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Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control: The "No Pressure" Solution
High Blood Pressure. Even if you haven't received the diagnosis yet, as many as three-quarters of the Western world will have to contend with high blood pressure sometime in their lives. However you no longer need to be a victim. Drs. DeRose and Steinke along with Nurse Practitioner Li draw from cutting-edge medical research and their decades of clinical experience to guide you on an amazing 30-day journey. Learn simple natural strategies that have helped many people decrease or eliminate their dependence on medications. Other titles may promise fast results with natural blood pressure strategies but few, if any, are as comprehensive, readable, and practical as "Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control." Written by practicing medical professionals who share a passion for educating their patients, this book gives you far more than the latest information on natural blood pressure strategies. Its highly readable and user-friendly style combines a wealth of real-life stories taken from a variety of medical clinics and patient encounters. More illustrations, more data, and more compelling stories means more tools to educate and motivate you when it comes to drug-free blood pressure control. When valued in terms of the amount of information presented, this book is among the least expensive on the topic. Furthermore, the clinicians who wrote "Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control" realize that knowledge is not enough. Most of us know far better than we do. Consequently, the book's authors essentially take your hand and help guide you to strategies that will make it more likely that you will do-and enjoy-the practical guidelines presented. As an example, the book offers a number of personal worksheets where the authors help you set and achieve realistic goals as you go through the 30-day program. Reviews From Readers' Favorite (readersfavorite.com) Review by A. Fomonyuy - 5/5 stars If there is a book everyone should read on high blood pressure treatment, it should be "Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control" ...Readers will find stories that are both informative and entertaining..., data and statistics, powerful illustrations, and easy-to-follow, step-by-step therapies... There is a lot in this book, and readers will encounter a perfect blend of medical science and oriental philosophy, a combination that offers a clear path to understanding and treating high blood pressure... The writing is excellent and very accessible and the entire work is easy to read... readers will easily get drawn in by the compelling nature of the facts, data, and information generously shared by the authors... I recommend this book to anyone battling with blood pressure, anyone with a patient suffering from blood pressure, and anyone who is just curious about the most effective and comprehensive therapy for high blood pressure. Review by D. Zape - 5/5 stars Through a combination of storytelling and great prose, the authors bring to these pages the results of their medical experience, their expertise, and an innovative approach to the treatment of high blood pressure. The voice is authoritative and persuasive.... One of the benefits of this book, I noticed, is that it offers readers clear and powerful answers that will cost them little to nothing, answers that will transform their quality of life. "Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control" is the book for high blood pressure patients, healers and health-care practitioners, and anyone who is curious about high blood pressure and how to handle it. Review by R. Oserio - 5/5 stars "Thirty Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control" is a stellar work on the holistic treatment of high blood pressure, a book packed with invaluable information and tools... The language is simple yet powerful, devoid of unnecessary jargon, and this is great news for ordinary readers who will want a quick and interesting read...
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February 10, 2022
I have worked my way through 30 Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control by David Derose and Gregory Steinke and feel compelled to write a short review to highlight what I consider to be its several failings and its considerable virtue. I do this all the more having read some of the negative reviews on Amazon which are extremely foolish and misleading.
Blood pressure is well known as the "silent killer" because, unlike many other maladies it is very often not felt at all until the dire even fatal consequences strike. I well remember as a child that my parents would often say a friend or acquaintance had had a stroke or heart attack. It seemed to them the most natural thing in the world. It was a generation of hard drinkers heavy smokers and hard livers. My father had TB and lived on one lung nevertheless puffed his way through 70 cigarettes a day, was captured by the Italians during the war, was exchanged, nearly got himself captured by the Germans two years later. These days people in the West live softer lives, they are much more health concerned, not to say afraid of death, much more health conscious.
Not only are people more health conscious, in the case of blood pressure, anyone can obtain an inexpensive blood pressure monitor or even wear a watch with a monitor. This, along with general health awareness, has hugely increased awareness of blood pressure in the last twenty years or so.
