While scouring weblogs world for interesting articles on high blood pressure I came across this article written by Christian Goodman.
If you don’t know who Christian Goodman is, he’s the promoter of the popular “3 easy exercises to lower your blood to below 120/80 in as little as a week.” (You can read my in depth review of his program. Link in the column to the right.)
What interesting about this article is that he focuses on bad foods and unhealthy environments causing high blood pressure. However, the 3 exercises he promotes are all based on the assumption that stress the main, if not the only, cause of high blood pressure.
Does this article suggest a change in direction for Christian?
Here’s in article as posted on: totalhorrormovies.com/how-toxins-and-pollution-affects-high-blood-pressure
How Toxins and Pollution Affects High Blood Pressure
So much is said about high blood pressure and the potentially disastrous health consequences if left untreated (heart attack, stroke, blindness, and all sorts of other scary health concerns) that almost everyone over the age of thirty knows at least something about it.
This is why I write so in a large extent about this condition and the fact that it is so very treatable.
We are all informed of things to avoid such as high sodium foods, processed foods, fast food, red meat, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and tobacco.
Not everyone knows why we shouldn’t do this. The fact is that these types of foods all contain some sort of toxin which can affect ones health – high blood pressure being the topic of today’s article.
Sodium and caffeine can elevate blood pressure thou they are not inherently poisonous. This is especially true of people who have a family history or other issues such as being over weight that already increases their risk for hypertension.
Many processed foods and fast foods are comprised of a high amount of trans fats, sodium and cholesterol. Be wary of some diet foods as they sometimes replace sugar with chemicals high in sodium and are oftentimes not lower in fat.
Red meats, even those not processed or cured can be cause for alarm because you are basically eating whatever toxin the animal ate before it became your meal.
Alcohol and nicotine/tobacco, while not foods are things people inclined to ingest or breathe in in overabundance. While I don’t see a problem with limited alcohol consumption, research has suggested there is no safe cigarette. Keep in mind that these are by definition poisons to our bodies.
Also in the toxins category are medications, both over the counter and prescription. If you have any history of hypertension it is very important to let your doctor know because they can raise blood pressure.
Now, new research on animals has shown that when exposed to daily air pollutants (much lower levels than seen in many developing countries and parts of the U.S.), even short term, blood pressure was raised as much as 25%.
While we can carpool and recycle (yes, I’m a big believer!), we can’t control what goes on globally. Likewise, a hyperbaric chamber isn’t something we can budget for either.
Anyone who suffers from hypertension, I would highly recommend my High Blood Pressure program. It’s all natural breathing and relaxation exercises have shown amazing results and its something you can do no matter what the environment to help bring down your blood pressure.
Christian Goodman is a well known health researcher and the author of several revolutionary natural health alternative methods. One of his most popular breakthroughs is his natural high blood pressure cure. You can learn more about Christian on his Natural Health Blog.
My response:
I would have to agree that the food we eat can both be a problem and a solution to high blood pressure problems.
Moderation is the key. For example salt. Everyone needs some in their diet to remain healthy – but eating lots of processed foods or eating out at restaurants gives us way too much – even if we never touch a salt shaker.
I still like a cup of real coffee (not decaffeinated) in the morning but don’t drink so much anymore. I know it might raise my blood pressure a bit but only temporarily.
Hi Simon, I love your blog. I’m going through the same process – reclaiming the responsibility for my health from my doctor and trying to control my blood pressure (hereditary) without meds.
So far I’ve moved to a raw vegan diet (not everyones cup of tea, but I was already a long term vegetarian and am really enjoying the experience) and getting back into exercising regularly. Consequently I’ve shed a lot of weight and dropped my body fat percentage to about 10%.
My breakfast is now usually a green smoothie consisting of a banana (potassium), some other bits of fruit, water, and a handful of leafy green veges (calcium and magnesium)
Other things I’m experimenting with include sunbathing (vitamin D), slow breathing, and drinking lots of water.
Have you come across Dr Batmanhelidg’s writings? Here’s an excerpt:
“Anyway, we were talking about drought management programs in the body. Hypertension is another one of these problems. When there isn’t enough water in the body, or the body becomes dehydrated, 66% of the water loss is from the interior of the cells. 26% is from the environment around the cells, and only 8% is lost from the vascular system. But the vascular system is an elastic system — it tightens up and takes up the slack so you don’t see the problem that is going on inside the cells of your body by testing your blood that is being tested in so many conditions. If people drank water on a regular basis and took enough salt and minerals to expand the capillary beds, hypertension would disappear completely.
And there are 60 million Americans who don’t realize that actually hypertension is one of the manifestations of drought management programs of the body when the body begins to operate a reverse osmosis process, to deliver water into the interior of those cells which are 66% water deficient. Now the pharmaceutical industry and the medical doctors arrogantly and ignorantly are treating hypertension with diuretics.
Mike: Let’s get rid of the water!
Dr. B: They are getting rid of the water in the body, at a lot of, how shall I say, effort.
Mike: Isn’t this an example of the arrogance of modern medicine in believing that it knows more than nature, it knows more than the body?”
It’s from an interview with Mike Adams – you can access the whole interview at http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_water_cure_5.html
I should say that generally most of my readings have been good but they seem to fluctuate wildly over quite a range. If I do two readings in immediate succession, the second is always lower (sometimes by quite a bit) though not necessarily more accurate. So I’m working to stabilise my readings in a smaller, lower range.I’ve been on meds for about 5 years and took myself off them about a month ago and am monitoring my BP so it doesn’t get too dangerous – if it does I can always take another pill!
Have you looked into handgrip exercises at all yet?
Another thing I’ve been looking into is meditation but I’m starting to think that slow breathing is just meditation shorn of it’s spiritual overtones, and therefore all I really need (BP wise). I’d be interested in your thoughts on this.
Keep up the good work!
Bill