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Alternative and Complementary Remedies for Hypertension
Vitamin/Nutrition Therapy
Use a basic vitamin/mineral formula and supplement it with several nutritional supplements that are proven useful for hypertension.
Potassium
Potassium helps to prevent and control blood pressure. Be sure to get enough potassium in the foods you eat. Some good sources are various fruits, vegetables, dairy foods, and fish.
Foods High in Potassium
Apricots Lean pork Prunes and prune juice Bananas Lean veal Pumpkin Catfish Lima beans Spinach Cod Milk Stewed tomatoes Dry peas and beans Orange juice Sweet potatoes Flounder Peaches Trout Green beans Plantain Winter squash Potatoes Yogurt
Magnesium
Magnesium deficiency has been implicated in high blood pressure. Magnesium levels are shown to be consistently low in people suffering from hypertension.
Leafy greens, legumes, whole grains, purslane, poppy seeds and string beans are good dietary sources for magnesium. (Or you can take a daily supplement of 400 milligrams of magnesium.)
Foods High in Magnesium:
Beans Okra Soy milk Broccoli Oysters Spinach Chard Plantain Tofu Croaker Scallops Whole grain ready-to-eat and cooked cereals Mackerel Sea bass Whole wheat bread Nuts and seeds
Calcium
Calcium is an important nutrient for overall good health. Population studies indicate that hypertensive individuals consume less daily calcium. They may benefit from calcium supplementation. Several clinical studies have demonstrated the blood pressure lowering effect of calcium supplementation. Take 1 gram of elemental calcium daily.
Good sources of calcium are diary foods such as milk, yogurt, and cheese. Be sure to choose skim or low fat varieties. Low fat and nonfat dairy products have more calcium than the high fat versions.
Foods High in Calcium
Broccoli Perch Turnip greens Cheese Salmon Tofu (made with calcium sulfate) Mackerel Spinach Yogurt Milk
Essential Fatty Acids
Increasing dietary linoleic acid decreases the blood pressure. Hypertensive patients are deficient in E series prostaglandins. Linoleic acid was found to normalize prostaglandins.
Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an essential component of the metabolic processes involved in energy production. Individuals with cardiovascular disease (including hypertension, angina and congestive heart failure) often are deficient in CoQ10 and require increased tissue levels of CoQ10. Clinical studies have indicated that CoQ10 is of considerable benefit in the treatment of hypertension and other cardiovascular disease.
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Vitamin C
The lower the serum vitamin C level, the higher the blood pressure in persons suffering from hypertension. Whether this is due to dietary habits or a blood pressure lowering effect of vitamin C has yet to be determined.
Zinc
Zinc has been shown to reverse cadmium induced hypertension effectively in rats.
Bovine Renal Extract
Bovine renal extract has shown to possess blood pressure lowering effects in animals and hypertensive human subjects.
Basic Vitamin/mineral Formula:
500 IU Vitamin A 4000 mg Vitamin C 400 IU Vitamin D 600 IU Vitamin E 100 mg Vitamin B15 50 mg niacinamide 50 mg Vitamin B1 1000 mg pantothenic acid 50 mg Vitamin B2 300 mcg folic acid 100 mg vitamin B6 100 mcg biotin 500 mcg vitamin B12
Supplements
Use the chelated form of the following minerals. They are important in treating cardiovascular disorders:
1.0-1.5 g
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