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#68 Improve your oral and dental health (64 non-drug ways to lower BP)

I came across a book “Teeth are our organs” by Dr. Kazumasa Muratsu. (2009)    The book is fairly unreadable as I believe it is a computer translation from Japanese to English.   It also tends to be bit sensational and at times not well documented...

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# 67. Don’t use Uva ursi (BearBerry) (64+ non-drug ways to reduce blood pressure)

There is a huge supplement industry that sells all kinds of products and Uva ursi is one of those plants that are promoted. I haven’t personally tried this one, but it seems to me for quantities received it is a fairly expensive supplement....

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66. Asparagus (64+ ways to lower blood pressure

Asparagus is a fairly strong tasting food, not everyone finds it pleasant, but there are a variety of ways to cook it,  with the right steaming, spices and additions it actually great.    In some ways, asparagus is a wonderfood, it contains things that a lot...

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#65. Selenium (64+ non-Drug Ways to lower BP)

Nuts in general have health benefits we tend to overlook.  One example is Brazil nuts.  They happen to be very high in selenium, a compound that has health benefits.   There are even some hints that selenium may be a key to predicting and controlling high...

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Functional Medicine

Last post I was talking about Magnesium role in high blood pressure.  But in the list of links was a link about video of Functional Medicine at TED by Mark Hyman.   The thinking or position of functional medicine is that we have to move from...

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#64. Magnesium (64 Non-Drug Ways to lower BP)

Apparently ,there are some common symptoms… headaches, high stress levels, sleep disturbances, that respond well to increase in magnesium in the diet.  Again, natural sources in diet are better than supplements, but supplements of right type and quantity can help.

Personally, I tried magnesium and noticed...

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# 63. Vitamin K and Spinach. (64 non drug ways to lower blood pressure)

63. Vitamin K and Spinach.

Apparently most of us are not deficient in vitamin K, but having some in your diet is important.  It is thought that vitamin K is a power heart disease fighter.  Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, are natural sources of the...

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#62. Ginger (64 non-drug ways to lower blood pressure)

Plants produce powerful compounds, many of which are natural drugs.  Now some of these are toxins but a fair number of substances are beneficial to health.  Some of these compounds are spices and their medical value has been known and valued for centuries.  Ginger it...

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#61 Chicken Soup (64 nondrug ways to reduce blood pressure)

Most commercial soups are full of chemicals, flavour enhancers, MSG, salt and other things you probably don’t want in your diet.  However, if you are willing to make your own chicken soup, from some roasted or baked chicken, it probably a great thing.  Apparently the...

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# 60 Hypnotherapy (64 non-drug ways to lower blood pressure)

I couldn’t find any studies that actually proved that hypnotherapy works for lowering BP.  Despite this, I think there may be something too it.  After all, when hypotized folks have been operated without medication and seem to experience no pain, it would seem that a...

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