aaronfransen
Jedi Master
I have, according to the medical community, high blood pressure. In fact most of my (blood related) family does.
I used to takes drugs to lower it, but in a health kick a few years ago I stopped. I exercise (albeit only a little), eat paleo, take liposomal vitamin c, d, and when I remember to, hemp oil.
So, I have a reasonably healthy lifestyle I would say. Oh, I also smoke a pipe, so take from that what you will.
According to the statistics available, over a third of all adults in the US and nearly half of all Europeans have high blood pressure.
Uh, beg pardon? Doesn't that mean that nearly half of us should be dropping from strokes?
I see a couple of possible factors at work here:
1. Blood pressure limits are set at a level designed for optimal drug uptake.
2. Our lives are so stressful these days it's havering an adverse affect
3. The medical community is quite unwilling to explore alternative ways of reducing blood pressure (at least in my experience) rather than resorting to drugs, because frankly that's what they're taught and paid to do.
Now from a The Work perspective, one could argue that the anxiety produced by a population worried about their blood pressure, myself unfortunately counted among them, produces a delightful snack for those types of beings who feed on negative energy. That, more than anything, actually makes me angry.
Anyway, just wanted to get everyone's thoughts on the subject!
I used to takes drugs to lower it, but in a health kick a few years ago I stopped. I exercise (albeit only a little), eat paleo, take liposomal vitamin c, d, and when I remember to, hemp oil.
So, I have a reasonably healthy lifestyle I would say. Oh, I also smoke a pipe, so take from that what you will.
According to the statistics available, over a third of all adults in the US and nearly half of all Europeans have high blood pressure.
Uh, beg pardon? Doesn't that mean that nearly half of us should be dropping from strokes?
I see a couple of possible factors at work here:
1. Blood pressure limits are set at a level designed for optimal drug uptake.
2. Our lives are so stressful these days it's havering an adverse affect
3. The medical community is quite unwilling to explore alternative ways of reducing blood pressure (at least in my experience) rather than resorting to drugs, because frankly that's what they're taught and paid to do.
Now from a The Work perspective, one could argue that the anxiety produced by a population worried about their blood pressure, myself unfortunately counted among them, produces a delightful snack for those types of beings who feed on negative energy. That, more than anything, actually makes me angry.
Anyway, just wanted to get everyone's thoughts on the subject!