Re: Anyone used CardioVital from Biowell for Hypertension

Hi,
sorry for how long it has taken me to post on this thread again. I have been really busy and out of town part of the time. Well, here are the basics, at least as I understand them (I'm not an expert by any means, and most of this I have learned in pieces from books, two by Dr. Robert O. Young, and my own personal doctor). blood pressure is, in an overly simple picture, dictated by our bodies ability to transport oxygen and nutrients around the body at a suficient rate. If the red blood cells become less efficient at transporting oxygen, or their number decreases, or the vesels themselves become constricted, then the heart must increase the blood pressure to maintain a sufficient flow rate of the blood to sustain the body. These three causes for high blood pressure can be traced back to proper diet and nutrition as well as exercise in several ways. Blood is a buffered solution that needs to be maintained at a slightly alkaline pH level (that is with an excess negative charge) in order to function properly. Two major reasons for this are the ability of the blood cells to maintain a cell membrain potential difference and thus transport oxygen efficiently, and to keep the red blood cells separated. The red blood cells have an excess negative charge on the outside of their cell wall, and thus, in a slightly negatively charged fluid, naturally maintain their separation from one another. If the pH of the blood plasma should shift even slightly toward the acidic side, then that balance will be distrubed and the red blood cells may begin to stick together in chains. This makes the blood "thicker" and more difficult to pass through the smaller capilaries. Thus requiring a higher blood pressure. This same shift to a more acidic (or more accurately, less alkaline) blood can also render the individual blood cells less efficient at transfering oxygen and in many cases cause deformation of the cells or even rupture of the cell walls destroying them. This all leads to a need for higher flow rate and thus greater blood pressure. One of the many responses that the body can take to dealing with the presence of excess acidic material in the blood is to produce and release a larger amount of LDL cholesterol. This specific fat can both bind to the acid (as a long chain polar molecule it can bond to the excess positive charge of the acid), and coat the inside surface of the arteries to protect them from damage. This restriction in the size of the arteries also leads to the need for higher blood pressure. This is not a permanent problem, since the HDL cholesterol acts to break away the LDL from the walls of the arteries once the ratio of LDL to HDL has been restored. So, with this all said, I have taken a two fold approach with great success. I started by focussing on improving the health of my blood. I did this by making sure that my bodies pH levels were balance. The method I used is clearly explained in Dr. Robert O. Young's book "the pH miracle". I have both been taking the supplement he designed specifically for that purpose ("supergreen" and "prime pH", along with "supersoy" and "biolight") and adjusted my diet to fit with more with the 70-80% alkalizing diet. This alone made a pretty dramatic difference in my resting heart rate and blood pressure. Then the second stage in working with my doctor was to use the body's natural "conditioned response". Basically as the we do endurance exercise the body improves the efficiency of the cardiovascular system, further reducing the resting heart rate and blood pressure. So I decided to start getting into triathlons. I have been running for just under two years now. I started only able to go about 3/4 of a mile. Now I'm up around 12 miles. My resting heart rate and blood pressure now typically run around 118-120/68-70 with HR 48-54. Sleeping, or really resting my heart rate is about 44. I have been on Tenormin (or Atenolol), a beta-blocker, for more than 12 years as a preventative for a marfans (a genetic connective tissue condition) and as of 10 month ago I was boarderline hypertensive, running 135-145/80-85 with HR 60. I realize that's not extreme, but I'm only 26 now and always considered my self healthy. 10 months ago is when I started Dr. Young's program, and that's what really made all the rest possible. If anyone out there is interested in joining me in this approach, feel free to email me. I'm in this for the long hall, so I have arranged to get a discount on Dr. Young supplements and would be more than happy to share it with anyone here who is interested in trying them out to see if they can help you too. Feel free to email me if you would like to talk some more. At the very least you should read Dr. Young's book. Talk to you all soon I hope, Mike
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