My personal story might be of interest because I think it raises some of the issues and led to my buying this book. A short while ago I was disturbed at night by constrictive pains in my chest at night particularly on my left side. Up till then I had given no thought to blood pressure and my last reading years back was entirely ok. But dismayed by my pains and full of apprehension I went to a doctor. My first readings were taken in the last four years and they were high, both the one time reading /(which doesn't mean very much) then the reading from the 30 second shot when you are wired up (cant remember what its called) and then finally from a 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The doctor actually offered me a choice of either going directly getting a prescription or trying the monitoring first. I naturally opted for the 24 hour check. The results confirmed my high blood pressure and I was prescribed a medication known as an angiotensin receptor blocker. My natural health practitioner when I told her was not impressed and urged me to consult a cardiologist. I was lucky: the cardiologist gave me the choice of an appointment the next day or in three months. I took the next day.
I was all the time puzzled because high blood pressure has never been an issue for me but I thought, well I am 67 years old now.. I made a self test of my heart, deciding to foot it to the cardiologist whose surgery is about five or six miles away from my home. No problem! That cheered me up a bit. (I should mention that before visiting the cardiologist my BP had rocketed to 178/90 and I was in a panic.
The cardiologist was friendly and relaxed and conducted a number of tests one of which included a more favourable result (from the 30 second shot) than the doctor. He also had some technology for scanning my arteries and heart valve which he said looked fine. My heart was also measured by using a training bike for ten minutes which was mad progressively tougher. I completed the ten minutes and wasn't out of breath. All good news. The cardiologist agreed that my blood pressure was high and that I didnt fit into the standard profile (relatviely fit, not overweight exercise every morning etc). It could be he said and probably was in my case, a genetic tendency inherited from my mother or father. As for the medication, he said it was "fine" but didn't seem to attach much importance to it one way or another
Where did that leave me? I watched some videos including one with Doctor Derose and decided to buy his book.
From reading the book it was clear to me that certain lifestyle directions were leading towards higher blood pressure. I was knocking back about half a bottle or more of wine a day, munching through packet after packet of crisps, not going out much. This is in large part owing to the Covid restrictions which destroyed half my business sand the rest I conduct via webinar-before Covid I used to travel by train and on foot to customers.
30 Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control has its faults but I should like to stress the major advantage of this book and why I can recommend it to people in my position: it is constructed on the principle that anyone wanting to get their blood pressure down on average needs to set him/herself realisable and realistic but not easy targets. Each chapter outlines a particular issue associated with hypertonia, for example, stress, diet, drink and provides tables for setting targets to improve. I think the notion of targets is essential to self healing in respect of many health issues certainly blood pressure and with blood pressure people have the great advantage that they can measure what is going on with their monitor. General resolutions and good intentions are generally not enough. We need to set ourselves targets.
It is important with a target (Derose should have stressed this more I think) that hurdles are neither too high nor too low. To take an extreme example, if you are a non-smoker, setting a target of not smoking every day is meaningless. But if you are a heavy smoker setting a target of no more cigarettes starting Monday may be impossible. Impossible targets will dampen enthusiasm cause depression and you will probably give up. This brings me to my first criticism of this book. Like all doctors writing on self health care, Derose has IMO an unrealistically high, optimistic notion of what Joe Average can achieve, so there is a real danger that users of this book might be discourage by too ambitious aims and give up when they fail to realise them. That is why it is so important to be realistic with your targets. But Derose is well aware of the importance of targets and this book is an excellent spring board for setting anyone off on the path to lower blood pressure. I am deeply grateful to him for that.
