Re: Higher BP caused by age related blood thickening?

A picture is worth 1,000 words. If you have access to a community library rent the video for the book "Diet for A New America". The video shows an actual open heart surgery. The fat on the heart of the operative patient looks just like the fat on a steak. When the surgeon makes an incision the fat squirts out of the artery. Your blood is thick because of the presence of fat and cholesterol. Nurses who draw blood in a hospital sometimes actually see the fat in the test tube. Various drugs are used to thin the blood including Coumadin (which is actually rat poison) and aspirin. Aspirin can cause gastrointestinal bleeding and is not the best way to go. Aspirin does not dissolve anything. It only thins the blood. It has no properties to prevent clots from forming. Dr. Schulze prescribes the use of three raw cloves of garlic a day. Garlic not only thins your blood safely but it also lowers cholesterol. The best way to thin your blood is to adopt a diet low in saturated fat. Saturated fat is solid at room temperature - like the fat drained off a cooked steak. Garlic is such a powerful blood thinner that it is prohibited for patients on Coumadin. Even a person of normal weight can have very high cholesterol and heart disease. It is a good idea to take daily garlic, cayenne, and Dr. Schulze 's heart formula. As plaque builds up on the walls of the artery they lose their elasticity. They become stiff and the resistance causes your heart muscle to work harder against the resistance. The top number of your blood pressure is the pressure within the artery at the time your heart contracts. The bottom number is the pressure within the artery at the time your heart relaxes. This means that the doctor will be more concerned with the diastolic (bottom number) if it is over 90. This lack of resistance and workload of the heart causes some patients to undergo valve replacements, cardiac bypass to remove blockage, or even a heart transplant if cardiomyopathy occurs. If you can lower your cholesterol and saturated fats by adopting a vegan diet, moderate exercise, stress reduction, and other natural methods you can avoid the side effects of prescription drugs and decrease your risk of heart disease. The human body is amazing in its ability to adapt to almost anything. However, over time the body can no longer compensate for what is an unnatural diet and the extreme stress to which most people are exposed. The blood doesn't need to thicken with age if you adopt a healthy lifestyle. Tweet