Richard Moore, MD, PhD, Diuretics lower blood pressure by excreting sodium

fatnews.com Hi, this is Larry Hobbs @ FatNews.com. Why not just stop over-consuming sodium instead? Americans consume 4000-5000 mg of sodium per day because of processed foods, but only need 100-400 mg per day. This is an excerpt from a letter by Richard Moore, MD, PhD dated August 31, 2009. Hi, this is Larry Hobbs […]

Lower Diastolic Blood Pressure Quickly And Safely

Lower Diastolic Blood Pressure Quickly And Safely Is your diastolic blood pressure reading greater than 80 mm HMG? If it is between 81 and 99 you are pre-hypertensive. If your reading is greater than 100 then you have hypertension. In either case, you need to lower your diastolic reading back to normal to avoid possible […]

Blood Pressure Medicine Side Effects – When It Becomes a Problem Not a Solution

Hypertension, also referred to as the “silent killer” is often the symptom of some other malfunction in your body. Although there are actual natural alternatives and/or home remedies to lower blood pressure, physicians use medications to combat the “silent killer.” The problem with this is the fact that you become a victim of the annoying […]

Sodium and Potassium Imbalance Can Cause Hypertension

People develop hypertension or high-blood pressure for several reasons. It may be in the genes or due to a kidney disorder as well as stress related factors. The most common causes however are due to dietary intakes that result to excessive salt in our body. Excessive salt intakes will result to an imbalance between sodium […]

Blood Pressure Medication – Foods That Do the Same As a Water Pill

  If you have high blood pressure or doctor diagnosed hypertension you may be put on a water to help lower your blood pressure. Water pills also are known as diuretics, function to remove sodium from the body. This occurs during urination. For some people this quite frequent and very inconvenient. Another drawback to this […]