July 12, 2025 • 54 mins
Hypertension is a "silent killer", impacting 37% of all adults and over 50% of Senior Citizens—often presenting no symptoms while causing damage to the body. In this episode, you'll find out:
—The 5 levels of Hypertension and why Diastolic is "the most important number" in your blood pressure measurement. And how Dr. Prather finds that 70% of all high blood pressure is caused by the Kidneys.
—The reason that Black Americans are more prone to High Blood Pressure, affecting over 70% of all Black Senior Citizens. And how Dr. Prather has found that Arginine gets "really good results" and "great changes" for Black patients.
—Why Dr. Prather says you will "never get hypertension under control" if there is a Heavy Metal toxicity in the body. And the Hair Analysis Dr. Prather uses to diagnose a patient's level of heavy metals.
—The effectiveness of Vitamin C in reducing blood pressure. And why anti-Cholesterol Statin Drugs can actually cause or contribute to Hypertension.
—How most prescription heart medications LOWER your CoQ10, which is actually one of the most important things for the healing of the heart. And the kind of salt you should be eating that will actually heal your Kidneys.
—Why Acupuncture is helpful for Hypertension, both temporarily and over the long-term. And why Chiropractic adjustments help high blood pressure by making "a strong change in the nervous system".
—The effectiveness of Herbals in bringing blood pressure down. And how Holistic Integration uses Electrodermal Screening (EDS) to determine which supplement will work best on a patient instead of just guessing.
—How Dr. Prather "always sees a difference" in reducing the amount of medication a hypertension patient needs and can actually eliminate their need for prescription drugs "most of the time".
—The DASH Diet that helps High Blood Pressure by increasing Fiber and taking stress off of the kidneys. And the External CounterPulsation (ECP) Therapy that provides 5-years of marathon training for the heart in just 7 weeks.
—The details of our next free Holistic Heart seminar with Dr. Prather on Wednesday, July 30th at 6:30 p.m. And how those who attend will receive our Autonomic Nervous System Test that measures your heart function, nervous system, and circulatory system for just $49–normally a $195 value.
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—The 5 levels of Hypertension and why Diastolic is "the most important number" in your blood pressure measurement. And how Dr. Prather finds that 70% of all high blood pressure is caused by the Kidneys.
—The reason that Black Americans are more prone to High Blood Pressure, affecting over 70% of all Black Senior Citizens. And how Dr. Prather has found that Arginine gets "really good results" and "great changes" for Black patients.
—Why Dr. Prather says you will "never get hypertension under control" if there is a Heavy Metal toxicity in the body. And the Hair Analysis Dr. Prather uses to diagnose a patient's level of heavy metals.
—The effectiveness of Vitamin C in reducing blood pressure. And why anti-Cholesterol Statin Drugs can actually cause or contribute to Hypertension.
—How most prescription heart medications LOWER your CoQ10, which is actually one of the most important things for the healing of the heart. And the kind of salt you should be eating that will actually heal your Kidneys.
—Why Acupuncture is helpful for Hypertension, both temporarily and over the long-term. And why Chiropractic adjustments help high blood pressure by making "a strong change in the nervous system".
—The effectiveness of Herbals in bringing blood pressure down. And how Holistic Integration uses Electrodermal Screening (EDS) to determine which supplement will work best on a patient instead of just guessing.
—How Dr. Prather "always sees a difference" in reducing the amount of medication a hypertension patient needs and can actually eliminate their need for prescription drugs "most of the time".
—The DASH Diet that helps High Blood Pressure by increasing Fiber and taking stress off of the kidneys. And the External CounterPulsation (ECP) Therapy that provides 5-years of marathon training for the heart in just 7 weeks.
—The details of our next free Holistic Heart seminar with Dr. Prather on Wednesday, July 30th at 6:30 p.m. And how those who attend will receive our Autonomic Nervous System Test that measures your heart function, nervous system, and circulatory system for just $49–normally a $195 value.
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Hi, I'm Lisa Praither and welcome to the Voice of
Health with our host, doctor Robert Preither of Holistic Integration,
where lives are changed every day through the natural approach
to healthcare. Well, we're talking today about hypertension, the silent
killer unmasked and doctor Prayther, what exactly is hypertension and
(00:34):
why is it often called the silent killer.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well, you have two different readings as far as on
your blood pressure. You know, basically, when you're doing your
measurements on it, somebody's taking your blood pressure. You have
the systolic pressure that's when the heart actually beats, and
you get it at that top level, so you're going
(00:58):
to see the number go up that you're measuring. That's
the systelic and then the lower number, the bottom number
is the diastolic. That's when your blood's sort of at rest.
So you get two different readings along those lines, and
it's the pressure that's actually going through your arteries. So
(01:20):
you know, measuring that out is really the only way
that you can actually find out if you have it.
Because one of the problems with high blood pressure it
really doesn't give you any warnings. There's no real symptoms.
Sometimes people can kind of fill their pulse up in
their ears, But besides that, there's really not a whole
(01:43):
lot of issues associated with it.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
So what are the blood pressure categories? You know, you
talked about the systolic over the diastolic.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Right, So when is their concern?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
What's normal?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Sure, so you have what they call the thigh levels
of hypertension, So you have normal blood pressure, and that's
where the systelic is less than one twenty and the
diastolic is number. Yeah, that's that's the highest number. You
know when people here, when it goes up, the highest
(02:16):
diastolic is less than eighty. That's normal, that's normal. Then
you have elevated and that's just the diastolic is still
at the less than eighty and then the systolic actually
is between one and nine. So all you see is
(02:37):
a change in the upper number, and that points out
one of the things, the most important number on that
that you don't want to see elevated is the diastolic.
The diastolic. The sisolic can actually go higher, but it's
a temporary type of thing. The lower number, the diastolic
(02:59):
is actually the most important for diagnostic purposes. So that's
why they consider that it's elevated, but it's not really
at that point really that much of a concern because
the lower number for the diastolic is still elevating, still
below eighty. And then you have hypertension stage one that's
(03:24):
systolic one thirty to one thirty nine and the diastolic
that is from eighty to eighty nine. So hypertension really
doesn't kick in until the lower number, the diastolic, actually
starts to go up. Does that make sense? And then
you have stage two hypertension stage two and that's one
(03:49):
forty or higher and diastolic is ninety or higher, and
that's measured in melograms. Then you have a hypertensive crisis.
That's when we get excited when we take your blood
pressure and that's when you have higher than one eighty
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and diastolic is higher than one thirty. And that's what
you know is when we get somebody in that range,
you know, depending on how it is, we might send
them to the er okay to try to get that down.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Interesting, and so how is high blood pressure diagnosed.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, it's taking it with a cuff. Now they have
automatic ones, so as you measure that that's that's kind
of like a real standard type of thing. Matter of fact,
I had a dentist who had hypertension and he found
it just by chance. So he actually took everybody's blood
(04:50):
pressure at the dental office.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Oh yeah, probably everybody's blood pressure was higher.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Right. Well, you know that brings up an interesting point.
Oftentimes when people come into the office, they say, well,
I have white coat syndrome. Heard of that, Yeah, but
that's actually you don't wear a white coat. Well I know,
but that's actually a concern. So that is actually something
that you treat because what it is is there are
(05:19):
stressful times that they go throughout the day. So you
should actually consider that as a clinical sign, not just
something that is a rare type of thing. But yeah,
definitely when you go into the dentists, I mean, that's
a good time to check your blood pressure.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I'm actually going to the dentist today.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
You are. So that actually is a clinical sign and
something that we actually do treat as a hypertension because
that's usually what that means is there's a neurological component
or an ENDERC component that actually is causing the blood
pressure to go up. And they do have stressful times
(05:57):
throughout the day. So the white coat syndrome is something
that we consider a clinical important sign.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Yeah. So when people go into doctor's office or dentist's office,
sure you take their blood pressure could be higher than.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Usual, higher than usual, but that is actually important.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah. So what are the most common causes are risk
factors for hypertension?
