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ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page iii The Blood Pressure Cure 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure without Prescription Drugs Robert E. Kowalski John Wiley & Sons,Inc. ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page vi ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page i The Blood Pressure Cure ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page ii Also by Robert E. Kowalski The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure Cookbook The Endocrine Control Diet (with Calvin Ezrin,M.D.) Cholesterol & Children 8 Steps to a Healthy Heart The Type 2 Diabetes Diet Book (with Calvin Ezrin,M.D.) The Revolutionary Cholesterol Breakthrough The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page iii The Blood Pressure Cure 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure without Prescription Drugs Robert E. Kowalski John Wiley & Sons,Inc. ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page iv Copyright © 2007 by Robert E.Kowalski.All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons,Inc.,Hoboken,New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada Wiley Bicentennial Logo:Richard J.Pacifico Design and composition by Navta Associates,Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or trans- mitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act,without either the prior written permission of the Pub- lisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA 01923,(978) 750- 8400,fax (978) 646-8600,or on the web at www.copyright.com.Requests to the Pub- lisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department,John Wiley & Sons,Inc.,111 River Street,Hoboken,NJ 07030,(201) 748-6011,fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. The information contained in this book is not intended to serve as a replacement for professional medical advice.Any use of the information in this book is at the reader’s discretion.The author and the publisher specifically disclaim any and all liability aris- ing directly or indirectly from the use or application of any information contained in this book.A health care professional should be consulted regarding your specific sit- uation. For general information about our other products and services,please contact our Customer Care Department within the United States at (800) 762-2974,outside the United States at (317) 572-3993 or fax (317) 572-4002. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats.Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.For more information about Wiley products,visit our web site at www.wiley.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Kowalski,Robert E. The blood pressure cure :8 weeks to lower blood pressure without prescription drugs / Robert E.Kowalski. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN:978-0-470-12416-1 (cloth) 1. Hypertension—Alternative treatment.2. Hypertension—Popular works. I. Title. RC685.H8K69 2007 616.1'3206—dc22 2006037899 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page v My father passed away on December 5,1969,from a massive heart attack.Hypertension was one of the major factors con- tributing to the disease that claimed his life and took him away from us forever.How I wish I could have had more time with him.How I wish he could have met my wife,Dawn,and our children,Ross and Jenny,his grandchildren. I love him.I miss him.And I hope this book that I dedicate to his memory will help others live and beat cardiovascular disease so they can enjoy the years taken away from him by a disease we’re learning more and more about every day. ffirs.qxp 3/8/07 9:36 AM Page vi ftoc.qxp 3/8/07 9:37 AM Page vii Contents Foreword by Steven Burstein,M.D. ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 PART ONE The Blood Pressure Problem 1 Hypertension:The Silent Killer 13 2 Testing Your Pressure 26 3 Different Blood Pressure Concerns for Different People 34 4 Blood Pressure and Diabetes 46 PART TWO The Blood Pressure Cure Program 5 Weight and Blood Pressure 57 6 Enjoy a Pressure-Friendly Active Lifestyle 76 7 Reduce Your Stress 90 8 Time to Quit Smoking 108 9 Balance Your Electrolytes:Sodium,Potassium, Calcium,and Magnesium 123 10 Drink,but Not Too Much 142 11 Lower Your Cholesterol,Lower Your Blood Pressure 148 vii
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