Not stated in this book or in books like it or in pronouncements of most doctors, is how important is better health and long life to the user of the book? Derose is very extreme, I would say puritanical in his pronouncements on health. He is extremely negative about meat eating and about alcohol. I neither case am I convinced that his pronouncement are purely scientific. He reaches the conclusion for example that in the case of drinking, drinking water and only water is optimal! Even if he is right, what is the point of a long life without the enjoyment of a cup of coffee and a glass of wine? I'll say that loud and clear what is the point? Doctors seems to take it as a given that everyone will sacrifice everything if they really knew the benefits of health measures and how deleterious certain habits or diets are. That is a matter for each individual.
I say this book is an introduction, a springboard. My end assessment is very positive. Starting with this book and thereafter moving to excel sheets I have now been monitoring my blood pressure for nearly three months and in that short period I have seen quite a dramatic fall. Incidentally, it is quite fun to do this, the challenge is a huge incentive. "No, I have to go out even though its raining-I want to keep my systolic blood pressure under 150 anything".
Derose should stress more than he does, although he does mention it but it is absolutely crucial: what counts is not one or two readings but the average. It is easier to keep an eye on your averages with a colour system in an excel sheet for your readings. With just a glance I can see much more pink and red in the weeks of my first readings compared to the blues and greens now! That is deeply satisfying.
Blood readings are made up of three figures, the systolic, the diastolic and the pulse. In my case it is the systolic which is consistently too high, the pulse and diastolic being nearly always all right. This raises another issue what is "all right"? Recommended readings change on this all the time. They have recently been considerably lowered and given how the pharmaceutical industry backs and bribes doctors and their research, there is every reason to be a little sceptical of recommendations. Derose with his optimistic and puritanical high standards is predictably in favour of "normal" being set very low. It is interesting that while you can find plenty of recommended levels with a few clicks on the internet. The Mayo Clinic on the internet currently gives 134/87 for my age. My cardiologist cited 125/80, much more ambitious.
It would be very interesting to see what people on average in different countries different social groups age groups etc. really have as average blood pressures. It is funny that nobody seems to wish to come out with those figures.
I have set my own targets. They are arbitrary but they keep me fixed. Nearly always below 150 something to avoid medication (still haven't taken it). Below 140 as my first stage target and below 130 as a long term ideal target. My diastolic seems generally no cause of worry being mostly below 80. My pulse looks very good. Another criticism of this book, but it applies to ALL advice I've seen and heard so far. How does one distinguish between factors involving the diastolic and the systolic? When my systolic sinks quite often my diastolic rises! What are the separate influences on SBP and DBP? Not a word on that in this book.
This book is packed with tips and targets for lowering blood pressure and I am following most of them as best I can and it really has produced results in a short time although my BP is not as low as I would like to see it. Because my SBP is mostly below 15 something (was not the case a month ago) I still haven't begun with the medication which sits in my medicine cupboard untouched to date.
One last personal thing which irritated me no end in this book and probably raised my blood pressure haha but has nothing to do with blood pressure. Like an increasing number of people Derose labours under the msiapprehenison that the word "likely" is an adverb because it finishes in ly. I hope his science is better than his grammar. No it is not an adverb, it is an adjective.
"It will likely improve" is lousy English. It should be "It will probably improve" or "It is likely to improve" That isn't difficult is it? Derose makes that grammatical faux pas about 20 times. Well I had to get that off my chest. Sorry for that silly pun.
Despite its faults, I do think this book is a good way for getting started on the way to lower blood pressure.
BTW if anyone is in a comparable situation to mine-relatively fit person in their sixties with a high blood pressure which came out of the blue, Id like to hear from you.
So four stars for being a very helpful and practical and informative book. One star off for the faults I have referred to.
Blood pressure is well known as the "silent killer" because, unlike many other maladies it is very often not felt at all until the dire even fatal consequences strike. I well remember as a child that my parents would often say a friend or acquaintance had had a stroke or heart attack. It seemed to them the most natural thing in the world. It was a generation of hard drinkers heavy smokers and hard livers. My father had TB and lived on one lung nevertheless puffed his way through 70 cigarettes a day, was captured by the Italians during the war, was exchanged, nearly got himself captured by the Germans two years later. These days people in the West live softer lives, they are much more health concerned, not to say afraid of death, much more health conscious.
