norx
New User
Female
28 posts since April 10th, 2009
New User
Female
28 posts since April 10th, 2009
norx's posts
My advice would be to stay off of the medications- not only do they often have terrible side effects, but can be hard and sometimes even damaging to quit. If you stick to the lifestyle changes you have made you will be much better off in the long run.
It is also entirely possible that your white coat concerns could be true. Just getting dressed ra... more
I admire your drive to find answers- far too many people just accept what they are told.
Some of the fundamental causes of high blood pressure involve the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (which includes kidney dysfunction and a lot of the hormone imbalances)often because of an overactive sympathetic nervous system, endothelium dysfunction and... more
Is high blood pressure all she has?
It took about 7 weeks of using the device 5 times a week for my grandpa to see the drop in this blood pressure. His BP was really high when he started using the device... often over 200 systolic. The Zona lowered his BP to where it bounced around the 140-145 range and then he changed his diet and has kept it in the normal range for several years no... more
Let's see if I can help...
-Nitric oxide is created from oxygen and arginine thanks to nitric oxide synthase enzymes.
-There are three main nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes, the key for blood vessel vasodilatation is Endothelial NOS (eNOS).
-It is believed that oxidative stress (caused by free radicals & more likely as we age) is one of... more
Nitric Oxide (NO) is part of what makes your endothelium, the lining in your arteries, contract and expand as it should. It is essentially a vasodilator. I would be very cautious of anything that says you can basically "eat" nitric oxide. There are things you can do and eat that my encourage your body to produce NO, but I don't think you can eat NO... more
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