Billions of words have been written on the subject of high blood pressure. There are millions upon millions of listings that come up on Google on this subject, and it would be unimaginable that one person could read it all and sort out what to do about it. But one might conclude from the number of words that it is a subject of great apprehension.

Let us define the term. High blood pressure results when there is too much resistance to the amount of blood the heart pumps. Sometimes authorities disagree about what numbers indicate blood pressure is high, and certainly the numbers have changed over the years, but all agree that high blood pressure is not good.

People who have high blood pressure often are not aware of this condition, because there are no symptoms, especially early on. But any doctor or nurse could tell you if your blood pressure is high, and nurses always check it on every office visit.

The reason high blood pressure can be dangerous is because it increases risk of serious health problems such as heart attack and stroke and will cause damage in the body, especially to kidneys. So doctors want that blood pressure brought down to a normal level.

Particular habits such as smoking or conditions such as being overweight can cause high blood pressure. But often there is no obvious cause.

Conventional medicine prescribes drugs to control high blood pressure. There are a myriad of different drugs that can be used, and combinations of drugs. Although the drugs are often effective in lowering blood pressure, they come with side effects. More drugs are prescribed to handle the side effects, and a patient finds himself on a dwindling spiral.

Alternative medicine turns to diet and supplements to handle high blood pressure, and these things can be very effective, and have no side effects. A combination of Coenzyme Q-10, L caritine and D-Ribose have been particularly effective in lowering blood pressure. Hundreds of studies have been done showing these and other natural supplements to bring about desirable results.

Another very effective method of lowering blood pressure is chelation therapy. Chelation therapy is administered by a doctor and involves giving the patient a particularly powerful antioxidant, usually by IV drip, which binds with plaque in arteries and other toxins in the body, thereby cleaning out arteries and lowering blood pressure. Other desirable results come about from cleaning plaque from the arteries and toxic substances from the body – more energy and better health in general. And the patient is not then condemned to taking drugs for the rest of his life and enduring their side effects.

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