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A22 HEALTH
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Treating Blood Pressure Problems [hypertension]

Low blood count grains. The yeast called vitamins, and specifically
reduces your blood’s abil- Monascus purpureus, turns biotin, help keep your skin,
ity to carry oxygen through the rice a red color. Called hair, eyes, liver, and ner-
your body. To compen- Red yeast rice, it has a vous system healthy. Bio-
sate, your heart starts beat- long history of use as both tin is also a crucial nutrient
ing faster and stronger. a food and a medicine in during pregnancy, as it’s
Blood pressure rises. The hu- China. Red yeast rice con- important for embryonic
man body needs vitamin tains natural monacolin K, growth.
B to make red blood cells, which has properties very When a new pa-
12
nerves, DNA, and carry out similar to cholesterol-low- tient has blood pressure of
other functions. The aver- ering prescription medica- 140 over 90 or more, I do a
age adult should get 2.4 tions known as statins. Be- blood test to check for In-
micrograms a day. Like sides helping the liver con- sulin resistance (pre-diabe-
most vitamins, B12 can’t vert the cholesterol into a tes). The National Diabetes
be made by the body. In- healthier bile, clinical tests Information Clearinghouse
stead, it must be gotten have looked at the bene- reports high blood sugar
from food or supplements. fits of red yeast rice to treat contributes to high blood
In older people, B12 defi- other cardiovascular disor- pressure. One of the pro-
ciency has been linked to ders, including hyperten- posed uses of the herb
dementia. This deficiency sion, high blood pressure. milk thistle is to lower blood
has also been linked to With low, weak sugar levels, which may ul-
other neurodegenerative blood or low blood sugar, timately cause a decrease
disorders such as multiple hypoglycemia, the body in blood pressure. Mayo
By: Dr Carlos Viana sclerosis and Parkinson’s tightens or constricts the Clinic states animal and
disease. blood vessels to increase laboratory research found
Hypertension, high blood the brain causes a stroke Individuals who experience oxygen and glucose move- milk thistle may be capable
pressure is a risk factor as- and in the heart blood ves- even slightly reduced levels ment. Constriction of the of lowering high cholesterol
sociated with heart attacks sels that are blocked or of vitamin B12 also tend to blood vessels is the body’s levels. If this is true, milk this-
and strokes. Blood pressure broken can cause a heart have elevated homocys- way to raise the blood tle may help lower blood
readings involve two num- attack. When the largest teine levels. Homocysteine pressure. By narrowing the pressure by eliminating ex-
ber, one above the other. artery in the body, the aor- is an amino acid used nor- passage in the blood ves- cessive cholesterol within
The top number, which ta, is torn or ruptured, trau- mally by the body in mak- sels, blood flows more slow- the arteries. For centuries
is also the higher of the matic aortic rupture is a ing energy and making ly to the organs and the natural physicians have
two numbers, measures life- threatening condition. muscles. arms and legs. I prescribe used milk thistle to help the
the pressure in the arteries Blood pressure problems Elevated concentrations in Biotin supplementation to liver detoxify.
when the heart beats, that should not be ignored and the blood are thought to reduces systolic blood pres- Get the Point! Years
is, when the heart muscle should instead, if possible, increase the risk for heart sure by helping arteries be ago, nutritionists would
contracts. The top num- be treated with natural disease by damaging the smoother and able to relax take your blood pressure,
ber is called the Systolic supplements. lining of blood vessels and more. Mari Watanabe-Ka- have you eat one food
number. The bottom num- Clinically, I have increasing the risk of blood miyama reported in the Brit- and check your blood
ber, the Diastolic, which is found that there are many clot formation. Always ish Journal of Nutrition that pressure ten minutes later.
also the lower of the two reasons that produce make sure you are taking biotin has beneficial effects If your blood pressure rose
numbers, measures the high blood pressure, weak a B complex with your B 12 on hypertension and the more than ten points, that
pressure in the arteries be- blood, or anemia, high or other B’s. They work best frequency of stroke. food was considered to
tween heartbeats (when cholesterol, pre- diabetes, together. Biotin is one of the B be intolerant, or not good
the heart muscle is resting stress, tight blood vessels or When I studied and complex vitamins that help for you. The food – blood
between beats and refill- liver problems. Fortunately, worked as a Traditional the body convert food into pressure connection is well
ing with blood). we can treat many of the Chinese Medical doctor in energy. established. Thankfully, we
I consider abnormal blood different reasons that de- Shanghai one of our prin- The word biotin comes from can use natural food di-
pressure to be more than velop hypertension with ciple natural medicines the ancient Greek word etary supplements to help
140/90. Like an overinflated natural dietary supple- was rice that had a yeast “biotos,” which means control our blood pressure
tire or balloon, that can rup- ments made from organic or fungus growing on the “life” or “sustenance.” B naturally.q
ture, a burst blood vessel in food.