Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition? (2014)

Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by burke on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:26PM (#30307173)

I'm pretty sure this comment is sarcasm, but regardless, it should be pretty obvious that diet and exercise adjustment will fix hypertension in most (not all!) cases, but that:

* Lots of people aren't prepared to make the level of change required and so medication can be a better option; and

* Medication will probably reduce risk a lot faster than lifestyle adjustment if things are already dire.

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Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by hourislate on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:45PM (#30307387)

>that diet and exercise adjustment will fix hypertension in most (not all!) cases.

Not really although it can certainly help. There is evidence that there is a profound change (infection of some sort) in the Kidney and at some point that causes a run away inflammatory response that leads to Hypertension, it is an autoimmune condition that is extremely difficult to manage or get rid of. They believe it may be responsible for a great deal of Essential hypertension in adults today.

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Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by burke on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:18PM (#30307686)

Interesting. I found this link: https://portlandpress.com/clinsci/article-abstract/135/17/21...

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Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by peoplefromibiza on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:34PM (#30307265)

> will fix hypertension in most (not all!)

fix I'm not so sure, but help, that is true.

I have hypertension myself, it's been in my family for generations, it's a moderate hypertension, but no kind of diet could lower it.

Drugs did in a very short amount of time and they are both cheap and had no consequences whatsoever.

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