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Summary: Hypertension
Review: A Vital New Program to Prevent, Treat, and Reduce High Blood Pressure by Julian M. Whitaker is an extremely easy to follow guide on hypertension, its reasons and effect on our body. The traditional medical establishment has very little clue as to what causes and what to do about many diseases. But, here the author knows his subject very well and is an expert in making the layman understand what he has to tell. Every person who is suffering from hypertension should read this book and their next visit to their doctors will be more enlightening.
After reading this book I have decided to give up my coffee habit and I was fortunate enough to find out a find a wonderful tasting replacement made from soyabeans. You brew like coffee and it even helps lower my cholesterol. I found it online at www.S o y c o f f e e.c o m. Gaining this understanding will effect every move you make from this point on and will bring with it the necessity to share it. I am sure, once you try this out, you too will never go for your normal coffee.
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Summary: Full of good suggestions....
Review: Ever wonder about the mechanics of hypertension - what is it and how is it affecting your body? James Whitaker discusses how someone like me who worked out in the gym 3-4 times a week, has eaten right for years and had normal cholesterol readings could have a stoke. You could have knocked me down with a feather when it happened - and I mean that literally.
No one ever told me about aldosterone, antidiuretic hormone (ADH), Angiotensin II, or Nitric Oxide, or the role the renin-angiotension-aldosterone system(RAAS) played in regulating blood pressure. Seems there are at least two types of hypertension and that stress is a major factor that can affect your body and shorten your life. As I never used Cocaine, that must be the cause of my secondary hypertension and why my physician has prescribed an ACE inhibitor and a BETA blocker. (By the way, you might want to read this book for no other reason than to discover the danger of taking a BETA-Blocker with an anti-diuretic for an extended period.
Whitaker lists some controllable risk factors most of us need to know more about including obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes, diet, smoking and drinking. I have never smoked and I don't drink alcohol, and I am using a variant of the DASH diet (also discussed in this book). Living with smoker has probably affected (passive smoking - if you have kids stop for their sake!!). Read this book and learn more about hypertension, prescription drugs, and how you can lower your blood pressure, improve your memory and enjoy life again using various natural techniques.
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Summary: This book helped me so much
Review: I went to the doctor about 4 weeks ago and he told me that my blood pressure was high. I was shocked. My mom started taking high blood pressure pills 3 years ago and I didnt want to believe that I could be effected by high blood pressure so early in life. Well I began to panic and my blood pressure continued to rise. My doctor scheduled a follow up appt for me 2 weeks after my initial appt. He wanted me to measure my pressure on my own. Well I panicked so much my pressure was up and down the whole two weeks so he prescribed high blood pressure pills for me. I took one pill and it made me feel awful so I searched on the internet for anything else and I found Dr Whitakers book and I bought it. I started applying the principles in this book and I never took another pill and my blood pressure has been normal every since. I thank God that I found this book and read it in time before I started taking those high blood pressure pills.
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Summary: Dr. Whitaker's Plan Works!
Review: Many people have "high normal" blood pressure and what they hear is only the "normal" and disregard the high. I am one of those.
I had a bad reaction two two blood pressure medications and am tolerating a third. My case is a classic one: high bp has caused an enlargement of my heart and the beginning of cardiac disease. My mother dies of an MI at 61 and my father had his first heart attack at 74. I have no desire to follow in their footsteps.
This book makes a strong case for hypertension being a lifestyle disease and accordingly, he prescribes serious lifestyle changes as well as a ton of supplements. Some people will not be amenable to the latter suggestion. Dr. Whitaker allows more fat than Pritikin or Ornish and his food program is a bit more strict than the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). It is a sane and sensible program, but not without the need for some clarifications.
He recommends herring and salmon, but most salmon sold today is farm raised and does not have the same nutritional content as wild salmon. Herring is almost impossible to find fresh. The bottled herring is loaded with sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup and salt, making it an inappropriate choice, but Whitaker glosses over this. He says it's okay to have decaf coffee, but decaf coffee has the same amount of trans fatty acids as regaular coffee. How come he doesn't know this?
