Re: Just checking in

Posted by Bill in NC on May 13, 2006 at 08:28:33 from (65.188.155.69):

In Reply to: Just checking in posted by Michael Soldan on May 13, 2006 at 06:48:15:

Not a doctor, just a guy who reads stuff and from my limited
understanding blood pressure is essentially measures the
"flexibility" of one"s arteries. The top number is the pressure on
the heartbeat and the bottom number is the pressure between
heartbeats. Since blood flows in a peristaltic fashion through
our arteries, the two measures tell us about the flexibility of our
blood vessels. Thus high blood pressure is a lack of flexibility of
our blood vessels which can be caused (and I am reaching here)
by deposits (cholesterol, calcium, scarring, blood vessel material
changes). The cholesterol statin drugs appear to do wonders
because of their gradual cleaning-out or at least halting of
deposits in the blood vessels. Also, I"ve read where the statin
drugs also may be reducing inflammation-related activities in
the blood vessel walls which some researchers feel is where the
action is for these problems (besides keeping platlets from
sticking together, aspirin also has anti-inflammatory properties
which helps the blood vessels). For some people, high blood
pressure apparently is a case of too much fluid volume (blood
fluids) for the body"s circulatory system. Think of overfilling a
hydraulic system. For those people getting off salt (sodium
makes the body retain water = more blood fluid volume) is a life
style change that reduces their blood pressure. Whereas some
people can drop their blood pressure by losing weight. My uncle
was a country Doctor and he frequently said that most
overweight folks with high blood pressure could significantly
drop their BP with the first 20 pound weight loss. In other
words, they might lose 60 pounds overall, but the BP effect was
seen with the first 20. This weight loss also helps the person
get their blood sugar/insulin control back to better state as
well. As for myself, my BP ran 135/90 for a number of years
and then I changed some things about my diet and it has stayed
around 120/70 ever since then. Those changes were plain,
cook-on-the stove oatmeal for breakfast with walnuts (lineolic
oil content) and raisins. Eating more olive oil for salad dressing
and such. Eating more fish. Taking six (6) fish oil capsules
everyday (omega 3 fats). Apparently, fish oils (omega 3) are the
stuff that makes our body run well, especially the flexibility of
our blood vessels. The other diet changes are total avoidance of
trans-fats. Those man-made fats are a killer. Apparently our
bodies (livers) don"t know what to do with the stuff. Lastly, I
stay away from soft drinks. Used to love sweet tea and Cokes,
but they are off the list. My speculation regarding America"s
obesity epidemic partially can be blamed on the soft drink
manufacturers switching from cane/beet sugars in the late
1970"s to corn syrup based sweeteners. I"ve read where the
body processes sucrose (cane/beet sugars) differently than
fructose (corn syrup sugars). Rambling comments from an
average Joe reader and Internet surfer.

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