From Dr Mercola - reduce your fructose intake and reduce your blood pressure

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August 29, 2015



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This ia a rather contrarian if no a renegade view on reducing blood pressure,  While he also recommends exercise, other food intakes, the main thesis of Mercola is to reduce fructose intake to reduce blood pressure. He also recommends breast feeding of infants (vs formula milk) as the infants who are breast fed for 12 months have less risk of developing high blood pressure.disease.

Now going back to fructose. Those who have high fructose intake of 74 grams or more (the equivalent of 2.5 cans of sugary drinks) have 77% chance of developing high blood pressure.   High insulin level  = high blood pressure

Logic:

1.  High insulin level causes the excretion of magnesium.  Magnesium goes out with the urine.  Magnesium causes muscles to relax.  With low levels of magnesium, muscles ,especially of blood vessels constrict, lessening free flow of blood thus elevating blood pressure.

What really causes heart disease and plaquesand sudden death?

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According to this article, it is not cholesterol per se. This is according to Dr. Fred Kummerow, who is now 100 years old in his book, Cholestero is not the Culprit.  Increase consumption of transfat and processed cholesterol are.  Transfat lead to reduction of the bodies ability to produce transcyclin which keeps the blood flowing.  And this leads to sudden death.

Processing leads to processing of cholesterol like frying eggs or frying powdered egg.

The best alternative therefore is to avoid processed food.

Also avoid sugar.

Here is the full article.