Not only are people more health conscious, in the case of blood pressure, anyone can obtain an inexpensive blood pressure monitor or even wear a watch with a monitor. This, along with general health awareness, has hugely increased awareness of blood pressure in the last twenty years or so.
My personal story might be of interest because I think it raises some of the issues and led to my buying this book. A short while ago I was disturbed at night by constrictive pains in my chest at night particularly on my left side. Up till then I had given no thought to blood pressure and my last reading years back was entirely ok. But dismayed by my pains and full of apprehension I went to a doctor. My first readings were taken in the last four years and they were high, both the one time reading /(which doesn't mean very much) then the reading from the 30 second shot when you are wired up (cant remember what its called) and then finally from a 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The doctor actually offered me a choice of either going directly getting a prescription or trying the monitoring first. I naturally opted for the 24 hour check. The results confirmed my high blood pressure and I was prescribed a medication known as an angiotensin receptor blocker. My natural health practitioner when I told her was not impressed and urged me to consult a cardiologist. I was lucky: the cardiologist gave me the choice of an appointment the next day or in three months. I took the next day.
I was all the time puzzled because high blood pressure has never been an issue for me but I thought, well I am 67 years old now.. I made a self test of my heart, deciding to foot it to the cardiologist whose surgery is about five or six miles away from my home. No problem! That cheered me up a bit. (I should mention that before visiting the cardiologist my BP had rocketed to 178/90 and I was in a panic.
The cardiologist was friendly and relaxed and conducted a number of tests one of which included a more favourable result (from the 30 second shot) than the doctor. He also had some technology for scanning my arteries and heart valve which he said looked fine. My heart was also measured by using a training bike for ten minutes which was mad progressively tougher. I completed the ten minutes and wasn't out of breath. All good news. The cardiologist agreed that my blood pressure was high and that I didnt fit into the standard profile (relatviely fit, not overweight exercise every morning etc). It could be he said and probably was in my case, a genetic tendency inherited from my mother or father. As for the medication, he said it was "fine" but didn't seem to attach much importance to it one way or another
Where did that leave me? I watched some videos including one with Doctor Derose and decided to buy his book.
From reading the book it was clear to me that certain lifestyle directions were leading towards higher blood pressure. I was knocking back about half a bottle or more of wine a day, munching through packet after packet of crisps, not going out much. This is in large part owing to the Covid restrictions which destroyed half my business sand the rest I conduct via webinar-before Covid I used to travel by train and on foot to customers.
30 Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control has its faults but I should like to stress the major advantage of this book and why I can recommend it to people in my position: it is constructed on the principle that anyone wanting to get their blood pressure down on average needs to set him/herself realisable and realistic but not easy targets. Each chapter outlines a particular issue associated with hypertonia, for example, stress, diet, drink and provides tables for setting targets to improve. I think the notion of targets is essential to self healing in respect of many health issues certainly blood pressure and with blood pressure people have the great advantage that they can measure what is going on with their monitor. General resolutions and good intentions are generally not enough. We need to set ourselves targets.
It is important with a target (Derose should have stressed this more I think) that hurdles are neither too high nor too low. To take an extreme example, if you are a non-smoker, setting a target of not smoking every day is meaningless. But if you are a heavy smoker setting a target of no more cigarettes starting Monday may be impossible. Impossible targets will dampen enthusiasm cause depression and you will probably give up. This brings me to my first criticism of this book. Like all doctors writing on self health care, Derose has IMO an unrealistically high, optimistic notion of what Joe Average can achieve, so there is a real danger that users of this book might be discourage by too ambitious aims and give up when they fail to realise them. That is why it is so important to be realistic with your targets. But Derose is well aware of the importance of targets and this book is an excellent spring board for setting anyone off on the path to lower blood pressure. I am deeply grateful to him for that.
