If you were pressurized blood in today's arteries, you'd be high, too. There's an entire body of scientific work that claims that hypertension is your body's natural and intelligent response to modern eating habits. Dr. Max Bircher-Benner - a German doctor practicing in Europe in the late 19th century - was known for his ground-breaking work with raw food nutritional therapy. His physician son, Dr. Ralph Bircher, published studies in the 1960s about certain widespread modern eating habits that caused high blood pressure. The results of these habits included:
- Thickening of the basal membranes of the blood vessels and capillaries,
- A narrowing of the inside diameter of the arteries and capillaries,
- Thickening of the blood (higher viscosity by more blood cells = elevated haematocrit),
- Increasing of the coagulation tendency of the blood.
Every engineer knows how to keep the pumped quantity of liquid/per minute at the same rate in a pipe system with of higher viscosity of liquid and narrowed pipes of the system: The logical and natural solution is to elevate the pumping pressure! Our body's intelligent control system elevates our blood pressure to maintain a sufficient oxygen and energy supply for the entire body.
According to these physicians and their research, high blood pressure is a natural response to un-natural eating. The response of modern medicine is to force blood pressure down with un-natural, artificial (but very profitable) chemicals.
Dr. Bircher-Benner repeatedly observed - in the course of his practice - that a diet of wholesome, uncooked foods improved the health of many of his patients... even some who were on the verge of death. The Swiss physician attributed the restorative effects to the fact that raw plant foods are direct products of the sun. Ralph Bircher has since claimed that the success of his father's diet was due to the "great variety of enzymes" contained in the uncooked foods. In fact, it's an oversupply of animal protein and refined carbohydrates and a deficiency of natural, man-appropriate food.
You may want to investigate the power of natural hypertension treatment. Check out the facts about what you eat and how it makes you feel.
If you're taking hypertension drugs now, do not stop without consulting your doctor. In the transition from drug therapy to natural cures, a health professional is a critical and important partner.