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Simple ways to help lower your blood pressure

Simple ways to help lower your blood pressure

  According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, nearly HALF of American adults currently have high blood pressure, with readings at or above 130/80.  And as if that’s not disturbing enough, hypertension is also affecting our kids!  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 in 25 kids in the US — about 1.3 million — ages 12 to 19 have hypertension!    Other research estimates that between 4.7...

Feb 09, 2024 0 comments

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What your doctor doesn’t know about high blood pressure

What your doctor doesn’t know about high blood pressure

According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, currently nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, with readings consistently at or above 130/80.

Note that the hypertension population got a big “boost” back in 2017 when the high blood pressure threshold was changed from 140/90 down to 130/80. When that occurred, the percentage of American adults with hypertension jumped from 32 percent under the old guidelines up to nearly 46 percent!
Sep 13, 2023 1 comment

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My (horrible) experience with blood pressure drugs

My (horrible) experience with blood pressure drugs

  The title of today’s article may have surprised you—Sherry is taking blood pressure medication?  Alas, not everything is as it appears, my friend, so let me tell you the whole story. As you may recall, I found a dynamic new integrative physician down here in Florida who is truly focused on health—not disease—and is helping me to maintain optimal health as I (quickly!) approach age 60. Part of his very thorough workup was a...

Jul 25, 2022 8 comments

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The real culprit behind high blood pressure (Hint: it’s not salt)

The real culprit behind high blood pressure (Hint: it’s not salt)

  As of this writing, an incredible, unprecedented 116 million American adults have high blood pressure (hypertension). That’s just a hair shy of 50 percent of us! Out of those 116 million, only about 29 million (1 out of 4) have it under control. Note that the hypertension population got a big “boost” back in 2017 when the high blood pressure threshold was changed from 140/90 down to 130/80.  When that occurred, the percentage of...

Apr 20, 2022 3 comments

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Half of US adults have this COVID-19 risk factor—do you?

Half of US adults have this COVID-19 risk factor—do you?

  According to the American Heart Association, currently about 103 million Americans have high blood pressure—that’s nearly HALF of adults in the US!  High blood pressure is the number one cause of heart disease and stroke, plus it raises your risk of heart failure and heart attack too.  It can also damage small arteries, resulting in kidney failure or vision loss, and raises your risk of dementia. And most recently, it is a co-morbid condition...

Jan 29, 2021 2 comments

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This explodes your COVID-19 death risk

This explodes your COVID-19 death risk

  Over the last few months several facts about COVID-19 have emerged, and data from countries all over the world are filling in the blanks as to why some people acquire it and don’t even know it, some incur symptoms and then recover, yet others succumb to the virus. And one of the biggest factors behind COVID-19 related deaths that has come out in the statistics is the presence of co-morbid conditions, most significantly high...

Jun 05, 2020 7 comments

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