Blood Pressure Meds Are Fat Fertilizer
Issue #2130
- WEALTHY: A better, quicker path to $80,000 a year… and beyond (Suzanne Richardson)
- HEALTHY: How to avoid a deadly prescription drug trap (Shane Ellison)
- WISE: Dr. Raymond Woosley on blood pressure medication
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
- A lesson in making more cash from a refrigeration giant (Michael Masterson)
- 10 ways to remove any doubt from your customers’ minds (Michael Samonek)
- It’s Fun to Know… about the marathon monks of Japan
- Add "remonstrate" to your vocabulary
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"All high blood-pressure medications are suspect."
Dr. Raymond Woosley
Blood Pressure Meds Are Fat Fertilizer
Not all prescription drugs are bad. Some are really bad, like the drugs used to lower blood pressure. Among the top 10 drugs prescribed in the U.S, blood pressure (hypertension) medications ensnare millions into the prescription drug trap. That trap kills 200,000 and injures close to 2.2 million Americans every year. Fortunately, you can beat dangerous blood pressure levels by improving your lifestyle habits and turning to natural medicine.
Like Miracle Grow on plants, drugs such as Toprol-XL, Lopressor (metoprolol), Tenormin (atenolol), and Coreg (carvedilol) serve as fat fertilizer for the human body. A family of receptors - "beta-receptors" - activates your fat metabolism. Like a lock that has been broken, many blood pressure drugs jam beta-receptors and prevent them from responding to your own fat-burning molecules (the keys to the lock). Your body then begins to store fat and use carbohydrates (sugar) as fuel.
Once sugar becomes the primary source of fuel, your body begins screaming for it. Sugar addiction sets in. Fat gain ensues. And Type II diabetes follows. Patients who "follow doctor’s orders" and swallow beta-blockers and diuretics are at a 28 percent to 50 percent greater risk of suffering from Type II diabetes - the greatest health challenge of the 21st century. Diabetes can eliminate a whopping 11 to 20 years from your lifespan.
Unfortunately, taking blood pressure medications can lead to many other serious and even deadly side effects. For instance, calcium channel blockers such as Adalat, Procardia (nifedipine), and Norvasc (amlodipine) are not safe alternatives. By blocking calcium from entering the heart, users are at greater risk of dying from heart failure.
While your "numbers" might look good when you take these drugs, your heart is slowly weakening. Cancer is also a possibility. In 1996, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) warned: "Postmenopausal women who took calcium channel blockers had twice the risk of developing breast cancer than other women."
No diet, supplement, or lifestyle can save you from the deadly side effects of blood pressure meds. Fortunately, we don’t need them to avoid the dangers of "high" blood pressure.
The Fabricated Illness
High blood pressure - as defined by the drug industry and medical doctors - is not an instant death sentence. The goal of maintaining a blood pressure at or near 140/80 (or, more recently, 115/75) is based on drug company hype, not science. These numbers are designed to sell drugs by converting healthy people into patients.
Rising blood pressure is a normal process of aging and does not require drug intervention - even when it reaches 140/80. Medical literature shows that blood pressure rises slightly as we age - probably to accommodate an increased need for oxygen and nutrients. And this increase does not put us at any risk of early death.
If high blood pressure were dangerous, then lowering it with hypertension drugs would increase lifespan. Yet, clinical trials involving hypertension medication show no increased lifespan among users when compared to non-users.
sugar and eliminating artificial flavors are two of the best things you can do to maintain a relatively normal blood pressure. Replacing carbohydrate (bread, pasta, desserts, and excess fruit) consumption with healthy fats (such as coconut oil, eggs, grass-fed beef, wild salmon, avocados, seeds, and nuts) will also help control your blood pressure… plus, it can eliminate unsightly belly fat. And, finally, interval training one to three times per week is vital for a healthy cardiovascular system.
Stopping Heart Disease With Artery-Preserving Molecules
Blood pressure can rise to temporary extremes in response to stress, infection, fasting, dehydration, or simply from the anxiety of walking into a doctor’s office. Of course, these temporary instances of high blood pressure do not rationalize a lifetime of drug use.
It’s prudent to be concerned should you experience chronic high blood pressure - which can be dangerous. This usually occurs when blood vessels become stiff due to hardening of the arteries (heart disease), causing your blood pressure to skyrocket to 200/100. Fortunately, you don’t need blood pressure drugs to handle even these worrisome levels.
