The High Blood Pressure Solution: A Scientifically Proven Program for Preventing Strokes and Heart Disease
High blood pressure is entirely
preventable, without reliance on synthetic drugs. Dr. Moore's approach is
simple: by maintaining the proper ratio of potassium to sodium in the diet,
blood pressure can be regulated at the cellular level, preventing the
development of hypertension and the high incidence of strokes and heart attacks
associated with it. Dr. Moore updates this edition with a new preface reporting
on the latest scientific research in support of his program. The most striking
results come from Finland, where for several decades sodium chloride has been
replaced nationwide with a commercial sodium/potassium mixture, resulting in a
60 percent decline nationwide in deaths attributed to strokes and
heart attacks. Extrapolated to America, the Finnish statistics would mean 360,000
strokes prevented and 96,000 lives saved every year.
Dr. Moore makes it clear that high
blood pressure is only one symptom of an entire systemic imbalance. He outlines
a safe, effective program that focuses on nutrition, weight loss, and exercise
to bring the entire body chemistry into balance. For those currently taking
blood pressure medications, he includes a chapter on working with your
physician to ensure that any reduction in hypertension drugs can be effected
gradually and safely.
Softcover, 400 pages
The High Blood Pressure Solution
A Scientifically Proven Program for Preventing Strokes and Heart Disease
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
Hypertension Can Be Prevented and Cured
Introduction
Why Haven't You Heard of These Developments?
Part One: The Problem
1. What is High Blood Pressure?
2. Drugs--The Usual Treatment
Part Two: The Answer: Moving From the Myth of Control to a Balance with Nature
3. Hypertension: Much More than Just High Blood Pressure!
4. The Action the Cell Membrane
5. High Blood Pressure Is Not Inevitable: Cultural Evidence
6. Working with the Wisdom of the Body: An Adequate K Factor Lowers Blood Pressure and Prolongs Life
7. Hypertension: A Variation of Syndrome X
8. Other Factors that Influence Blood Pressure
Part Three: The Program
9. Step One: See Your Doctor
10. Step Two: Eat Right
11. Step Three: Exercise
12 Step Four: Help Your Body Find Its Proper Weight
Part Four: The Workbook
13. The Workbook
Part Five: Additional Considerations
14. Why the Emphasis on Drugs
15. Additional Evidence: Low Dietary K Factor--A Main Cause of Primary Hypertension
Part Six: Salt, Blood Pressure Regulation, and Drug Action
16. How Important Is Salt?
17. How the Kidneys, Hormones, and Nervous System Work Together to Control Blood Pressure
18. Antihypertensive Drugs
Part Seven: For the Physician
19. Information for the Physician
References
Index
Web site
"A fantastic treatment presented in a simple, practical, logical order for the patient and physician as well. Here is a book that needed to be written."
Armand E. Brodeur, M.D., M.R.D., Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine
"Should be required reading for everyone, especially those who have a familial history of high blood pressure, or those who have already been diagnosed as having high blood pressure."
John J. Duncan, M.D., Institute for Aerobics Research, Dallas, Texas
"A fantastic treatment presented in a simple, practical, logical order for the patient and physician as well. One of my colleagues glanced through the book as it was sitting on my desk and said 'Hey, this is a life saver!' Here is a book that needed to be written."
Armand E. Brodeur, M.D., M.R.D., Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine
"This is the finest blend of science and healing I've seen in a very long time. . . . this is the medicine of the future!"
Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine
Richard D. Moore holds an M.D. from the Indiana University School of
Medicine and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Purdue University. He has been a
professor of biophysics at the State University of New York at
Plattsburgh and a visiting professor at the University of Vermont's
medical school. A fellow of the American College of Nutrition, he has
been active in the field of biomedical research for over 30 years. He
lives in New Mexico.