Not stated in this book or in books like it or in pronouncements of most doctors, is how important is better health and long life to the user of the book? Derose is very extreme, I would say puritanical in his pronouncements on health. He is extremely negative about meat eating and about alcohol. I neither case am I convinced that his pronouncement are purely scientific. He reaches the conclusion for example that in the case of drinking, drinking water and only water is optimal! Even if he is right, what is the point of a long life without the enjoyment of a cup of coffee and a glass of wine? I'll say that loud and clear what is the point? Doctors seems to take it as a given that everyone will sacrifice everything if they really knew the benefits of health measures and how deleterious certain habits or diets are. That is a matter for each individual.
I say this book is an introduction, a springboard. My end assessment is very positive. Starting with this book and thereafter moving to excel sheets I have now been monitoring my blood pressure for nearly three months and in that short period I have seen quite a dramatic fall. Incidentally, it is quite fun to do this, the challenge is a huge incentive. "No, I have to go out even though its raining-I want to keep my systolic blood pressure under 150 anything".
Derose should stress more than he does, although he does mention it but it is absolutely crucial: what counts is not one or two readings but the average. It is easier to keep an eye on your averages with a colour system in an excel sheet for your readings. With just a glance I can see much more pink and red in the weeks of my first readings compared to the blues and greens now! That is deeply satisfying.
Blood readings are made up of three figures, the systolic, the diastolic and the pulse. In my case it is the systolic which is consistently too high, the pulse and diastolic being nearly always all right. This raises another issue what is "all right"? Recommended readings change on this all the time. They have recently been considerably lowered and given how the pharmaceutical industry backs and bribes doctors and their research, there is every reason to be a little sceptical of recommendations. Derose with his optimistic and puritanical high standards is predictably in favour of "normal" being set very low. It is interesting that while you can find plenty of recommended levels with a few clicks on the internet. The Mayo Clinic on the internet currently gives 134/87 for my age. My cardiologist cited 125/80, much more ambitious.
It would be very interesting to see what people on average in different countries different social groups age groups etc. really have as average blood pressures. It is funny that nobody seems to wish to come out with those figures.
I have set my own targets. They are arbitrary but they keep me fixed. Nearly always below 150 something to avoid medication (still haven't taken it). Below 140 as my first stage target and below 130 as a long term ideal target. My diastolic seems generally no cause of worry being mostly below 80. My pulse looks very good. Another criticism of this book, but it applies to ALL advice I've seen and heard so far. How does one distinguish between factors involving the diastolic and the systolic? When my systolic sinks quite often my diastolic rises! What are the separate influences on SBP and DBP? Not a word on that in this book.
This book is packed with tips and targets for lowering blood pressure and I am following most of them as best I can and it really has produced results in a short time although my BP is not as low as I would like to see it. Because my SBP is mostly below 15 something (was not the case a month ago) I still haven't begun with the medication which sits in my medicine cupboard untouched to date.
One last personal thing which irritated me no end in this book and probably raised my blood pressure haha but has nothing to do with blood pressure. Like an increasing number of people Derose labours under the msiapprehenison that the word "likely" is an adverb because it finishes in ly. I hope his science is better than his grammar. No it is not an adverb, it is an adjective.
"It will likely improve" is lousy English. It should be "It will probably improve" or "It is likely to improve" That isn't difficult is it? Derose makes that grammatical faux pas about 20 times. Well I had to get that off my chest. Sorry for that silly pun.
Despite its faults, I do think this book is a good way for getting started on the way to lower blood pressure.
BTW if anyone is in a comparable situation to mine-relatively fit person in their sixties with a high blood pressure which came out of the blue, Id like to hear from you.
So four stars for being a very helpful and practical and informative book. One star off for the faults I have referred to.
