the day, and urinate right before bedtime.
  • If you drink, do not have more than one or two alcoholic beverages in the evening. Excess alcohol disturbs your quality sleep cycle.
  • Take a warm bath before bed.
  • Keep your bedroom cool, under 70° F.
  • Use a deep relaxation technique, or listen to a deep relaxation audio right before sleep.
  • Quit working at least an hour before turning in to give your mind time to unwind.
  • Supplement with: melatonin; sleep-inducing herbs such as kava, chamomile, valerian and/or ziziphus spinosa; 200-500 mg of calcium citrate; or 200-400 mgs of magnesium citrate right before bedtime.

Sleep allows the heart to slow down and blood pressure to drop for a significant part of the day. However, people with sleep deprivation raise their average 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate. This may set up the cardiovascular system to operate at an elevated pressure. Those who lack quality sleep continue to be significantly more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure if they are sleeping five or fewer hours per night.

David Kekich (Living Healthy to 120: Anti-Aging Breakthroughs) is President/CEO of Maximum Life Foundation that focuses on aging research, a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging-related diseases. For more information, visit: www.MaxLife.org. David contributes to our column Living Healthy to 120: Anti-Aging Breakthroughs. MaxLife is helping to make the anti-aging dream a reality with cutting edge Bio-Engineering research and products.
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Review: Potassium Supplements

September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Potassium helps to maintain normal blood pressure through the balance of electrolytes in the body, including the proper function of cardiac muscle, the nervous system, skeletal system and metabolism.

Treating high blood pressure with diuretic medication (water-pills) can create a potassium deficiency, as does diarrhea or excessive vomiting.  Potassium deficiency leads to irregular heartbeat, muscle weakness, lack of energy and irritable behavior.

Research has shown that healthy levels of potassium can help to reduce high blood pressure.

The independent lab testing potassium supplements checks levels of potassium purity, as well as heavy metal contaminations such as lead.

The ONE product that did not contain the claimed amounts of potassium is:...


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