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Magnesium Oxide is vital for healthy heart cells. Evidence reveals that magnesium is an important element in regulating blood pressure and proper heart rhythm. A magnesium deficiency may contribute to abnormal heart rhythms, heart attacks, and strokes. If you suffer from high blood pressure, your doctor may have prescribed a diuretic (water pill) as a treatment. Diuretics work to lower blood pressure by purging excess water. However, vital minerals, including magnesium, are also purged out during in the process. The fact is, 90% of Americans do not get enough magnesium in their diets.
Calcium Carbonate and Citrate are essential minerals with a wide range of biological purposes. As well as being important for bones and teeth, calcium is vital for muscle contraction, nerve conduction, beating heart cells, blood coagulation, glandular secretion, energy metabolism and the support of immune function, to only name a few! Calcium has antihypertensive and hypocholesterolemic activity. Calcium has been found to help in the lowering of systolic blood pressure, in patients with hypertension.
Potassium is absolutely essential for proper functioning of the heart muscle, insulin release, proper fluid balance and nerve function. Researchers have found that it works wonders in reducing and regulating blood pressure. These days, potassium deficiency is very common because of high salt intake, which purges potassium from the body's storehouses.
Allum Sativa amazingly, the benefits of garlic could fill a book. The Europeans use this herb as an all-around treatment for preventing atherosclerosis, heart disease and strokes. Scientific studies show that garlic helps to lower blood pressure and serum cholesterol levels. One study on hypertensive patients found that when 47 non-hospitalized patients with mild hypertension were administered either 600 mg of a garlic powder preparation or placebo for 12 weeks, after 8 weeks blood pressure was significantly reduced from 171/102 mmHg to 155/91 mmHg (Auer et al., 1990).
The Hawthorn Berry, Crataegus monogyna, is one of the oldest known medicinal plants used in European medicine Hawthorn berry is famous for its benefits on the circulatory system. Hawthorn has a long history of confirmed safety, and clinical evidence to support its cardiovascular benefits. (The cardiovascular benefits are the result of positive inotropic activity, it seems to have the ability to increase the integrity of the blood vessel wall and improve coronary blood flow, and positive effects on oxygen utilization.) Simply put, hawthorn berries are known for their ability to enhance metabolism and increase oxygen in the heart, which allows for protection of the arterial walls and dilation of the hearts' blood vessels improving the pumping of the heart cells. This helps reduce blood pressure as expanded blood vessels allow the blood to move more freely throughout the body.
Taurine is a building block for all the other amino acids. Taurine bares an important role in protecting the potassium in the heart muscles, promoting healthier heart cells. L-taurine also supports the neurotransmitters and has a protective effect on the whole brain. Taurine is beneficial for patients with artherosclerosis, edema, heart disorders, hypertension, or hypoglycemia. It is amazingly successful in soothing anxiety and calming hyperactivity.
Vitamin C.Researchers from Boston University and the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University found that after a month of taking 500 mg of vitamin C a day, patients with hypertension reduced their mean blood pressures an average of 9%, just with good old vitamin C alone!
Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum frutescens) Cayenne has always been used for benefit of the circulatory system. Cayenne is a perfect food for the circulatory system because it helps supply essential factors for the cell membranes of the arteries, veins and capillaries and restores elasticity and vigor. By virtue of increasing the blood circulation, cayenne produces natural warmth that stimulates the peristaltic (digestive) motion of the gut, which helps in absorption of nutrients and elimination of toxins. Cayenne normalizes the healthy flow of blood from the head to the feet, regulating and equalizing all blood pressure.
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