“Drugs like Coumadin that antagonize vitamin K do more than cause bone loss and arterial calcification. In a model of melanoma in mice, the oral administration of anticoagulant drugs that antagonize vitamin K drastically promoted cancer metastasis.” Life Extension, Note WOW

"Nattokinase was shown to lower blood viscosity. Blood pressure rises as the heart compensates for aging. Preliminary studies show that Nattokinase lowers blood pressure by an average of twenty-four points. Your blood thickens due to aging and environmental stress. A vicious cycle begins. As your heart works harder to pump blood throughout the body, your arteries expand and stiffen to compensate for the increased stress. The properties of Nattokinase closely resemble plasmin, the only main enzyme produced by the body to dissolve and break down blood clots. What makes Nattokinase a particularly potent treatment, is that it enhances the body's natural ability to fight blood clots in several different ways. And since it so closely resembles plasmin, it dissolves fibrin directly while also enhancing the body's own ability to produce plasmin and other clot-dissolving agents, including urokinase." Doctor Garry Gordon

"Blood clots kill more than 600,000 Americans every year yet conventional medicine has largely ignored well-documented methods of reducing abnormal blood clot formation." Circulation Ahajournal

"Excess abdominal fat that grows around internal belly organs, visceral fat, is linked with a host of undesirable conditions including increased inflammation and elevated risks of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease." Life Extension

"Chocolate eaters in a study of heart attack survivors had lower blood pressure and were less likely to die of heart disease, scientists in Sweden said. Of the 1,169 patients studied, those who ate chocolate two or more times a week cut their risk of dying from heart disease nearly threefold compared to those who didn't eat chocolate at all, said the study's lead author, Doctor Imre Janszky of Karolinska Institute. This study also suggested antioxidants in cacao cut the risk of death from heart disease in healthy older men and post-menopausal women,"  Life Extension, Note dark cocoa should work better

“Research confirms what I told you. There is just no benefit in medically lowering blood pressure below 140/100. The researchers were quick to point out that those with natural blood pressure 115/70 have fewer heart attacks. But medically treating to get your blood pressure that low doesn't help. Now the big question is why. Medicine is based on treating symptoms, not causes. High blood pressure is merely a symptom of an underlying cause. Just treating the blood pressure leaves the cause untreated. For example, lead toxicity or potassium deficiency can cause high blood pressure. Yes, you can drug the pressure down. But you don't fix the problem. If your BP is more than 160, you are at increased risk of stroke (blood vessels can break at high pressure). There is a clear place for medical intervention — to prevent a vessel from blowing out. So if you have extremely high blood pressure, you need medication until you can find the cause.”   Doctor Robert Rowen MD

"Not only has spirulina been shown to improve circulation and maintain healthy blood pressure, but Japanese scientists have discovered that it can also help detoxify the blood and maintain energy levels. Important to note in the area of prevention, spirulina is richly supplied with the blue pigment phycocyanin, a biliprotein which has been shown to support normal cell growth,"   Doctor Al Sears MD

For more HBP Research (See HBP Protocol Research Section)

IMO Your HBP is usually a SYMPTOM, it is almost never a disease

Your High Blood Pressure is a SYMPTOM of a problem or problems SOMEWHERE in your body, diet or lifestyle. Metabolic syndrome it self is mostly a product of sugar and or HFCS.

It's possible that your elevated blood pressure is a protective effect, enabling your heart to get your blood to all your tissues in spite of the problem(s), whatever that may be. YOUR HBP is a SYMPTOM!!! If you take drugs  to lower your HBP you do NOTHING to correct the underlying problem or problems.  These HBP drugs range from dangerous to disastrous.

As you will have noted if you read the research paragraphs above there are literally hundreds of things you can do to improve the odds of NEVER HAVING HBP PROBLEMS. It may at first seem overwhelming to imagine including all these salubrious habits, foods and supplements in your life. Just take it one simple step at a time. Start anywhere you wish, say potassium; you may intuitively know lack of fresh food is bad for your health but as you read the potassium research and view the lack of fresh food’s ties to hundreds of KNOWN health problems your resolve to eat more fresh food will be strengthened.

The web of actions required to avoid HBP is also great. The good part is in avoiding HBP you will also be avoiding MANY other health problems in large part; when you address these problems you will find much of the work you must do to avoid these problems has already been done.

