Lower Blood Pressure the Natural Way | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that people with high blood pressure can often experience dramatic improvement by eating certain foods?
Dr. Neal Barnard reveals the best foods to lower high blood pressure when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE. Plus, they discuss the foods to avoid when treating hypertension, whether high blood pressure can be genetically driven, how big of a role table salt plays, and whether foods marketed as healthy can still contribute to elevated blood pressure.
Dr. Barnard also discusses the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and how it may be possible that a plant based diet could reduce the risk of becoming severely infected.
Chuck has details on a study about a special juice that is being shown to reduce inflammation.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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| 0:00.0 | Can high blood pressure be reversed? |
| 0:01.9 | Or do you have it for good once you have it? |
| 0:04.9 | It can definitely be improved. |
| 0:06.5 | Absolutely. |
| 0:07.4 | The fat increases the thickness, the viscosity of the blood. |
| 0:11.4 | You get that out of there, your blood is thinner. |
| 0:13.8 | It can flow more easily. |
| 0:15.0 | You don't need so much of blood pressure. |
| 0:16.5 | The dash study showed us that. |
| 0:18.4 | You could see a decisive drop in blood pressure |
| 0:20.9 | within 14 days. |
| 0:22.1 | However, let's say you're losing weight |
| 0:24.3 | and you lose a little bit of weight this week, |
| 0:26.2 | next week, the next week and maybe over the next six, |
| 0:28.1 | eight, 12 months. |
| 0:29.3 | You're continuing to lose weight |
| 0:30.5 | because of your healthy vegan diet. |
| 0:32.0 | That weight loss adds to the blood pressure lowering effect |
| 0:35.0 | over the long run. |
| 0:35.9 | What's your favorite diet? |
| 0:37.6 | What's your favorite diet? |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome to the exam room podcast. |
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