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well, the biggest thing that actually kicks off problems with
hypertension is obesity. You know, if you are overweight, the
easiest way to get your blood pressure down is to
lower your weight because it takes more effort for the
blood to go through fat that it does to muscle,
(06:45):
which is interesting in it. Yes, so you're putting more
pressure on the part and also on the blood to
go through the more fat you have. So obesity is
the number one thing. Another thing that actually is a
risk factor is cigarette smoking, very well known to cause problems.
And along with that, the main thing that it does
(07:08):
is it causes what's called oxidative stress. What's that, good question.
It's free radicals. So free radical pathology when the body
is making energy through the oxidative process of the creb cycle.
You know, you remember that way back when nobody memorized it.
(07:31):
And if that cycle doesn't go correctly, and oxygen has
very loose electrons, and if those electrons are fired out
and travel throughout the body, then they actually cause damage
throughout the system. And as it causes damage, then that
(07:52):
will most likely cause problems with the endothelial lining of
the arteries. And as that damaging increases, blood pressure increases,
so oxidative stress. That's why cigarette smoking causes so much
problems because it causes a huge amount of oxidative stress.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
So how do you find out if you have free radicals?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
We actually can pick that up in the blood work,
and then we also do an autonomic nervous system test
and I'll measure the problems with the endothelial lining. And
one of the main things that is involved with that
is the oxidative stress. So whenever we see higher cardiac
sy reactive protein, homocysteine, all those types of things would
(08:38):
be an issue on those And as we can reduce
the inflammation and the stress on the endothal lining of
the body of the arteries, then blood pressure goes down.
So we can actually test all those things out and
actually see so the oxidata stress is a big thing.
Another big risk factor that is very important is thekidneys.
(09:02):
If you have kidney disease. Seventy percent of all hypertension
comes from kidney disease. That's one of the main things.
And the kidneys are the big things that actually control
the blood pressure hormonally, and then because the kidneys filter
the blood, it's also the biggest area for damage to occur.
(09:27):
So if the kidneys start going down, then blood pressure
goes up. If blood pressure goes up, kidneys go down,
kidneys go down, blood pressure goes up.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Interesting cycle, right, So you got obesity, cigarette smoking, free radicals,
inflammation in the body.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Insulin If your insulin isn't correct, so diabetes or insulin
resistance has a huge effect on that will cause blood
pressure problems. And one of the things that we also
notice is we do a body composition analysis and we
can actually measure how much fluid is in the cell
(10:11):
and how much fluid is outside the cell, and that
is if there's a disparity, should be fifty to fifty.
If there is a disparity, then the cell walls aren't
functioning properly. And if the cell walls aren't functioning property
that's a big reason for hypertension to occur because the
imbalance in the fluid in the cellular and extracellular intercellular
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and extracellular, isn't it usually an indication that probably somebody
is going to have hypertension?
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Interesting, all right, when we come back more on hypertension,
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Speaker 3 (15:02):
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Speaker 1 (15:13):
You're listening to the Voice of Health with doctor Robert
Praither of Holistic Integration, the most comprehensive wellness center in
the Midwest. So we're talking today about hypertension. This silent
killer unmasked and doctor Prayther, let's just talk a little
bit about the statistics for hypertension.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
So thirty seven percent of all adults have hypertension. Wow,
if you're sixty five to seventy four, fifty four point
three percent not to be exact, also have hypertension diagnosable hypertension.
And interestingly enough, seventy one point eight percent of all
(15:56):
black individuals who are over sixty five to seventy four
have hypertension.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Wow, seventy one point eight percent.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
Right, So one of the things is that there are
racial factors that show up, and for the black population,
hypertension is one of the biggest killers and much higher
in the Black population than in other groups than in whites.
And then also hypertension is high in Native Americans and
(16:29):
Hispanics too, So it's a big area.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Right. Well, do you know why the black population it
would be You know that that high percentage have blood pressure?
You said, what's seventy one point eight?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yes, you know. When we were actually, they do measurements
on glamoral filtration rate. That's a measurement of how well
the kidneys are actually working, and they had different levels
if you were black than if you were white as
far as normal. But that's actually they've dropped that now
(17:05):
because it's not that they should have lower numbers, it's
just that they consistently do have lower numbers. So the
kidneys are a huge problem as far as failure in
the black population than any other racial group, and it's
much much higher. So they had they were thinking at
one time that it's just a racial difference, that it's
(17:28):
okay if you have lower numbers, and then they've found
out that that's not okay.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Right, you're talking about lower numbers with the kitchen.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Jenney's right. And so the kidneys, as we know, has
a huge effect on hypertension, and so that's why the
black population also has a much higher level of problems
with hypertension than other groups. So one of the things
that we've actually found is that the nitric oxide levels
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are a major problem for the black population and that
has to do with some proteins. And it's not true
in Africa as it is in the United States. And
I believe it has a lot to do with a
difference in diet that they actually had different grains there
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than they do here in the United States. And the
big thing that I find that really helps out the
black population.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Is urgenty, Okay, And what's urginy.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
It's an amino acid. It's an essential amino acid, and
it is critical for what's called nitric oxide levels. The
nitritric oxide levels actually are very important to keep the
microcirculation working well, and so if that drops, then the
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kidneys actually get starved with oxygen and start to degenerate.
So we see really good results along those lines as
far as working with the black population, by great changes
along those lines, and it really helps everything to work
much better. So yeah, higher need along those lines.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
When I went to an event, I was talking to
a gentleman who was having, you know, kidney problems, and
a lot of them don't have hope that their kidneys
can get better, you know, and we see it all
the time.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
We do improvement. Yeah, we see that GFR. I mean
I've seen it go from twenty percent getting up to
forty forty five percent and then being able to maintain that.
And basically you take the creatin bun you do a
mathematical and you find out the GFR it's pretty accurate,
but we actually can I had like a spider bite
(19:44):
myself which caused the reaction, and my kidneys dropped down
to forty five percent. Right now they're eighty five percent
functioning again, So you know, looking at that, so I
had you know, did my own work and back up,
but we are constantly trying to make sure that the
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kidneys are working at a higher, higher percentage. We always
try to get them up around ninety percent or higher.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, because kidneys have a lot to do with you know,
your health of your kidneys, how long you're going to live.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Right, That's one of the indicators on length of life
is how well your kiddies are actually working. So like,
I had one person who came then who was seventy five,
and their great health. They were doing fantastic and their
kidney function was one hundred and ten percent.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
And I sat there and said, you realize you have
twenty year old kidneys. He said, well, at least something's
well preserved. He said, you know, my glass of whiskey
once a week has preserved it.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Huh so key Yeah, which isn't true, by the way,
but it's something that is very important that you measure.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
And it's an interesting because you know, when you're talking
about people's health, people learn their cholesterol levels, but really
blood pressure. Everybody should know your blood pressure level. You know,
that's something that is really important. And then also you
know your marrow filtration rate and your doctor should kind
of pound that in that Those are really important because
(21:20):
I ask people, you know, what your cholesterol level, so
my doctor's really pounded it into my head. But more
importantly is really your blood pressure and your GFR.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
And how often should you take your blood pressure?
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Well, you know that actually depends. You can't overtake your
blood right and get you know, nervous about it because
the stress increases your stress. So with people that we
are monitoring, you know, it's good to take one in
the morning, one during the day, and then one before bed,
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just to kind of see how they're doing, you know,
to measure many if that needs to be. But really,
every time you go into your doctor, they usually take
your blood pressure, which is a good thing, so you
can pick it up so at least you can pick
it up if it starts to go high, and then
there needs to be You really should be fighting to
keep your blood pressure in the healthy range. You know,
(22:19):
one twenty over eighty or lower is a real positive
type of thing, and you should be working along those
lines and trying to figure that out. That's one of
the things that we supplement quite a bit. We hit
that with things that are known to help with the kidneys.
