Bringing Down High Blood Pressure
One in four Americans has high blood pressure, but just seventy percent
of adults with high blood pressure are aware of it. For many
individuals, high blood pressure is bewildering and
challenging to
manage. The estimated cost of heart disease and stroke in
the United States approaches half of a trillion dollars. This figure
includes
direct costs such as: physicians/other health care
providers,
hospital/nursing home care, home health care, medications
and medical
durables, and indirect costs and lost productivity resulting
from
serious illness and death. Of this figure, or 15 percent,
can be directly attributed to high blood pressure or high
blood pressure disease.
Clinical blood pressure expert Chad Rhoden, MD, PhD, has
created Bringing Down High Blood Pressure, a lifestyle plan for reducing
high blood pressure. Dr. Rhoden has watched.......stress all contribute
to high blood pressure. Registered Dietician, Sarah Schein makes a
meaningful contribution to the book.
Bringing Down High Blood Pressure
offers readers straightforward solutions they can incorporate into
their lives immediately and long term. The authors focus on factors
readers can change, including: diet and nutrition, weight loss,
exercise, binge eating, alcohol, tobacco and drug use, emotional
wellness and stress management. Additionally, Dr. Rhoden provides a
medical guide to conditions that can complicate or cause high blood
pressure.
Sarah Schein will offer practical advice on
nutrition, tips for healthy food selection and cooking tips for
preparing flavorful blood pressure-reducing dishes and 50 tantalizing
recipes like Lasagna Verde, Tandoori Chicken, Grilled Shrimp with
Orange Chipotle Mustard Sauce, Cranberry Fig Breakfast Bars and Apricot
Crisp. Nutritional analysis of each recipe will be provided to help
readers plan low sodium menus to control high blood pressure.
Additionally,
the book will provide an in-depth discussion of risks and benefits of
blood pressure medications and when lifestyle changes may allow an
individual to reduce or eliminate medication. Dr. Rhoden also weighs in
on alternative therapies for reducing blood pressure.
Bringing Down High Blood Pressure is a safe, workable, easy-to-understand guide for bringing down high blood pressure through long-term lifestyle changes.
