Insulin stores magnesium, but if your insulin receptors are blunted and your cells grow resistant to insulin, you can't store magnesium, so it passes out of your body through urination. Since magnesium stored in your cells relaxes muscles, if your ma gnesium level is too low, your blood vessels will be unable to fully relax, and this constriction raises your blood pressure.
Fructose also elevates uric acid, which drives up your blood pressure by inhibiting the nitric oxide in your blood vessels. (Uric acid is a byproduct of fructose metabolism. In fact, fructose typically generates uric acid within minutes of ingestion.)
Nitric oxide helps your vessels maintain their elasticity, so nitric oxide suppression leads to increases in blood pressure. Therefore, any program adapted to address high blood pressure needs to eliminate added sugars in your diet, to help normalize both your insulin / leptin sensitivity and uric acid level, as well as your magnesium levels.Your body needs sufficient water for normalization of cells content composition and concentration.
*Healthy Blood Pressure Is Within Your Control*
Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a very serious health concern. It is especially dangerous because hypertension often has no warning signs or symptoms.
The sad reality is half of people taking multiple medications for high blood pressure are still not able to manage their condition, often because they don’t take their medications as prescribed.
The great news is that if you have hypertension or hope to avoid it, there are simple lifestyle steps you can take to balance your blood pressure, glucose, leptin and insulin levels — all at the same time – without harmful and /or ineffective medications.
I’ll detail those steps later in this report. It is free, so you can share with those who need this information.
But first, a little background information about the importance of your blood pressure to your health.
What Do the Numbers Mean?
If you’ve ever had your blood pressure taken, you know that there are two numbers given in a blood
pressure reading. The upper or first number is your systolic blood pressure reading. The lower or second number is your diastolic pressure.
For example, a blood pressure reading of 120 over 80 (120/80) means you have a systolic arterial pressure of 120 and a diastolic arterial pressure of 80.
Your systolic pressure is the highest pressure in your arteries. It occurs when your heart ventricles contract at the beginning of your cardiac cycle. Diastolic pressure refers to the lowest arterial pressure, and occurs during the resting phase of your cardiac cycle. Ideally, your blood pressure should be about 120/80 without medication.
If you're over the age of 60 years, your systolic pressure is the most important cardiovascular risk factor. If you're under 60 years old and have no other major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, your diastolic pressure is believed to be a more important risk factor.
So what is the ideal blood pressure for you?
According to guidelines issued by the Joint National Committee (JNC) on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, the following blood pressure classifications are used to determine whether you might suffer from hypertension:
Blood Pressure Classification; Systolic Pressure (mmHg); Diastolic Pressure (mmHg).
1. Normal; <120 ;<80.
2. Pre-hypertension; 120-139; 80-89.
3. Stage 1 Hypertension; 140-159; 90-99.
4. Stage 2 Hypertension; ≥160; ≥100.
These guidelines also include the following recommendations for specific groups of people:
∆ Adults ages 30 to 59 with high blood pressure should aim for a target reading of under 140/90 or under,
∆ Adults with diabetes or chronic kidney disease should aim for a target reading of under 140/90 or under,
∆ Adults age 60 and older should aim for a target reading of under 150/90.
In late 2016, the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) broke from these guidelines and recommended looser numbers for the treatment of those age 60 years and over:
• Adults age 60 and older with high blood pressure should aim for a target systolic reading of less than 150mm/Hg
• Adults age 60 or older with a history of stroke or transient ischemic attack should aim for a systolic pressure of less than 140
• Adults age 60 or older at higher cardiovascular risk, based on individualized assessment, should aim for a systolic reading of less than 140mm/Hg
Getting an Accurate Blood Pressure Reading
Your blood pressure readings can vary significantly from day to day —even from morning to evening, and often within the same hour. It is when your blood pressure remains consistently elevated that significant health problems can occur.
It’s important to remember that there are several variables that can affect the validity of your blood pressure reading. For example:
• If you’re over weight, ha size “average” blood pressure cuff can lead to a falsely elevated blood pressure reading. Estimates indicate that 8 to 10 percent of overweight and obese patients are wrongly diagnosed as hypertensive due to ill-fitting blood pressure cuffs. Since two-thirds of Americans are over weight, this is a significant concern. You should make sure your doctor or healthcare professional is using the right size cuff for your size.
• Arm and body position. If your blood pres sure is taken while your arm is parallel to your body, your systolic reading can be as much as10mm/Hg higher than it really is.
Unless your healthcare provider is using a wrist monitor, which requires that your wrist be placed over your heart, blood pressure readings should always be taken with your arm at a right angle to your body. Your arm also needs to be supported: A dangling arm, or one held up by the patient her/himself, can cause an increase in systolic pressure of 10mm/Hg.
Lack of back support, crossed legs, tight clothing pushed upon the cuffed arm and even the need to urinate can also give a falsely high systolic reading.
• “White coat hypertension,” which is an elevation in blood pressure caused by the stress or fear associated with visits to doctors and other medical personnel, can be a transient but serious concern. Stress reduction in this situation is key.
But guess what happens all-too-often when a patient receives just a single elevated reading in a doctor’s office? That patient is likely diagnosed as hypertensive and a prescription is written— and a vicious cycle of blood pressure monitoring and medication adjusting begins.
Statisticssupportthisclaim:AstudyinJAMA says that “over estimating true blood pressure by 5 mm/Hg would lead to inappropriate treatment with hypertensive medications in almost 30 million Americans.”
Along with that over diagnosis and treatment would also come possible adverse drug reactions, not to mention the financial burden of “treating” something you don’t really have.
So, if this happens to you, be very careful. It is important to have at least three elevated readings, properly measured, over a few weeks before you can truly be diagnosed with high blood pressure. The exception would be hypertensive crisis, which is very elevated blood pressure that occurs in certain situations such as heart or kidney failure, and which could increase your risk for stroke — that situation should be treated without waiting.
Hypertension: When Your Blood Pressure Is Too High
According to medical physiology textbooks, as much as 95 percent of hypertension is called essential hypertension, meaning the underlying cause is unknown. From my perspective, this simply isn’t true. Unintentional prolonged cellular chronic dehydration causes the body to manifest many different signs and symptoms. As mentioned in the introduction to this special report, a number of factors have been identified as contributing to high blood pressure.
In addition to those already listed, other triggers that can cause high blood pressure include:
•Alcohol use
•Caffeine intake
•Smoking
•Lack ofphysical activity
•Psychosocial stress
•Obesity
Additionally, sleep apnea and other sleep disorders can cause a rise in blood pressure, so it’s important to address any sleep issues you have as part of your strategy to normalize your blood pressure.
I can’t stress enough, however, the important relationship between the level of insulin in your body and your blood pressure readings. Remember: As your insulin level elevates, so does your blood pressure.
Keeping your insulin level in the healthy range is therefore of paramount importance to good blood pressure readings. Efforts to control your insulin and leptin levels can also help address the other hypertension triggers, such as lack of water intake, physical exercise and obesity.
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