And again as we get the kidneys working better, blood
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pressure goes down.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
So how does hypertension affect the body long term if
left untreated, Well.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
It's one of the major reasons for mitocardioin farnctions. It
can actually cause you know, as it hits the arteries,
it can actually cause damage that can lead to a clot,
it can cause So really all the cardiovascular problems that
you're talking about is affected by hypertension. Of course, as
(23:08):
you get cardiovascular problems, then the blood pressure goes up.
Blood pressure goes up, you get more cardiovascular problems, but
also a cycle. Yeah, and it also, like I said,
wears out the kidneys. And the kidneys as the kidneys
go down on your function, that's a direct measurement of
how long you'll live. If the kidneys start to fail,
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everything else starts to go too. So very important type
of thing. You keep your blood pressure under control, better
you keep your blood pressure under control, the longer you live.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
So how much does stress play a role in high
blood pressure?
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Well, interestingly, as we're looking at all the different types
of things that are involved with hypertension, you know, we
had talked about causes. What are the different causes that
are involved with it. And we are talking about obesity,
we talked about oxidative stress, smoking, those types of things,
(24:04):
but also neurological is a huge thing. So and with
that the stress levels. So one of the things that
we can do with the ANS test is we can
measure the sympathetic compaarasympathetic balance, and if that's off, then
there is a stress issue that you're not dealing with.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Yeah, in which I experienced not too long ago. Sure, Yeah,
I was in a fight or flight mode, which is
your sympathetic and that shot my blood pressure right.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Sure. So not only do the kidneys we had talked
about how important the kidneys are to blood pressure, but
also the adrenals. Yeah, so cortisol, those types of things
are made by the adrenals, and the adrenals and the
kidneys work together to regulate the blood pressure.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
So and the adrenals sit right on top of the kidneys.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Okay, And of course that's just been a long term
I always sit there and say, you know, biblically, that's
all there. Because they talk about the fat portion of
the kidneys, that was the adrenal glands sitting on top
of the kidneys, and so what people would do when
they would bring in the lamb for the offering is
they would go in there and take out the fat
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portion of the kidneys, the adrenals, and then they would
dry it and sell it as a medicine. It was
very expensive, so people weren't giving all of the offering,
you know, they were kind of cutting quarters. Okay, so
it has been around like adrenal glandular, which we sell
tons of it because everybody needs to get their adrenals fixed.
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And as you fix the adrenals, then that actually helps
with blood pressure. The adrenals are working better and the
kidneys are working better, blood pressure is much better regulated.
So there's an end component. So nervous system you get
into the sympathetic position, and it makes sense that your
blood pressure would go in when you're under stress because
(26:04):
when if a lion walked into the room, you have
to either fight it or run. And so if you're
getting more oxygen to your muscles through increasing your blood pressure,
that's a good thing. But if you're constantly thinking, you know,
if you have a situation where your boss or some
family member is your tiger and they're never family member
(26:28):
and they're constantly with you. Then you can't fight them
or you can't actually run from them, so you're kind
of stuck, and then the blood pressure stays high. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Interesting. So when we come back, we're going to talk
about some ways you can treat hypertension, some good answers,
and we'll be right back. Listen to the Voice of
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Loving you.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
I'm Lisa Prather and you're listening to the Voice of
Health with doctor Robert Prather of Holistic Integration, where we
get to the root cause of your health issue. Well,
we're talking today about hypertension, this silent killer unmasked and
doctor Prather, let's talk about I know we're going to
talk about diagnostics too, but what are some ways to
(31:39):
treat hypertension?
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Oh, there's so many things. But one of the things
that's interesting is I always do a heavy metal test
hair analysis because heavy metals, if they are there, you're
never going to get hypertension under control. That's one of
the things that's often missed, and so really looking at
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that is very important because all the heavy metals can
cause damage into the system and increase hypertension. And when
you get the heavy metals detext out, a lot of
hypertension goes away. So looking at getting rid of the
heavy metals is an important aspect.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
And how do we look at those heavy metals is
that analysis?
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Okay, hear analysis. You can do blood, but that actually
shows up more of a recent type of thing. But
the paranalysis that we use is extremely accurate and very clinical.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
And how do you get those heavy metals out of
the body.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Well, we use homeopathy herbals. There's actually quite a few
different types of herbs that can also help chlrella, cilantro, zeolite.
There's different types of dirt actually that helps to kind
of pull it out. Oh yeah, you give dirt, Yeah,
it's betonite. Clay is something that helps to pull it
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out of the gut. But the magic thing because oftentimes
they use like elation, which is actually hard on the kidneys,
and then it also pulls all the other minerals out.
But the secret that we have is homeopathy. And homeopathy
we're pretty much one hundred percent successful and taking it
out in a very gentle type of way without a
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lot of damage to the system. So very very good
along those lines to get those heavy metals out. You're
also looking at, of course, at vitamins. Interestingly enough, of course,
with anything that you do to get the free radicals
down and the inflammation in the arteries we had talked
about that is a big problem. So vitamin C. If
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you increase your vitamin C levels, then almost everybody's hypertension goes.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
Down increasing vitamin C.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Increasing vitamin C is sort of a magic type of
thing out Up to a certain level, then you won't
do it. But everyone with high blood pressure high pretension
just take more vitamin CEE and you'll see it go down.
Interesting yeah, yeah, fullic acid B six omega threes are
very important and so nutritionally. Now, one of the things
(34:19):
that's interesting is cholesterol medicine. So the cell walls. You
remember really talked about how important that is, right and
building that.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
Mood that on our autonomic nervous system test.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Yeah, the cell walls are actually on the BCA body composition,
so we can actually see how they're working. And if
they go down, then that's one thing that kicks up
blood pressure. And guess what the cell walls are made of.
What cholesterol? So cholesterol. If you are too low in cholesterol,
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if you're below one forty, your cell walls actually start
to break down and that will increase blood pressure. So
cholesterol is actually important and one of the things that
the body will do is if there is hypertension, the
body will increase the cholesterol to help to heal the
cell walls and so in other words, cholesterol lowering medicine
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can actually be a cause or a contributor to hypertension.
So getting more fats into the system is one of
the ways to actually help with that. Antioxidants, vitamin E,
all the different antioxidants, superoxidismy tastes. All those are very
good type of products to actually help with blood pressure.
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Coq ten helps to heal the cell walls, especially very
well known to help with heart issues and a lot
of the It's interesting because most of the heart medications
actually lower coq ten, which the coq ten is one
of the biggest factors on healing of the heart. So
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again you get in to a whole cycle along those lines.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Interesting.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
Now, other things that you can do for the hypertension
is the minerals. Now why are the adrenals and the
kidneys so important for that, Well, they regulate the minerals
in the body. So the critical type of thing for
hypertension is getting the calcium and magnesium levels up to
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an optimal level and then also have them in ratio.
If they aren't, then that in itself can cause hypertension.
Then you also have the sodium, potassium and chloride levels,
and that is very much regulated by the adrenals. As
matter of fact, whenever the ratio for the sodium potassium
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chloride goes off, we know that the adrenals aren't working well.
A lot of times other practitioners do other tests to
get really into the adrenals. But you really don't have to.
You can just look at the blood test and see
what those levels are. Those levels are off, then you
start to work with the adrenals and usually through a
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glandular and those numbers in the sodium, potassium and chloride
start to work, you know, get better, and adding the
potassium and getting that all balanced out does wonders for
the blood pressure. One of the things you have to
watch out with hypertensive medicines is that it can actually
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throw that off. So you know, trying to one of
the things that we found because when you've got critical hypertension,
you know, you automatically need to be on some type
of medicine to try to get that under control. And
when you do that, if we can keep the minerals
balanced during that time, then the medicine works much much
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better because oftentimes it can actually throw that off, and
so we can actually, like licorice, if potassium goes too high,
we can actually take it down with licorice. Potassium goes
too low, we give potassium. The sodium and chloride respond
very well to a dreno langelar.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Yeah, and it's really important. A lot of this you
can find out in blood work right, right, And the
way we add holistic integration look at blood work is
so different. We're not looking at those normal ranges right.