In situations where high blood pressure might become life threatening, cardiovascular nutrients such as L-arginine, magnesium aspartate, and a 95 percent grape seed extract can be potent natural remedies based on Nobel Prize-winning science. These nutrients increase the production of nitric oxide, a molecule that allows for the dilation and relaxation of arteries. Using them can prevent heart attack and stroke that may result from impeded blood flow or inflammation caused by rising blood pressure.
Blood pressure medications are made to sell, not heal. They cater to fear rather than health. If you understand this, you’ll avoid the deadly prescription drug trap and keep yourself safe and healthy.
[Ed. Note: Shane "The People’s Chemist" Ellison is an internationally recognized authority on therapeutic nutrition and the author of The People’s Chemist Foundational Health Education program. Save 10 percent and learn how to beat heart disease, obesity, and diabetes naturally by clicking here. You can also read Shane’s insights into what you can do to lead a healthier life by signing up for ETR’s FREE natural health e-letter here.]
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How to Charge a Lot More for an Existing Product
The fastest way to gain market share is to sell a popular product at a below-market price. But it’s a tough game to play. You need the financial resources to pull it off and the operational wherewithal to grow quickly.
Another good way to break into a new market is to take the high road: Produce a credibly better version of something popular and sell it for a significantly higher price.
That’s what Sub Zero did in the 1980s with refrigerators. While the rest of the market was competing in the less-than-$1,000 range, Sub Zero introduced the first $2,500 refrigerator. It was larger, a bit colder, and had one drawback (tough to open) that was sold as a benefit (vacuum-sealed). The company’s success was astounding. Today, the typical Sub Zero will set you back $5,000.
The same thing happened with stoves. In 1984, the Viking range was created in Mississippi to supply affluent baby boomers with industrial-type gas burners. Sales soared. Today, the average Viking will set you back $8,500.
The great thing about the up-market is that you can charge a whole lot more for just a little bit of better. That’s because affluent consumers are willing to spend more - sometimes a lot more - to own the best. This is not because they need the quality. (Most of those fancy Viking ranges are hardly ever used.) It’s because they need the prestige that comes with owning the best.
That’s something you need to keep in mind should you design a program for upscale products. You are selling quality, but it’s the psychological benefit of owning the best that drives the sale.
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10 Ways to Power Up Your Guarantees
Want to convince your customer that she’s making the right choice by buying your product? Offer her a guarantee. It gives her an ironclad reason for shelling out her hard-earned cash.
Here are 10 ways to turn ordinary guarantees into powerhouses:
- "No-risk trial offer" becomes "Grab this no-risk trial offer today!" or "Stunning no-risk trial offer."
- "Unconditional money-back guarantee" becomes "Instant unconditional money-back guarantee" or "Instant no-nonsense money-back guarantee."
- "No hassles, no long waiting" becomes "Overnight refund" or "No mumbo-jumbo, no fine print, just your money back pronto."
- "Guaranteed for life" needs nothing more. It’s powerful enough as is.
- "365-day guarantee" becomes "Astonishing 365-day guarantee."
- "Double your money back" becomes "Here’s a cleverly designed bribe for you - double your money back!"
- "Send no money now" becomes "But you don’t have to send a penny yet."
- "100% money back plus $10.00 just for trying it" becomes "Free Money Guarantee: I’ll send you 100% of your money back - plus $10.00 out of my own pocket - just for trying it!"
- "100% money back, but you keep the free bonuses" becomes "You get 100% of your money back, and you get to pocket the freebies. You get to line your pockets with the free bonuses."
- "Postdate your check for 31 days" becomes "Postdate your check two months from now" or "Postdate your check 62 days from today."
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It’s Fun to Know: Marathon Monks of Japan
Marathon runners may think they have endurance, but they can’t compete with members of the Tendai Buddhist sect who live on Mount Hiei in Japan. As part of their spiritual training, the so-called "marathon monks" run or walk (in rope sandals) a distance that’s sometimes double that of a marathon’s 26.2 miles every day for seven years, often getting only four hours of sleep a night. Only 48 monks have completed this optional quest (while still tending to their other duties), which requires them to commit suicide if they fail at any point along the way.
(Source: The Observer)
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Word to the Wise: Remonstrate
To "remonstrate" (rih-MAHN-strate) - from the Latin for "to show again" - is to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.
Example (as used by Victor Pelevin in A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories): "If a hailstorm starts, surely instead of remonstrating with it, you try to take shelter."
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