In fact, hypertension is primarily a disorder of lifestyle, caused by:

• poor nutrition
• obesity
• inactivity
• smoking
• heavy drinking, and
• chronic stress.

While some of the causes of high blood pressure are outside our control, the truth is that in 90 to 95 per cent of cases, high blood pressure can be reduced by addressing its most significant risk factors!

Hypertension has been linked to deficiencies of many nutrients. Foremost among these are electrolyte minerals, such as

• calcium
• magnesium
• potassium.

Also antioxidant deficiencies contribute to high blood pressure, such as inadequate levels of vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium. These antioxidant nutrients negate the harmful effects of free radicals on the arteries. In this way they protect against the development of hypertension (free radicals damage the endothelium, or lining of the arteries, decreasing their elasticity and responsiveness to chemical signals to relax or contract).

Antioxidants have also a stimulating and protective impact on the body's supply of nitric oxide. This important endothelium-derived agent, produced by the innermost lining of an artery, is responsbile for relaxing of blood vessels.

Deficiencies of B-complex vitamins, particularly vitamin B-12, folic acid, and vitamin B-6, have also been implicated in hypertension. These nutrients are important in the clearance of homocysteine, a toxic by-product of the metatoblism of protein, recognized as a significant risk factor for atherosclerosis. Definitely, there is a the cause-effect relationship between elevated blood levels of homocysteine and hypertension.

In many people, an important role in developing of high blood pressure play undiagnosed... allergies. Usually neglected by medical doctors, hidden allergies or sensitivities to foods are one of the most underestimated causes of hypertension! Many hypertensive people, experiencing any kind of adverse reaction to foods, especially to processed milk products, don't even realize that it could be the underlying cause of their elevated blood pressure.

Only when these dietary culprits are tracked down and, then, eliminated, many "unsolved" high blood pressure cases can be corrected.

A large role in raising blood pressue play insulin levels. They are an underlying factor in approximately half of all causes of hypertension, also increasing the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes..

Especially, sugars and processed grains that break down to sugar, such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, beans, cookies, cakes, cereals, oatmeal, toast and rice all raise insulin levels in most people. Raised insulin levels then cause the blood pressure to go up. Therefore, dietary and lifestyle changes are central in controlling hypertension.

Studies have shown that as high systolic blood pressure (of 145 mm Hg and higher) increases risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke, very low systolic blood pressure (below 125 mm Hg) can increase - mainly in men over 65 - risk for non-cardiac conditions, such as respiratory disease and cancer.

Therefore, too low blood pressure can be as dangerous as high blood pressure.

As atherosclerosis, to a great extent, is intimately related to what you eat, your diet has a strong impact on your blood pressure. Therefore, your food choices should be given serious consideration.

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There is strong evidence that exercise and stress reduction - if done regularly - are both protective of the cardiovascular system and supportive of the immune processes. For adults, high blood pressure is almost always a sign of not enough exercise.

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The nutritional approach to atherosclerosis goes far beyond the standard "cut or medicate" treatments. Its goal is to improve and/or restore the impaired body's metabolism through optimized nutrition.

As multiple nutritional deficiencies have been implicated in the genesis of arterial damage and, by association, hypertension, only optimum nutrition can boost the body chemistry, helping the cells to

• receive more vital nutrients - nourishment needed for their optimal function (and survival), and
• undergo the ongoing process of detoxification - an essential factor in preventing and fighting all health problems.

This is especially important for those, who have a family history of diabetes, heart disease or stroke due to atherosclerosis.

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Nutritional arterial cleansing is for you - if

• you have courage, good will and persistence, and
• are not afraid to take your health into your own hands.

At Full-Health.com, we are sure that this simple method - so simple that, at first, its simplicity makes you difficult to believe - will do as much for you as it has done for our clients and customers.

If other people have benefited from Arterial Cleansing Formula, you, or someone you know or hold dear, can benefit as well.

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