Speaker 2 (38:20):
Well, yeah, it's we are much more particular as far
as what those measurements are. What they're talking about is
oftentimes actually the averages.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
It's like with cholesterol. When I was actually in school,
the normal range was as high as three hundred, and
when we would talk about your cholesterol is too high,
a lot of medical doctors say, well, we don't know
what we're talking about. Three hundred is fine. Then they
came up with a medicine to lower cholesterol, and all
of a sudden, you know, while we have to really
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take it down. And the interesting thing about cholesterol is
the one thing that people who live into their hundreds,
you know, these really older people, they have one thing
in common is they have extremely high cholesterol, usually three
hundred or higher, but they have an HDL that keeps
it within a three to one ratio, so clesterol.
Speaker 1 (39:15):
We got to do a cholesterol show.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Well yeah, yeah, but cholesterol actually keeps you young. It's
the healing property of your body.
Speaker 3 (39:25):
I know.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
But we got a lot to talk about, right, yeah, yes, yes, yes,
what's the deal with salt? You know, isn't really that bad.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
That's the whole thing. And of course salt is sodium chloride,
so you can see where that can actually be a
big factor. And the interesting thing about salt is the
kind of salt that you actually take. So if you're
talking about table salt, it's actually a different salt than
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what people are supposed to eat or used to eat.
They used to take it from the ocean. Table salt
is extremely acidic and has a different chemical compound, different
way of putting it together than salt from the ocean.
Salt from the ocean is actually alkaline, and salt from
the ocean actually heals the kidney. Table salt, the salt
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that you get from Morton's and things like that, actually
destroys the kidneys.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
So are you talking about sea salt?
Speaker 2 (40:27):
Sea salt, yeah, and Himalayan salt. Both of those are
actually healing in an important part of your diet and
very important for the function for the kidneys. So when
they talk about that, that's actually really table salt is bad.
Sea salt is good, and Himalayan salt is good.
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where our mission is restoring hope to our patients. Well,
we're talking about hypertension, the silent killer unmasked Dutra preather.
Let's talk about the different treatments that you provide at
Holistic Integration, more of the structure function services that help
with hypertension.
Speaker 2 (46:23):
Well, one of the great things is acupuncture, because acupuncture
reduces cortisol, increases oxytocin, So it really can if we
do blood pressures before and afterwards, not only is the
blood pressure better, but the pulse is better. So we
get an immediate reaction on that and not just only
does it temporarily, but over long term type of thing.
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We actually get a very nice improvement just from the
acupuncture for the hypertension. And we also find that the
acupuncture really helps out with kidneys, adrenals bounce of the
nervous system, so that's a great way to actually help
the The other thing, of course, is chiropractic. When we
do the autonomic nervous system test and we see a
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sympathetic pair of sympathetic and a vagual nerve problem where
they're not functioning properly, the chiropractic adjustments do change those
and help them to balance out. So it makes a
very strong change as far as on the nervous system,
which is another aspect of the hypertension. So those are
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very good ways of actually getting things changed. Other ways,
of course is rbals. Now, when you're talking about erbls
and hypertension, that's a huge area. We have about forty
different erbals that can actually be responsible for taking blood
pressure down and actually make a very big difference along
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those lines. So looking at those makes a huge difference.
Rowaalfi of serpentina is a very well known one to
take blood pressure down. Cinnamon bark does a big helps
passion flower kutsu. Do you remember cutsuit down in Atlanta
and uh huh that was growing all over the place. Well,
the cutsu route actually has hypertensive properties to it. Some
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of the ones that they've actually done a lot of
research on is Hibiscus is excellent for reducing blood pressure.
Shepherd's purse having olive leasem H actually is very good
along those lines to make a difference. There's a skull cap, chrysanthemum, coralie, crampbark,
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dandelion route don quoi, all of those can have an
effect on hypertension. And but of course we don't give
you forty of those.
Speaker 1 (48:43):
Right, Yeah, how do you add holistic integration decide which
one's best for the patient.
Speaker 2 (48:49):
We do something just to get some feedback on people
to know whether it's going to work beforehand. Is we
check it on an electrodermal screening unit, which which is
based off of galvanic skin resistance, and it will actually
show the body's response to the product before we actually
give it to them. So one of the things instead
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of just going through and guessing, we know that all
these different types of all forty herbs can have an
effect on the blood pressure, but we can actually go
in there and check on them and actually see which
ones are actually going to have an effect, which makes
it much better results as far as on.
Speaker 1 (49:31):
That, what kind of results have you seen. I mean,
I know we see it all the time that this
approach can reverse hypertension.
Speaker 2 (49:41):
Sure, well, oftentimes we actually get a reverse. Always we're
able to make it better. We want to cut One
of the big things that we're always the goal is
that we want to cut down on how much medication
somebody's taking. So we always see a difference along those lines.
Most of the time we're actually able to get it
so that they don't have to take the blood pressure.
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But those that are taking it, what we do is
we tell them to monitor it because one of the
problems is is that we can from the treatments we
start to see that actually change, and so they have
to keep up on that to really make sure that
that's making a difference.
Speaker 1 (50:20):
So things like caffeine or alcohol, how do they affect
blood pressure, especially when they're consumed regularly.
Speaker 2 (50:27):
Yeah, those that definitely have a problem with blood pressure.
The caffeine is well known if you do it consistently
to be a problem. So we always advise people as
far as on what they're taking. Also, if they increase
their fiber in other words, fruits, grains and also vegetables,
that makes a big difference along those lines. So getting
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away from the animal fats makes a big difference. A
sugar of course, we have something called the Dash diet
and that's well known to help with hypertension.
Speaker 1 (51:01):
What's the Dash diet.
Speaker 2 (51:03):
Well, that's basically hit fruits, vegetables and grains more and
that has a big effect on the kidneys. That helps
to cut down as far as on how much kidney stress.
And of course one of the things that we look
at is exercise. Aerobic exercise is probably the best treatment
for hypertension. So getting into a regular aerobic exercise and
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we just we recommend where the optimal ranges is forty
five minutes, five days a week. We also have something
called external counterpulsation therapy in the office and that's an
aerobic exercise machine and basically it gives all the benefits
of aerobic exercise except the weight loss unfortunately, but it
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really is very very helpful for taking down hypertension and
making a big difference along those lines. So supplements, diet, chiropractic, acupuncture,
all those things you know, all add up to a
big change and getting that hypertension down.
Speaker 1 (52:04):
What about hydration does that play a role in blood pressure.
Speaker 2 (52:08):
Yes, what you want to do is keep the viscosity down,
so having a proper amount of fluids. We should have
about sixty percent of our body weight in water. If
you go below fifty percent, you're actually dehydrated. And when
you're dehydrated, that's going to raise your blood pressure. So
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keeping well hydrated. And then also the cell integrity, that's
the other thing. If there's too much water in the
cells as opposed outside or outside supposed to inside, that
also makes a big effect. So we work along those
lines too.
Speaker 1 (52:44):
So we have a little bit of time, Doctor prey
there any last things that you'd like to say, Well, it's.
Speaker 2 (52:50):
Very important that you seek out a structure function doctor
to actually get the healing going. One of the problems
with pharmaceuticals is they are very important to give under control,
but long term actually wears out the kidneys and actually
causes an increase. So always a double edged sword when
you're dealing with pharmaceuticals. All right, thank you, thank you, Lisa.
