One of my gym buddies who is 84 and on anti-hypertensive medications wondered about whether his medicine was affecting his thinking. He asked, "Is there something natural to lower my blood pressure?"The short answer is YES. There are safe and effective natural blood pressure medications like: magnesium, beetroot juice, taraxacum or dandelion root, Lipoic acid, Taurine, NAC, Hawthorne Extract and Pomegranate that have proven efficacy with reducing blood pressure. I offer homeopathic formulas that reduce it immediately after taking a dose in the office. And believe me, it works. When someone comes in for their first I.V. ozone or I.V. nutrient therapy visit they are generally anxious and stressed not just because of their diagnosed condition, but because of the pending I.V. therapy. Our personalized care and detailed attention helps to calm their fears and reduce their anxiety. At the end of the session; they are a different person.
Does discontinuation of anti-hypertension therapy in older patients improve cognitive function?
In an small study of 385 participants ages 75 and older for 16 weeks with mild cognitive deficits and no serious cardiovascular disease the answer was No. There were no short-term cognitive daily functioning improvements.
This makes sense because there are many factors to look at and address which contribute to cognitive difficulties. I check vessel health, red blood cell size, shape and patterns, blood sugar regulation, pathogenic loads and toxic metal status. I find that most cases are linked to poor blood sugar regulation, elevated and active viral loads that cross blood-brain barrier (herpes, EBV, Toxoplasmosis, Lyme, etc.), altered intestinal microbiome and elevated lead.
It becomes a two-pronged treatment to stabilize blood pressure by recommending nutraceuticals to support balanced blood pressure and using several treatment modalities to address the underlying issues like: erradicating viral loads with anti-virals, foundational gut repair, chelation for heavy metals and correcting lipid profiles.
I recommond DFH's HTN complex as a great formula to address impaired mechanisms to promote healthy blood pressure. For blood sugar stabilization I like Xymogen's CinneDromX plus I have patients sprinkle a teaspoon of cinnamon into their food each day.
While we are still talking about the brain - Another note about what causes dementia and ALS. Scientists at John Hopkins have found that common gene mutations of C9orf72 on chromosome 9 cause brain damage. The altered genes cause RNA molecules to jam up like a molecular traffic jam. Proteins cannot be transported into the brain cells. They are working on a way to restore molecular flow into the brain cells. The same traffic jams that we experience on the LIE, Cross Bronx Expressway or the Queens Expressway happen in our brains. Outside life mimics inside biochemical life.