October 8, 2018
This is a typical example of a book that could be important for its message (not many books about a major clinical problem such as hypertension) but get lost because the poor scientific and technical background of the authors, poor writing skills and a crazy chapter about spirituality that makes the reader feel that he/she has been wasting time in the last few days.
Some basics in the book are ok and very good for a first read on the topic. Healthy foods, exercise, not much animal protein, natural environment, manage your stress properly, good and bad supplements etc. Most of this information is ok and may be useful for the first-time reader although it is quite obvious in many cases. Yet, an useful basic guide to avoid hypertension. But a pity this topic was not covered by a more dedicated writer that could have made of it a brilliant story and a more serious reference bible about blood pressure.
Some basics in the book are ok and very good for a first read on the topic. Healthy foods, exercise, not much animal protein, natural environment, manage your stress properly, good and bad supplements etc. Most of this information is ok and may be useful for the first-time reader although it is quite obvious in many cases. Yet, an useful basic guide to avoid hypertension. But a pity this topic was not covered by a more dedicated writer that could have made of it a brilliant story and a more serious reference bible about blood pressure.
February 12, 2019
This book has decent suggestions on how to lower your blood pressure. Many of which I agree on such as exercising more decreasing your salt intake and many other things that are legitimate on making sure you are as healthy. The only thing I did not like is an entire chapter on religion. I’m not sure why people think they have to put religion into everything. I don’t care how much you pray or how religious you are. If you treat your body like shit your going to have to deal with the repercussions of what you did to it. God has never answer a prayer things only happen as they were meant to. If you gorge on McDonald’s all day your going to have shitty blood pressure and cholesterol and god isn’t going to help you. You have to help yourself.
I disagree with a lot of aspects of this book but the fact they are saying being religious helps keep your blood pressure low is absurd.
I disagree with a lot of aspects of this book but the fact they are saying being religious helps keep your blood pressure low is absurd.
September 6, 2019
The book starts out okay with some solid but often repeated advice but then the last 3rd is the author's feelings about Christianity. I felt like I was sucker punched.
November 8, 2020
I started reading the book because recently my blood pressure was high (140/90s) so the doctor put me in a very low dosage of Lisonopril but wasn't much of help telling me what I could do to lower it on my own. She told me thought me not to take the pill if I could bring it to 120/90 since I wasn't agreeing on taking any pills. I eat healthy, exercise a lot, do internment fasting so I wanted to give 100% before agreeing on taking any pills. Something against me is that both my parents have high blood pressure. So yes I like the book and its recommendations. Some of the changes were exercise daily so when I'm not riding my bike I walk at least 2miles to almost 5. Also I stop all sweets they are my weakness, cheeses I love cheese too, no read meat and no rice or bread. I started taking magnesium and COQ10, turmeric tea and hibiscus tea and I have to tell you I only needed to take the pill for over a week and I check my pressure everyday in the morning and before bed. My diastolic still needs to get to a point that I like. It's always 80ish but I want to be lower than 80. Do you think is ok like that or should I try to bring it to the 70s? Btw, my systolic is now 116_126. So definitely it works and I recommended. Even my skin looks clear.
I started reading the book because recently my blood pressure was high (140/90s) so the doctor put me in a very low dosage of Lisonopril but wasn't much of help telling me what I could do to lower it on my own. She told me thought me not to take the pill if I could bring it to 120/90 since I wasn't agreeing on taking any pills. I eat healthy, exercise a lot, do internment fasting so I wanted to give 100% before agreeing on taking any pills. Something against me is that both my parents have high blood pressure. So yes I like the book and its recommendations. Some of the changes were exercise daily so when I'm not riding my bike I walk at least 2miles to almost 5. Also I stop all sweets they are my weakness, cheeses I love cheese too, no read meat and no rice or bread. I started taking magnesium and COQ10, turmeric tea and hibiscus tea and I have to tell you I only needed to take the pill for over a week and I check my pressure everyday in the morning and before bed. My diastolic still needs to get to a point that I like. It's always 80ish but I want to be lower than 80. Do you think is ok like that or should I try to bring it to the 70s? Btw, my systolic is now 116_126. So definitely it works and I recommended. Even my skin looks clear.