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Hi, I'm Lisa Praither and welcome to the Voice of
Health with our host, doctor Robert Preither of Holistic Integration,
where lives are changed every day through the natural approach
to healthcare. Well, we're talking today about hypertension, the silent
killer unmasked and doctor Prayther, what exactly is hypertension and
(00:34):
why is it often called the silent killer.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well, you have two different readings as far as on
your blood pressure. You know, basically, when you're doing your
measurements on it, somebody's taking your blood pressure. You have
the systolic pressure that's when the heart actually beats, and
you get it at that top level, so you're going
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to see the number go up that you're measuring. That's
the systelic and then the lower number, the bottom number
is the diastolic. That's when your blood's sort of at rest.
So you get two different readings along those lines, and
it's the pressure that's actually going through your arteries. So
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you know, measuring that out is really the only way
that you can actually find out if you have it.
Because one of the problems with high blood pressure it
really doesn't give you any warnings. There's no real symptoms.
Sometimes people can kind of fill their pulse up in
their ears, But besides that, there's really not a whole
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lot of issues associated with it.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
So what are the blood pressure categories? You know, you
talked about the systolic over the diastolic.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Right, So when is their concern?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
What's normal?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Sure, so you have what they call the thigh levels
of hypertension, So you have normal blood pressure, and that's
where the systelic is less than one twenty and the
diastolic is number. Yeah, that's that's the highest number. You
know when people here, when it goes up, the highest
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diastolic is less than eighty. That's normal, that's normal. Then
you have elevated and that's just the diastolic is still
at the less than eighty and then the systolic actually
is between one and nine. So all you see is
(02:37):
a change in the upper number, and that points out
one of the things, the most important number on that
that you don't want to see elevated is the diastolic.
The diastolic. The sisolic can actually go higher, but it's
a temporary type of thing. The lower number, the diastolic
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is actually the most important for diagnostic purposes. So that's
why they consider that it's elevated, but it's not really
at that point really that much of a concern because
the lower number for the diastolic is still elevating, still
below eighty. And then you have hypertension stage one that's
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systolic one thirty to one thirty nine and the diastolic
that is from eighty to eighty nine. So hypertension really
doesn't kick in until the lower number, the diastolic, actually
starts to go up. Does that make sense? And then
you have stage two hypertension stage two and that's one
(03:49):
forty or higher and diastolic is ninety or higher, and
that's measured in melograms. Then you have a hypertensive crisis.
That's when we get excited when we take your blood
pressure and that's when you have higher than one eighty
(04:11):
and diastolic is higher than one thirty. And that's what
you know is when we get somebody in that range,
you know, depending on how it is, we might send
them to the er okay to try to get that down.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Interesting, and so how is high blood pressure diagnosed.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Well, it's taking it with a cuff. Now they have
automatic ones, so as you measure that that's that's kind
of like a real standard type of thing. Matter of fact,
I had a dentist who had hypertension and he found
it just by chance. So he actually took everybody's blood
(04:50):
pressure at the dental office.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Oh yeah, probably everybody's blood pressure was higher.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Right. Well, you know that brings up an interesting point.
Oftentimes when people come into the office, they say, well,
I have white coat syndrome. Heard of that, Yeah, but
that's actually you don't wear a white coat. Well I know,
but that's actually a concern. So that is actually something
that you treat because what it is is there are
(05:19):
stressful times that they go throughout the day. So you
should actually consider that as a clinical sign, not just
something that is a rare type of thing. But yeah,
definitely when you go into the dentists, I mean, that's
a good time to check your blood pressure.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I'm actually going to the dentist today.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
You are. So that actually is a clinical sign and
something that we actually do treat as a hypertension because
that's usually what that means is there's a neurological component
or an ENDERC component that actually is causing the blood
pressure to go up. And they do have stressful times
(05:57):
throughout the day. So the white coat syndrome is something
that we consider a clinical important sign.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Yeah. So when people go into doctor's office or dentist's office,
sure you take their blood pressure could be higher than.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Usual, higher than usual, but that is actually important.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yeah. So what are the most common causes are risk
factors for hypertension?
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well, the biggest thing that actually kicks off problems with
hypertension is obesity. You know, if you are overweight, the
easiest way to get your blood pressure down is to
lower your weight because it takes more effort for the
blood to go through fat that it does to muscle,
(06:45):
which is interesting in it. Yes, so you're putting more
pressure on the part and also on the blood to
go through the more fat you have. So obesity is
the number one thing. Another thing that actually is a
risk factor is cigarette smoking, very well known to cause problems.
And along with that, the main thing that it does
(07:08):
is it causes what's called oxidative stress. What's that, good question.
It's free radicals. So free radical pathology when the body
is making energy through the oxidative process of the creb cycle.
You know, you remember that way back when nobody memorized it.
(07:31):
And if that cycle doesn't go correctly, and oxygen has
very loose electrons, and if those electrons are fired out
and travel throughout the body, then they actually cause damage
throughout the system. And as it causes damage, then that
(07:52):
will most likely cause problems with the endothelial lining of
the arteries. And as that damaging increases, blood pressure increases,
so oxidative stress. That's why cigarette smoking causes so much
problems because it causes a huge amount of oxidative stress.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
So how do you find out if you have free radicals?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
We actually can pick that up in the blood work,
and then we also do an autonomic nervous system test
and I'll measure the problems with the endothelial lining. And
one of the main things that is involved with that
is the oxidative stress. So whenever we see higher cardiac
sy reactive protein, homocysteine, all those types of things would
(08:38):
be an issue on those And as we can reduce
the inflammation and the stress on the endothal lining of
the body of the arteries, then blood pressure goes down.
So we can actually test all those things out and
actually see so the oxidata stress is a big thing.
Another big risk factor that is very important is thekidneys.
(09:02):
If you have kidney disease. Seventy percent of all hypertension
comes from kidney disease. That's one of the main things.
And the kidneys are the big things that actually control
the blood pressure hormonally, and then because the kidneys filter
the blood, it's also the biggest area for damage to occur.
(09:27):
So if the kidneys start going down, then blood pressure
goes up. If blood pressure goes up, kidneys go down,
kidneys go down, blood pressure goes up.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Interesting cycle, right, So you got obesity, cigarette smoking, free radicals,
inflammation in the body.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Insulin If your insulin isn't correct, so diabetes or insulin
resistance has a huge effect on that will cause blood
pressure problems. And one of the things that we also
notice is we do a body composition analysis and we
can actually measure how much fluid is in the cell
(10:11):
and how much fluid is outside the cell, and that
is if there's a disparity, should be fifty to fifty.
If there is a disparity, then the cell walls aren't
functioning properly. And if the cell walls aren't functioning property
that's a big reason for hypertension to occur because the
imbalance in the fluid in the cellular and extracellular intercellular
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and extracellular, isn't it usually an indication that probably somebody
is going to have hypertension?
Speaker 1 (10:43):
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You're listening to the Voice of Health with doctor Robert
Praither of Holistic Integration, the most comprehensive wellness center in
the Midwest. So we're talking today about hypertension. This silent
killer unmasked and doctor Prayther, let's just talk a little
bit about the statistics for hypertension.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
So thirty seven percent of all adults have hypertension. Wow,
if you're sixty five to seventy four, fifty four point
three percent not to be exact, also have hypertension diagnosable hypertension.
And interestingly enough, seventy one point eight percent of all
(15:56):
black individuals who are over sixty five to seventy four
have hypertension.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Wow, seventy one point eight percent.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
Right, So one of the things is that there are
racial factors that show up, and for the black population,
hypertension is one of the biggest killers and much higher
in the Black population than in other groups than in whites.
And then also hypertension is high in Native Americans and
(16:29):
Hispanics too, So it's a big area.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Right. Well, do you know why the black population it
would be You know that that high percentage have blood pressure?
