Wendy N. reviewed Reversing Hypertension: A Vital New Program to Prevent, Treat, and Reduce High Blood Pressure on + 177 more book reviews
If you or a loved one has high blood pressure, please read this book.
The author reviews the classes of drugs commonly prescribed for hypertension, and the risks of each. Remember, these are drugs that are commonly prescribed FOR LIFE. Often, the drugs are riskier than the HBP they're supposed to treat.
Then he give several relatively simple steps you can take to get your BP in a normal range with taking any of the drugs. Diet and nutritional supplements are stressed; exercise, drinking lots of water, and several alternative therapies are also covered. The complex relationship between insulin resistance (which causes Type II diabeties) and HPB is also covered. Far beyond the typical "CoQ10 is good for your heart" popular press explanations, Dr. Whitaker understands how body systems relate to each other, and explains in detail how and why each of the natural "remedies" works.
A dozen or so anecdotes are included describing individual patients' cases and what strategies they used to get off their long-term medications and get their blood pressures into the normal range naturally. I wish that all doctors would take such a systemic approach to disease management. So often doctors--trained by the pharmaceutical industry--prescribe a pill to treat a symptom, leaving the underlying problem untreated.
The author reviews the classes of drugs commonly prescribed for hypertension, and the risks of each. Remember, these are drugs that are commonly prescribed FOR LIFE. Often, the drugs are riskier than the HBP they're supposed to treat.
Then he give several relatively simple steps you can take to get your BP in a normal range with taking any of the drugs. Diet and nutritional supplements are stressed; exercise, drinking lots of water, and several alternative therapies are also covered. The complex relationship between insulin resistance (which causes Type II diabeties) and HPB is also covered. Far beyond the typical "CoQ10 is good for your heart" popular press explanations, Dr. Whitaker understands how body systems relate to each other, and explains in detail how and why each of the natural "remedies" works.
A dozen or so anecdotes are included describing individual patients' cases and what strategies they used to get off their long-term medications and get their blood pressures into the normal range naturally. I wish that all doctors would take such a systemic approach to disease management. So often doctors--trained by the pharmaceutical industry--prescribe a pill to treat a symptom, leaving the underlying problem untreated.