It would have been helpful for him to include a chart showing how many daily calories one needs to maintain a specific weight. This book is an excellent choice for those wanting to try lifestyle changes to bring down their bp without drugs, despite my reservations. I am trying his approach and expect to discontinue my medications (including Lipitor) by the summer.
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Summary: A sound alternative approach to treating hypertension...but
Review: Many people have "high normal" blood pressure and what they hear is only the "normal" and disregard the high. I am one of those.
I had a bad reaction two two blood pressure medications and am tolerating a third. My case is a classic one: high bp has caused an enlargement of my heart and the beginning of cardiac disease. My mother dies of an MI at 61 and my father had his first heart attack at 74. I have no desire to follow in their footsteps.
This book makes a strong case for hypertension being a lifestyle disease and accordingly, he prescribes serious lifestyle changes as well as a ton of supplements. Some people will not be amenable to the latter suggestion. Dr. Whitaker allows more fat than Pritikin or Ornish and his food program is a bit more strict than the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). It is a sane and sensible program, but not without the need for some clarifications.
He recommends herring and salmon, but most salmon sold today is farm raised and does not have the same nutritional content as wild salmon. Herring is almost impossible to find fresh. The bottled herring is loaded with sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup and salt, making it an inappropriate choice, but Whitaker glosses over this. He says it's okay to have decaf coffee, but decaf coffee has the same amount of trans fatty acids as regaular coffee. How come he doesn't know this?
It would have been helpful for him to include a chart showing how many daily calories one needs to maintain a specific weight. This book is an excellent choice for those wanting to try lifestyle changes to bring down their bp without drugs, despite my reservations. I am trying his approach and expect to discontinue my medications (including Lipitor) by the summer.
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Summary: Hypertension book.
Review: This is the wrong message based on theory and speculations. Facts are confusing and not backed up by good controlled data. Ther are numerous less well publicized but more scientific books available on this subject
see hypertensionfoundation.org for simple accurate information
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Summary: Dr. Whitaker's Plan Works!
Review: Was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure at 39 2001. 160+ over 100+. Came on very rapidly. Father had heart problems at 46 years old. I was a person who was exercising quite regularly (4-5 times per week swimming) It was not changing my blood pressure. My physician prescribed atenolol. First 25 mg then when it didn't work 50 mg. I thought that was that for the rest of my life.I was at the library and I saw this book I was not looking for it. March 8 2003 read it and on March 9 went on the plan. Within three months I was down to 12.5 mg of atenolol. BP hovering around 120 over 75. I lost 25 pounds from 185 to 160 in four months. Waste went from 34 to 32. I weigh five pounds lighter than when I graduated HS. I was not expecting this but it was a great bi-product of the plan. Today January 20, 2004 almost eleven months later I have maintained the same body weight 160. I am off all medicine for three weeks and my Blood Pressure is at 120 over 78. If it goes back up I will go back to the 12.5 mg but my Physician is amazed. My Cholesterol was 212 with Triglycerides of 370 in July. At the end of December cholesterol was down to 173 and trig now 125. My LDL has stayed about the same at 110 which isn't to bad. My HDL is still low at 29. Not sure what I will do about that since I continue to swim 5 times a week anywhere from 6 to 10 miles per week. HDL is a much harder thing to move unfortunately and in my case it is familial as my father still alive at 78 has never been able to get his above 30 (tracked since 1972). He had six bypasses at 62 which is what I hope to avoid. No matter this plan has given me great hope that I can avoid or at least limit the drugs. I feel great physically and I feel good about myself having lost the weight. It can be a tough plan to be on but I consider it to be my lifestyle now. One can still eat an awful lot of good food you just have to know what your eating and really avoid the salt and fat. I think Dr Whitaker should market it as a diet plan as well because from what I can see the diet plans out there nobody can stick to long term. More people should know about this and Doctors should be promoting it. Thank you Dr Whitaker!
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