I started reading the book because recently my blood pressure was high (140/90s) so the doctor put me in a very low dosage of Lisonopril but wasn't much of help telling me what I could do to lower it on my own. She told me thought me not to take the pill if I could bring it to 120/90 since I wasn't agreeing on taking any pills. I eat healthy, exercise a lot, do internment fasting so I wanted to give 100% before agreeing on taking any pills. Something against me is that both my parents have high blood pressure. So yes I like the book and its recommendations. Some of the changes were exercise daily so when I'm not riding my bike I walk at least 2miles to almost 5. Also I stop all sweets they are my weakness, cheeses I love cheese too, no read meat and no rice or bread. I started taking magnesium and COQ10, turmeric tea and hibiscus tea and I have to tell you I only needed to take the pill for over a week and I check my pressure everyday in the morning and before bed. My diastolic still needs to get to a point that I like. It's always 80ish but I want to be lower than 80. Do you think is ok like that or should I try to bring it to the 70s? Btw, my systolic is now 116_126. So definitely it works and I recommended. Even my skin looks clear.
February 15, 2022
This is an excellent book to understand more about hypertension and ways to relieve it naturally. Nothing is guaranteed but this does give a framework (with the catchy acronym, NO PRESSURE) to think about it. It is written by 3 doctors and is well documented with plenty of references to support the material. The writing is not too heavy and is designed to push one to take actions.
Some items are well known such as controlling what you ear - less of salt, sugar, refined grains, meats, processed food, and more of fruits, veg, nuts, legumes and whole grains. Similarly, beverages that contain alcohol or caffeine are villainous - even the good old glass of red wine with dinner comes under flak! Daily exercise is recommended, ideally with interval training. Plenty of sleep preferably at a regular time, on an empty stomach and with no distractions. Daily dose of sunlight, fresh air and getting close to nature as often as possible. Social connections and even spiritual ones are highly recommended. There is an over long section on spirituality which I did not care for much, but easy enough to skim that.
All in all, an informative book that can push one to take concrete actions to get control of hypertension using natural techniques, and reduce reliance on medications.
Some items are well known such as controlling what you ear - less of salt, sugar, refined grains, meats, processed food, and more of fruits, veg, nuts, legumes and whole grains. Similarly, beverages that contain alcohol or caffeine are villainous - even the good old glass of red wine with dinner comes under flak! Daily exercise is recommended, ideally with interval training. Plenty of sleep preferably at a regular time, on an empty stomach and with no distractions. Daily dose of sunlight, fresh air and getting close to nature as often as possible. Social connections and even spiritual ones are highly recommended. There is an over long section on spirituality which I did not care for much, but easy enough to skim that.
All in all, an informative book that can push one to take concrete actions to get control of hypertension using natural techniques, and reduce reliance on medications.
September 29, 2018
Only time will tell if there is any basis for this book. So far the vocabulary and the method look strikingly close to a number of snake oil sellers. And what the authors have to give for evidence is a stack of state mandated diplomas.
May 4, 2019
Very informative, well set out useful information
This book is full of useful practical advice, outlining many steps that can be taken simply, with loads of supporting data and references. An outstanding reference guide book for anyone.
This book is full of useful practical advice, outlining many steps that can be taken simply, with loads of supporting data and references. An outstanding reference guide book for anyone.
October 5, 2022
Interesting book
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 28, 2025
I enjoyed reading this book it gave me a lot of ideas to work on. It encourages a plant-based diet, so it is confusing when compared to the other diet books I’ve read lately.
January 26, 2021
This is a great book to read in order to prevent or even to heal hypertension. Very practical suggestions.
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