You said, what's seventy one point eight?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yes, you know. When we were actually, they do measurements
on glamoral filtration rate. That's a measurement of how well
the kidneys are actually working, and they had different levels
if you were black than if you were white as
far as normal. But that's actually they've dropped that now
(17:05):
because it's not that they should have lower numbers, it's
just that they consistently do have lower numbers. So the
kidneys are a huge problem as far as failure in
the black population than any other racial group, and it's
much much higher. So they had they were thinking at
one time that it's just a racial difference, that it's
(17:28):
okay if you have lower numbers, and then they've found
out that that's not okay.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Right, you're talking about lower numbers with the kitchen.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Jenney's right. And so the kidneys, as we know, has
a huge effect on hypertension, and so that's why the
black population also has a much higher level of problems
with hypertension than other groups. So one of the things
that we've actually found is that the nitric oxide levels
(17:56):
are a major problem for the black population and that
has to do with some proteins. And it's not true
in Africa as it is in the United States. And
I believe it has a lot to do with a
difference in diet that they actually had different grains there
(18:18):
than they do here in the United States. And the
big thing that I find that really helps out the
black population.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Is urgenty, Okay, And what's urginy.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
It's an amino acid. It's an essential amino acid, and
it is critical for what's called nitric oxide levels. The
nitritric oxide levels actually are very important to keep the
microcirculation working well, and so if that drops, then the
(18:50):
kidneys actually get starved with oxygen and start to degenerate.
So we see really good results along those lines as
far as working with the black population, by great changes
along those lines, and it really helps everything to work
much better. So yeah, higher need along those lines.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
When I went to an event, I was talking to
a gentleman who was having, you know, kidney problems, and
a lot of them don't have hope that their kidneys
can get better, you know, and we see it all
the time.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
We do improvement. Yeah, we see that GFR. I mean
I've seen it go from twenty percent getting up to
forty forty five percent and then being able to maintain that.
And basically you take the creatin bun you do a
mathematical and you find out the GFR it's pretty accurate,
but we actually can I had like a spider bite
(19:44):
myself which caused the reaction, and my kidneys dropped down
to forty five percent. Right now they're eighty five percent
functioning again, So you know, looking at that, so I
had you know, did my own work and back up,
but we are constantly trying to make sure that the
(20:04):
kidneys are working at a higher, higher percentage. We always
try to get them up around ninety percent or higher.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, because kidneys have a lot to do with you know,
your health of your kidneys, how long you're going to live.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Right, That's one of the indicators on length of life
is how well your kiddies are actually working. So like,
I had one person who came then who was seventy five,
and their great health. They were doing fantastic and their
kidney function was one hundred and ten percent.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
And I sat there and said, you realize you have
twenty year old kidneys. He said, well, at least something's
well preserved. He said, you know, my glass of whiskey
once a week has preserved it.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Huh so key Yeah, which isn't true, by the way,
but it's something that is very important that you measure.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
And it's an interesting because you know, when you're talking
about people's health, people learn their cholesterol levels, but really
blood pressure. Everybody should know your blood pressure level. You know,
that's something that is really important. And then also you
know your marrow filtration rate and your doctor should kind
of pound that in that Those are really important because
(21:20):
I ask people, you know, what your cholesterol level, so
my doctor's really pounded it into my head. But more
importantly is really your blood pressure and your GFR.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
And how often should you take your blood pressure?
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Well, you know that actually depends. You can't overtake your
blood right and get you know, nervous about it because
the stress increases your stress. So with people that we
are monitoring, you know, it's good to take one in
the morning, one during the day, and then one before bed,
(21:54):
just to kind of see how they're doing, you know,
to measure many if that needs to be. But really,
every time you go into your doctor, they usually take
your blood pressure, which is a good thing, so you
can pick it up so at least you can pick
it up if it starts to go high, and then
there needs to be You really should be fighting to
keep your blood pressure in the healthy range. You know,
(22:19):
one twenty over eighty or lower is a real positive
type of thing, and you should be working along those
lines and trying to figure that out. That's one of
the things that we supplement quite a bit. We hit
that with things that are known to help with the kidneys.
And again as we get the kidneys working better, blood
(22:41):
pressure goes down.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
So how does hypertension affect the body long term if
left untreated, Well.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
It's one of the major reasons for mitocardioin farnctions. It
can actually cause you know, as it hits the arteries,
it can actually cause damage that can lead to a clot,
it can cause So really all the cardiovascular problems that
you're talking about is affected by hypertension. Of course, as
(23:08):
you get cardiovascular problems, then the blood pressure goes up.
Blood pressure goes up, you get more cardiovascular problems, but
also a cycle. Yeah, and it also, like I said,
wears out the kidneys. And the kidneys as the kidneys
go down on your function, that's a direct measurement of
how long you'll live. If the kidneys start to fail,
(23:29):
everything else starts to go too. So very important type
of thing. You keep your blood pressure under control, better
you keep your blood pressure under control, the longer you live.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
So how much does stress play a role in high
blood pressure?
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Well, interestingly, as we're looking at all the different types
of things that are involved with hypertension, you know, we
had talked about causes. What are the different causes that
are involved with it. And we are talking about obesity,
we talked about oxidative stress, smoking, those types of things,
(24:04):
but also neurological is a huge thing. So and with
that the stress levels. So one of the things that
we can do with the ANS test is we can
measure the sympathetic compaarasympathetic balance, and if that's off, then
there is a stress issue that you're not dealing with.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Yeah, in which I experienced not too long ago. Sure, Yeah,
I was in a fight or flight mode, which is
your sympathetic and that shot my blood pressure right.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Sure. So not only do the kidneys we had talked
about how important the kidneys are to blood pressure, but
also the adrenals. Yeah, so cortisol, those types of things
are made by the adrenals, and the adrenals and the
kidneys work together to regulate the blood pressure.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
So and the adrenals sit right on top of the kidneys.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Okay, And of course that's just been a long term
I always sit there and say, you know, biblically, that's
all there. Because they talk about the fat portion of
the kidneys, that was the adrenal glands sitting on top
of the kidneys, and so what people would do when
they would bring in the lamb for the offering is
they would go in there and take out the fat
(25:20):
portion of the kidneys, the adrenals, and then they would
dry it and sell it as a medicine. It was
very expensive, so people weren't giving all of the offering,
you know, they were kind of cutting quarters. Okay, so
it has been around like adrenal glandular, which we sell
tons of it because everybody needs to get their adrenals fixed.
(25:42):
And as you fix the adrenals, then that actually helps
with blood pressure. The adrenals are working better and the
kidneys are working better, blood pressure is much better regulated.
So there's an end component. So nervous system you get
into the sympathetic position, and it makes sense that your
blood pressure would go in when you're under stress because
(26:04):
when if a lion walked into the room, you have
to either fight it or run. And so if you're
getting more oxygen to your muscles through increasing your blood pressure,
that's a good thing. But if you're constantly thinking, you know,
if you have a situation where your boss or some
family member is your tiger and they're never family member
(26:28):
and they're constantly with you. Then you can't fight them
or you can't actually run from them, so you're kind
of stuck, and then the blood pressure stays high. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:40):
Interesting. So when we come back, we're going to talk
about some ways you can treat hypertension, some good answers,
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I'm Lisa Prather and you're listening to the Voice of
Health with doctor Robert Prather of Holistic Integration, where we
get to the root cause of your health issue. Well,
we're talking today about hypertension, this silent killer unmasked and
doctor Prather, let's talk about I know we're going to
talk about diagnostics too, but what are some ways to
(31:39):
treat hypertension?
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Oh, there's so many things. But one of the things
that's interesting is I always do a heavy metal test
hair analysis because heavy metals, if they are there, you're
never going to get hypertension under control. That's one of
the things that's often missed, and so really looking at
(32:02):
that is very important because all the heavy metals can
cause damage into the system and increase hypertension. And when
you get the heavy metals detext out, a lot of
hypertension goes away. So looking at getting rid of the
heavy metals is an important aspect.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
And how do we look at those heavy metals is
that analysis?
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Okay, hear analysis. You can do blood, but that actually
shows up more of a recent type of thing. But
the paranalysis that we use is extremely accurate and very clinical.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
And how do you get those heavy metals out of
the body.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Well, we use homeopathy herbals. There's actually quite a few
different types of herbs that can also help chlrella, cilantro, zeolite.