High blood pressure is a serious risk

The problems may not be immediately apparent but long-term hypertension can lead to a number of serious problems like

• Stroke (See Stroke Protection Protocol)

• Heart attack (See Cardiovascular Disease Protection Protocol)

• Congestive heart failure (See Cardiovascular Disease Protection Protocol)

• Kidney failure (See Kidney Protection Protocol)

Avoid for normal Blood Pressure

"When oxidative stress is present the angiotensionogen molecule shifts its shape and floods the system with angiotensin. This led to the discovery of a HBP "oxidative switch"."   Life Extension

Uric acid causes HBP

• Caffeine

• Dehydration HBP is often nothing else

• Flu Shots EXCESS one is excess, get vitamin D instead

• Fructose Can Cause Your Blood Pressure to Skyrocket

• Hypercoagulated Blood

• Inflammation   a key cause of HBP

• Junk Food

• OXIDIZED LDL

• Magnesium Deficiency

• Overweight (See Weight Loss Protocol)

• Salt Deficiency sea salt please

• Stress (See Stress Protection Protocol)

• Sugar

• Potassium Deficiency

• Processed vegetable Oil

• Table Salt (See Salt Protocol) Sea Salt is fine (See Sea Salt Protocol)

• Uric Acid

• Vaccination

• Vitamin C DEFICIENCY

• Vitamin D DEFICIENCY

• Vitamin E DEFICIENCY

• Fiber DEFICIENCY

Required for normal Blood Pressure

The simple primal act of getting LOTS of the high noon sun on your bare “unprotected” skin in large amounts just may be the most important single thing you can do for your health. If the sun casts a shadow longer than you are tall you cannot make adequate vitamin D from the sun. You MUST take vitamin D3 at the daily rate of about 1000 IU/20 pounds of body weight.

"Omega 3 may be the principal dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid related to blood pressure."   William Fischer

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin D

• Vitamin E

• Sunshine

• Magnesium

• Potassium

• Calcium balanced with equal amounts of magnesium

• CoQ10

• Exercise a great stress reliever

• Fiber

• GLA (See GLA Protocol)

• Hormones good levels to include cholesterol, DHEA, testosterone, estrogen, progesterone

• L-Arginine (See L-Arginine Protocol)

• Magnesium (See Magnesium Protocol) “HBP is one of the major vascular disorders that magnesium can help.”  Dr. Jay Cohen

• Nitric Oxide (See Nitric Oxide Protocol)

• Omega 3 EFA

• At least four times the Potassium as sodium in your body (See Banana Protocol).

• A Healthy Thyroid (See Thyroid Protection Protocol)

• L-Taurine

• Vitamin C (See Vitamin C Protocol) at least 3 grams/day

• Vitamin D (See Vitamin D Protocol) all the sun you can get

• Vitamin E all three d-alpha-tocopherol, mixed d-tocopherols and tocotrienols

• Vitamin K

• Walking

• Water (See Water Amount Protocol)

• Zinc (See Zinc Protocol)

Helpful for HBP

"When tested on hypertensive patients in a double-blind controlled clinical study a highly stable form of oleuropein [ ] reduced systolic BP by an average of 11.5 points, diastolic BP by 4.8 points and provided other vascular health benefits. Oleuropein has been shown to specifically target arterial resistance and stiffness, improving endothelial function and bringing blood pressure under control."   Life Extension

• Alcohol in healthy amounts

• ALA

• Bloodstream Cleanse (See Bloodstream Cleanse Protocol)

• Bromelain

• Cocoa (See Cocoa Protocol) 

• Curcumin (See Curcumin Protocol)

• Exercise

• Fish Oil

• Flax Seed

• Garlic (See Garlic Protocol)

• Ginkgo

• Grape Seed Extract (See Grape Seed Extract Protocol)

• Hawthorne (See Hawthorne Protocol)

• L-Arginine (See L-Arginine Protocol)

• L-Taurine

• Monounsaturated Fat (See Monounsaturated Fat Protocol)

• Nattokinase (See Nattokinase Protocol)

• Olive Leaf Extract (See OLE Protocol)

• Policosanol (See Policosanol Protocol)

• Pomegranate (See Pomegranate Protocol) 

• Water (See Water Amount Protocol)

• Whey (See Whey Protocol)

An Approach for Dealing with YOUR HBP without drugs

IMO most HBP individuals have a lack of a vital nutrient, an excess of a toxin, too little exercise, overweight or stress. Correcting these problems will often lower your HBP, without drugs and improve you life vastly more than taking toxic drugs to lower your BP while retaining your basic problems.