8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure: Take the pressure off your heart without the use of prescription drugs

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"A comprehensive guide to lowering blood pressure without the use of prescription drugs" "High blood pressure is one of the biggest killers in the UK today- it is a major factor in causing heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and renal failure. About 3 in every 10 adults in England have high blood pressure. Among people in their 60s, about 6 out of 10 have high blood pressure, and among people in their 70s, 7 out of 10 people have it. Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure is a comprehensive guide to high blood pressure. Internationally-respected author Robert Kowalski provides vital information on recognising the risks and lays out lifestyle advice, heart-friendly exercise programmes and tempting recipes that will help you to control your blood pressure in just eight weeks. ome tips include- Put a heaped teaspoon of potassium into every saucepan of boiling water you use when you are cooking vegetables or pasta or rice Grape seed extract in just one small capsule a day, is sufficient to lower blood pressure by 7 or 8 points. It is just as effective as prescription drugs, without the side effects, is inexpensive and easy to do Even cocoa powder can lower blood pressure by 4 6 points ith special considerations for men, women, children and diabetics, as we

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Written in easy-to-read language, this book offers a way to lower blood pressure in just eight weeks without prescription drugs * Good Medicine *
The book is exceptional in its clarity and depth. I would recommend it to anyone with a tendency to hypertension. * Dr Charles Keenan, Associate Professor of Family Practice, UCLA *
This book presents simple answers to the questions that arise when people take charge of their own health in partnership with their physician. * Dr Calvin Ezrin, author of Your Fat Can Make You Thin *
...offers a comprehensive, nutritionally sound, and easily accessible guide to lowering one's blood pressure safely and effectively. * Kristen Caron, MA, MFT, author of The Everyday Meal Planner for Type 2 Diabetes *
Robert Kowalski is...revolutionizing the way we think about the non-pharmaceutical treatment of this important risk factor for heart disease. This well-written, concise book is a must-read for every person suffering from or treating high blood pressure. * Dr Paul Dougherty, Professor of Medicine, UCLA *

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"Robert Kowalski is an internationally-acclaimed medical journalist. At the age of 35, Robert had already had a heart attack and bypass surgery and then a further bypass surgery six years later. Because of this he decided to find out everything he could about heart disease. The diet and some of the natural remedies he found out about led him to write his book The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure in 1987."