Originally published January 10 2006
Doctors agree high cholesterol is closely related to hypertension
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Sami Sharma discusses new findings that link high cholesterol to the risk of hypertension, an association Sharma and many doctors believe makes a lot of sense.
Researchers say if you have high cholesterol the odds are you will also have high blood pressure.
Maybe it takes doctors having to reopen a nearly completely blocked heart artery to come to the realization that one needs to change his lifestyle.
George Hausman, 70 yo heart patient, says,"It was 95 percent closed so I guess I got lucky."
Well, life's all about second chances and seventy year old George Hausman has a second chance now to change his ways.
Hausman says,"I like to eat cheese and I like eggs, and sometimes cheese and eggs together, I suspect those are not good things for people who are on high cholesterol."
Changing that diet would be a good start, especially in light of the latest research which shows men like George who have high cholesterol have a very high risk for developing high blood pressure as well.
patients who have high blood pressure or cholesterol, they probably have those risk factors which predispose them maybe by their diet."
Men with highest ldl, or bad, cholesterol levels in the study were almost 40 percent more likely than men in the lowest cholesterol category to develop high blood pressure.
Sharma, says,"And I can also tell you if you follow them a little further, they'll have diabetes.
Even if you have one risk factor the chances of developing another risk factor is high.
don't feel you have only one risk factor."
George knows he needs to tow the line now...and protect his health.
I'm an old dog that's hard to teach new tricks to."
It is estimated that 90 percent of Americans with normal blood pressure at age 55 could develop hyper-tension in their lifetime.
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