There's different types of dirt actually that helps to kind
of pull it out. Oh yeah, you give dirt, Yeah,
it's betonite. Clay is something that helps to pull it
(33:01):
out of the gut. But the magic thing because oftentimes
they use like elation, which is actually hard on the kidneys,
and then it also pulls all the other minerals out.
But the secret that we have is homeopathy. And homeopathy
we're pretty much one hundred percent successful and taking it
out in a very gentle type of way without a
(33:23):
lot of damage to the system. So very very good
along those lines to get those heavy metals out. You're
also looking at, of course, at vitamins. Interestingly enough, of course,
with anything that you do to get the free radicals
down and the inflammation in the arteries we had talked
about that is a big problem. So vitamin C. If
(33:47):
you increase your vitamin C levels, then almost everybody's hypertension goes.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
Down increasing vitamin C.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Increasing vitamin C is sort of a magic type of
thing out Up to a certain level, then you won't
do it. But everyone with high blood pressure high pretension
just take more vitamin CEE and you'll see it go down.
Interesting yeah, yeah, fullic acid B six omega threes are
very important and so nutritionally. Now, one of the things
(34:19):
that's interesting is cholesterol medicine. So the cell walls. You
remember really talked about how important that is, right and
building that.
Speaker 1 (34:28):
Mood that on our autonomic nervous system test.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Yeah, the cell walls are actually on the BCA body composition,
so we can actually see how they're working. And if
they go down, then that's one thing that kicks up
blood pressure. And guess what the cell walls are made of.
What cholesterol? So cholesterol. If you are too low in cholesterol,
(34:51):
if you're below one forty, your cell walls actually start
to break down and that will increase blood pressure. So
cholesterol is actually important and one of the things that
the body will do is if there is hypertension, the
body will increase the cholesterol to help to heal the
cell walls and so in other words, cholesterol lowering medicine
(35:15):
can actually be a cause or a contributor to hypertension.
So getting more fats into the system is one of
the ways to actually help with that. Antioxidants, vitamin E,
all the different antioxidants, superoxidismy tastes. All those are very
good type of products to actually help with blood pressure.
(35:38):
Coq ten helps to heal the cell walls, especially very
well known to help with heart issues and a lot
of the It's interesting because most of the heart medications
actually lower coq ten, which the coq ten is one
of the biggest factors on healing of the heart. So
(35:59):
again you get in to a whole cycle along those lines.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Interesting.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
Now, other things that you can do for the hypertension
is the minerals. Now why are the adrenals and the
kidneys so important for that, Well, they regulate the minerals
in the body. So the critical type of thing for
hypertension is getting the calcium and magnesium levels up to
(36:23):
an optimal level and then also have them in ratio.
If they aren't, then that in itself can cause hypertension.
Then you also have the sodium, potassium and chloride levels,
and that is very much regulated by the adrenals. As
matter of fact, whenever the ratio for the sodium potassium
(36:45):
chloride goes off, we know that the adrenals aren't working well.
A lot of times other practitioners do other tests to
get really into the adrenals. But you really don't have to.
You can just look at the blood test and see
what those levels are. Those levels are off, then you
start to work with the adrenals and usually through a
(37:05):
glandular and those numbers in the sodium, potassium and chloride
start to work, you know, get better, and adding the
potassium and getting that all balanced out does wonders for
the blood pressure. One of the things you have to
watch out with hypertensive medicines is that it can actually
(37:27):
throw that off. So you know, trying to one of
the things that we found because when you've got critical hypertension,
you know, you automatically need to be on some type
of medicine to try to get that under control. And
when you do that, if we can keep the minerals
balanced during that time, then the medicine works much much
(37:48):
better because oftentimes it can actually throw that off, and
so we can actually, like licorice, if potassium goes too high,
we can actually take it down with licorice. Potassium goes
too low, we give potassium. The sodium and chloride respond
very well to a dreno langelar.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
Yeah, and it's really important. A lot of this you
can find out in blood work right, right, And the
way we add holistic integration look at blood work is
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Speaker 2 (38:20):
Well, yeah, it's we are much more particular as far
as what those measurements are. What they're talking about is
oftentimes actually the averages.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
It's like with cholesterol. When I was actually in school,
the normal range was as high as three hundred, and
when we would talk about your cholesterol is too high,
a lot of medical doctors say, well, we don't know
what we're talking about. Three hundred is fine. Then they
came up with a medicine to lower cholesterol, and all
of a sudden, you know, while we have to really
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take it down. And the interesting thing about cholesterol is
the one thing that people who live into their hundreds,
you know, these really older people, they have one thing
in common is they have extremely high cholesterol, usually three
hundred or higher, but they have an HDL that keeps
it within a three to one ratio, so clesterol.
Speaker 1 (39:15):
We got to do a cholesterol show.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Well yeah, yeah, but cholesterol actually keeps you young. It's
the healing property of your body.
Speaker 3 (39:25):
I know.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
But we got a lot to talk about, right, yeah, yes, yes, yes,
what's the deal with salt? You know, isn't really that bad.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
That's the whole thing. And of course salt is sodium chloride,
so you can see where that can actually be a
big factor. And the interesting thing about salt is the
kind of salt that you actually take. So if you're
talking about table salt, it's actually a different salt than
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what people are supposed to eat or used to eat.
They used to take it from the ocean. Table salt
is extremely acidic and has a different chemical compound, different
way of putting it together than salt from the ocean.
Salt from the ocean is actually alkaline, and salt from
the ocean actually heals the kidney. Table salt, the salt
(40:20):
that you get from Morton's and things like that, actually
destroys the kidneys.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
So are you talking about sea salt?
Speaker 2 (40:27):
Sea salt, yeah, and Himalayan salt. Both of those are
actually healing in an important part of your diet and
very important for the function for the kidneys. So when
they talk about that, that's actually really table salt is bad.
Sea salt is good, and Himalayan salt is good.
Speaker 1 (40:48):
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Speaker 2 (42:03):
What's great about the A and S test it is
a research grade test. Researchers use that to evaluate the
nervous system, the circulatory system, and the heart function. It
can actually show up all three in a very precise
type of way, and we can see things that you know,
if you're getting evaluated, even by your top cardiologists, you're
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not getting that information. The closest place that has that
particular test besides our place, is in Saint Louis at
a research hospital. But it's going to give a picture
on your cardiovascular health and your nervous system health like
nothing else.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
And how is the test done.
Speaker 2 (42:41):
That's the great thing people talk about. I hate all
the tests, but it takes less than fifteen minutes. There's
no invasive type of thing. It's little patches that you
put on your wrist and your ankle.
Speaker 1 (42:51):
And what is it revealing.
Speaker 2 (42:53):
It can diagnose pot's disease, posturo orthostatic issues, probably the
best means of actually measuring that. The v NS test
specifically measures the function of the vegas nerve and if
it's off, if the vegas nerve is interfered with, which
oftentimes does then you're going to have heart problems. And
the way that we fix that is through the Atlas adjustment,
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and we have a specialty on that in our office.
Amazing procedure. We actually get quite dramatic changes in the
vegas nerve and in heart function, blood pressure, all those
types of things.
Speaker 1 (43:28):
Who would benefit from coming to this open house quite.
Speaker 2 (43:31):
Frankly everyone, especially anyone you know, males forty five and above,
females fifteen above, people who have very serious cardiovascular diseases
oftentimes aren't getting the results that they could get if
they were also implementing structure function care into their healthcare regimen.
One of the things that we have is external counter
pulsation is something I'll be talking about and basically our
(43:54):
worldbek exercise fixes almost every single problem that you could
possibly have with cardiovascular disease. And ECP is an aerobic
exercise machine. It does it for you. I tell people,
you know, they go, why should I do the ECP?
I said, well, you know, you don't have to just
go out and run five miles a day if and
you'll get the same effect, And they go, I can't
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walk up the stairs, And I said, well we can
lay you down and get the same benefit of five
years of marathon training in seven weeks.
