High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living with Hypertension

Learning how to take your own blood pressure at home has important information. Moreover, the advice in this book to lose weight and reduce sodium in your diet is good. However, lowering sodium without replacing it with potassium, i.e. increasing the ratio of potassium to sodium in the diet, is often futile. People whose diet has a ratio of potassium to sodium over 4 (preferably over 10) almost never get hypertension. By contrast, the average American white has a dietary ratio of 0.6 and the average American black has a dietary ratio of only 0.38.Unfortunately, the medical profession just can't bring itself to accept that this is the main answer to the plague of hypertension; and of course, the drug companies don't encourage that either.The idea that psychological stress causes high blood pressure simply doesn't hold up. Provided the dietary ratio of potassium to sodium is above 4, populations with severe stress do not get high blood pressure.Blacks should consider these simple facts; in rural Africa, blacks almost never get high blood pressure! The part of the world with the LOWEST incidence of both high blood pressure and strokes is West Africa!!! Although this is never mentioned (3 computer searches could not find a reference)in the medical literature, it IS well documented in the anthropology literature. Moreover, I have letters from three medical missionaries telling me their three clinics in Africa did not see a single case of high blood pressure during the last century.What blacks, and all people, need to learn is how to live WITHOUT high blood pressure. High Blood Pressure is PREVENTABLE and (the medical profession doesn't agree with this) CURABLE since the cause IS known. You can find this information in both my book (The High Blood Pressure Solution) and in Dr. Julian Whitaker's book (Reversing Hypertension).

High Blood Pressure (HBP) is an informative guide to living with hypertension, the silent killer among African-Americans. The guide is written in layman's terms and informs the reader of all aspects of detection, treatment and management. The book allows the reader an opportunity to learn how to take their own blood pressure and how to purchase the equipment to monitor one's pressure at home. HBP clearly outlines the complications from having uncontrolled blood pressure. It concludes with sections on healthy eating and diet modifications, stress management and the importance of having a spiritual foundation in dealing with high blood pressure.Reed and Hudson have written an easy to read book on a condition that is treatable. It empowers the reader to become an active part of their health plan. After reading this book, I made the necessary calls to have my blood pressure checked. Reviewed by Robilyn The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

High Blood Pressure: The Black Man and Woman's Guide to Living with Hypertension is a lifesaving guide written by medical professionals James W. Reed (Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair of Medicine for Research, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia) and Hilton M. Hudson (Vice Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rockford Health Systems, Rockford, Illinois) especially for the non-specialist general reader. Addressing the problems of high blood pressure among black men and women specifically, High Blood Pressure explains in straightforward, direct, easy-to-understand terms, the causes, complications, and treatments for this widespread health problem. Emphasizing healthy eating and a fitness-conscious lifestyle, as well as stress relief especially for black men and women, High Blood Pressure contains worthy advice applicable for people of all races and is a highly recommended informational resource for all health-conscious readers, but especially those at risk for high blood pressure.