The Blood Pressure Cure: 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure without Prescription Drugs

324 Pages·2007·1.33 MB·English

by  Robert E. Kowalski

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The
Blood Pressure
Cure
8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure
without Prescription Drugs
Robert E. Kowalski
John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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The
Blood Pressure
Cure
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Also by Robert E. Kowalski
The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure Cookbook
The Endocrine Control Diet (with Calvin Ezrin,M.D.)
Cholesterol & Children
8 Steps to a Healthy Heart
The Type 2 Diabetes Diet Book (with Calvin Ezrin,M.D.)
The Revolutionary Cholesterol Breakthrough
The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
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The
Blood Pressure
Cure
8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure
without Prescription Drugs
Robert E. Kowalski
John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Kowalski,Robert E.
The blood pressure cure :8 weeks to lower blood pressure without
prescription drugs / Robert E.Kowalski.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:978-0-470-12416-1 (cloth)
1. Hypertension—Alternative treatment.2. Hypertension—Popular works.
I. Title.
RC685.H8K69 2007
616.1'3206—dc22
2006037899
Printed in the United States of America
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My father passed away on December 5,1969,from a massive
heart attack.Hypertension was one of the major factors con-
tributing to the disease that claimed his life and took him
away from us forever.How I wish I could have had more time
with him.How I wish he could have met my wife,Dawn,and
our children,Ross and Jenny,his grandchildren.
I love him.I miss him.And I hope this book that I dedicate to
his memory will help others live and beat cardiovascular
disease so they can enjoy the years taken away from him by
a disease we’re learning more and more about every day.
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Contents
Foreword by Steven Burstein,M.D. ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
PART ONE
The Blood Pressure Problem
1 Hypertension:The Silent Killer 13
2 Testing Your Pressure 26
3 Different Blood Pressure Concerns for Different
People 34
4 Blood Pressure and Diabetes 46
PART TWO
The Blood Pressure Cure Program
5 Weight and Blood Pressure 57
6 Enjoy a Pressure-Friendly Active Lifestyle 76
7 Reduce Your Stress 90
8 Time to Quit Smoking 108
9 Balance Your Electrolytes:Sodium,Potassium,
Calcium,and Magnesium 123
10 Drink,but Not Too Much 142
11 Lower Your Cholesterol,Lower Your Blood Pressure 148
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