Speaker 1 (44:24):
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The Voice of Health Minute with doctor Robert Prather of
Holistic Integration. Let's talk about the role of the endercon
system and what it plays in the health of the skin.
Speaker 2 (44:56):
It's interesting because acne usually kicks off at puberty and
there's a reason. It's because the enderconsystem is not working properly,
and in balancing the enderconsystem will result in acne. I
had a gal come in from Minnesota with acne. We
were able to get her under control, but it was
all indercon and it's crazy that you couldn't find somebody,
(45:18):
you know, closer to really be able to get that
balanced out. But we have very specific natural types of
products and it was not only was her acne, but
she said my whole health is different. I came in
for my skin problem, but then I saw everything come back.
You know, she said I had anxiety, I had some
depression and all that cleared up.
Speaker 1 (45:40):
Also schedule your appointment at Holistic Integration three one, seven, eight, four, eight,
eighty forty eight Holistic Integration Restoring Hope. You're listening to
the voice of Hell with doctor Robert Prether of Holistic Integration,
(46:03):
where our mission is restoring hope to our patients. Well,
we're talking about hypertension, the silent killer unmasked Dutra preather.
Let's talk about the different treatments that you provide at
Holistic Integration, more of the structure function services that help
with hypertension.
Speaker 2 (46:23):
Well, one of the great things is acupuncture, because acupuncture
reduces cortisol, increases oxytocin, So it really can if we
do blood pressures before and afterwards, not only is the
blood pressure better, but the pulse is better. So we
get an immediate reaction on that and not just only
does it temporarily, but over long term type of thing.
(46:45):
We actually get a very nice improvement just from the
acupuncture for the hypertension. And we also find that the
acupuncture really helps out with kidneys, adrenals bounce of the
nervous system, so that's a great way to actually help
the The other thing, of course, is chiropractic. When we
do the autonomic nervous system test and we see a
(47:06):
sympathetic pair of sympathetic and a vagual nerve problem where
they're not functioning properly, the chiropractic adjustments do change those
and help them to balance out. So it makes a
very strong change as far as on the nervous system,
which is another aspect of the hypertension. So those are
(47:26):
very good ways of actually getting things changed. Other ways,
of course is rbals. Now, when you're talking about erbls
and hypertension, that's a huge area. We have about forty
different erbals that can actually be responsible for taking blood
pressure down and actually make a very big difference along
(47:47):
those lines. So looking at those makes a huge difference.
Rowaalfi of serpentina is a very well known one to
take blood pressure down. Cinnamon bark does a big helps
passion flower kutsu. Do you remember cutsuit down in Atlanta
and uh huh that was growing all over the place. Well,
the cutsu route actually has hypertensive properties to it. Some
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of the ones that they've actually done a lot of
research on is Hibiscus is excellent for reducing blood pressure.
Shepherd's purse having olive leasem H actually is very good
along those lines to make a difference. There's a skull cap, chrysanthemum, coralie, crampbark,
(48:33):
dandelion route don quoi, all of those can have an
effect on hypertension. And but of course we don't give
you forty of those.
Speaker 1 (48:43):
Right, Yeah, how do you add holistic integration decide which
one's best for the patient.
Speaker 2 (48:49):
We do something just to get some feedback on people
to know whether it's going to work beforehand. Is we
check it on an electrodermal screening unit, which which is
based off of galvanic skin resistance, and it will actually
show the body's response to the product before we actually
give it to them. So one of the things instead
(49:11):
of just going through and guessing, we know that all
these different types of all forty herbs can have an
effect on the blood pressure, but we can actually go
in there and check on them and actually see which
ones are actually going to have an effect, which makes
it much better results as far as on.
Speaker 1 (49:31):
That, what kind of results have you seen. I mean,
I know we see it all the time that this
approach can reverse hypertension.
Speaker 2 (49:41):
Sure, well, oftentimes we actually get a reverse. Always we're
able to make it better. We want to cut One
of the big things that we're always the goal is
that we want to cut down on how much medication
somebody's taking. So we always see a difference along those lines.
Most of the time we're actually able to get it
so that they don't have to take the blood pressure.
(50:03):
But those that are taking it, what we do is
we tell them to monitor it because one of the
problems is is that we can from the treatments we
start to see that actually change, and so they have
to keep up on that to really make sure that
that's making a difference.
Speaker 1 (50:20):
So things like caffeine or alcohol, how do they affect
blood pressure, especially when they're consumed regularly.
Speaker 2 (50:27):
Yeah, those that definitely have a problem with blood pressure.
The caffeine is well known if you do it consistently
to be a problem. So we always advise people as
far as on what they're taking. Also, if they increase
their fiber in other words, fruits, grains and also vegetables,
that makes a big difference along those lines. So getting
(50:50):
away from the animal fats makes a big difference. A
sugar of course, we have something called the Dash diet
and that's well known to help with hypertension.
Speaker 1 (51:01):
What's the Dash diet.
Speaker 2 (51:03):
Well, that's basically hit fruits, vegetables and grains more and
that has a big effect on the kidneys. That helps
to cut down as far as on how much kidney stress.
And of course one of the things that we look
at is exercise. Aerobic exercise is probably the best treatment
for hypertension. So getting into a regular aerobic exercise and
(51:24):
we just we recommend where the optimal ranges is forty
five minutes, five days a week. We also have something
called external counterpulsation therapy in the office and that's an
aerobic exercise machine and basically it gives all the benefits
of aerobic exercise except the weight loss unfortunately, but it
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really is very very helpful for taking down hypertension and
making a big difference along those lines. So supplements, diet, chiropractic, acupuncture,
all those things you know, all add up to a
big change and getting that hypertension down.
Speaker 1 (52:04):
What about hydration does that play a role in blood pressure.
Speaker 2 (52:08):
Yes, what you want to do is keep the viscosity down,
so having a proper amount of fluids. We should have
about sixty percent of our body weight in water. If
you go below fifty percent, you're actually dehydrated. And when
you're dehydrated, that's going to raise your blood pressure. So
(52:29):
keeping well hydrated. And then also the cell integrity, that's
the other thing. If there's too much water in the
cells as opposed outside or outside supposed to inside, that
also makes a big effect. So we work along those
lines too.
Speaker 1 (52:44):
So we have a little bit of time, Doctor prey
there any last things that you'd like to say, Well, it's.
Speaker 2 (52:50):
Very important that you seek out a structure function doctor
to actually get the healing going. One of the problems
with pharmaceuticals is they are very important to give under control,
but long term actually wears out the kidneys and actually
causes an increase. So always a double edged sword when
you're dealing with pharmaceuticals. All right, thank you, thank you, Lisa.
Speaker 1 (53:13):
Holistic Integration is located at eighty nine oh two North
Meridian Street on the north side of Indianapolis, just south
of the I four sixty five Loop. If we can
help you to achieve better health, we'd love to hear
from you. Connect with our office at three one seven
eight four eight eighty forty eight. That's three one seven
eight four eight eighty forty eight. Join us again next
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week or any time on our website at the Voice
of Health radio dot com for the Voice of Health
with doctor Robert Prather. Bring yourself back to heart health
with Holistic Heart Treatment from Holistic Integration. Holistic Heart was
created with the goal of offering all inclusive, medically sounds, safe, natural,
(53:59):
and non invasive cardiac care to our patients. Surgery and
prescription medications are not the only treatments available for cardiac patients,
but they are unfortunately the only options presented by many
other healthcare providers. While helpful and appropriate for many, these
options often provide no long term relief from chess pain
(54:19):
and other cardiac conditions. These invasive procedures and prescription medications
can also lead to more pain and greater risk of
serious side effects. It's time for you to consider a
new direction for heart treatment. We are now accepting a
limited number of patients for cardiac services through Holistic Heart.
Schedule your appointment at Holistic Heart three one seven eight
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four eight eighty forty eight, or learn more on our
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