Has anyone tried natural alternatives for lowering cholesterol and blood pressure?
Lifestyle and diet changes are essential if your tests show high cholesterol and BP levels. Many people are also prescribed medication and I have read many questions by people asking for information on natural alternatives.
I am interested to know if anyone has tried help:cholesterol or help:blood pressure, 2 natural food supplements containing ingredients proven in clinical evidence to help maintain healthy levels. Has anyone got any feedback on how these products have worked for them?
I am asking this on behalf of the people behind these alternatives, Workswithwater, and if anyone is interested, more information is available on their website. You can get find the ‘help:’ products in Waitrose, Tescos, Holland & Barrett and ASDA.
The "Natural way" is to try diet and lifestyle changes first. This includes reducing saturated fats in your Diet, reducing the amount of salt you eat, generally eating healthily, limiting alcohol consumption and exercise. If you are overweight, it’s important you lose weight and if you smoke you need to stop. Sometimes this is enough to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol to a satisfactory level. However, sometimes it doesn’t and/or people may have other risk factors which mean they need to take Statins, etc.
There is no evidence that other "natural food supplements" that you buy from Tesco, Waitrose, Holland & Barrett or even ASDA will be of any help.
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
is this advertising?
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March 3rd, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Didn’t help me at all with my blood pressure. When I was my healthiest and smallest 5′2" tall and 85 lbs. my blood pressure hit 180/106, so I was put on medication. My cholesterol was 104 total and 54 of that was the good stuff. Sometimes you just have to make up your mind you need the meds.. Now my blood pressure is 115/72.
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March 3rd, 2010 at 5:03 pm
The "Natural way" is to try diet and lifestyle changes first. This includes reducing saturated fats in your diet, reducing the amount of salt you eat, generally eating healthily, limiting alcohol consumption and exercise. If you are overweight, it’s important you lose weight and if you smoke you need to stop. Sometimes this is enough to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol to a satisfactory level. However, sometimes it doesn’t and/or people may have other risk factors which mean they need to take Statins, etc.
There is no evidence that other "natural food supplements" that you buy from Tesco, Waitrose, Holland & Barrett or even ASDA will be of any help.
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Cardiac RN