High Blood Pressure: Foods to Lower It Naturally | Dr. Yami Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 17 November 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In many cases a poor diet can cause high blood pressure. But there are also foods that can help bring it under control.
Discover the best foods for lower blood pressure with Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster as she joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE.
You will also learn the key nutrients for controlling hypertension, how to order low-sodium meals when dining out, and tips for using salt at home. Plus, you'll hear success stories of people who have successfully lowered their blood pressure and no longer need medication to treat it.
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody wants to hear about miracle curers, but if you are currently eating the standard |
| 0:06.2 | American diet, the first thing is to start eating more whole plant foods. |
| 0:11.1 | They're not ultra-process, they don't have all the added sodium, they help you release |
| 0:14.3 | nitric oxide, which helps relax our blood vessels. |
| 0:21.9 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.6 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.8 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 0:33.2 | more than 150 countries. |
| 0:35.7 | Hi to everyone listening in Quincy, Massachusetts, Newberg, Oregon, and Ashewa, Ontario, Canada, |
| 0:43.3 | wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:48.6 | This is episode 88 of season 5, number 387 overall. |
| 0:55.7 | You know, nearly half of us have high blood pressure. |
| 1:00.3 | Think about that, nearly half of us, that is an estimated 116 million adults right now |
| 1:06.2 | in the US that have it, but out of that 116 million, just one out of four have it under |
| 1:13.1 | control. |
| 1:15.5 | And the thing is, with so many cases, we risk it becoming normalized, right? |
| 1:21.5 | We think of high blood pressure as no big deal. |
| 1:25.2 | But it is a big deal and here is why, because statistics show that high blood pressure is |
| 1:30.8 | at the very least a contributing factor in more than 670,000 deaths across the country |
| 1:38.3 | every single year. |
| 1:41.4 | And oh, by the way, the cost of treating high blood pressure every single year is $131 billion. |
| 1:51.7 | And it's not just a grown up problem either. |
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