Capillaries, Blood Cells, Blood Pressure (and what you can do about it)

Do you realize that having an extra pound of fat means you have an extra 7
miles of blood vessels and capillaries just to basically support that pound
of fat, which means your cardiovascular system has to work that much harder?

Having an extra pound of fat means you’re going to have more toxins that are
stored in that, which means you’re going to be more toxic as a human being.
And if you’re on that road, unfortunately, it’ll probably end your life
prematurely.

So, what can you do about it?

Many things.  But let me draw attention to our metabolism, or more specifically

to the anabolic exchange of nutrients into the system.  The corollary is the
exchange of waste out of the system, referred to as catabolic exchange.

In this case, one thing we want to know is, what are the omega-3 levels
(ratios) in your blood?  Because your blood might be too thick.  Or your
blood sugar too high.  And, what are your magnesium and potassium levels in your
blood?  Because often they’re low.  And when they’re low, you get blood
vessels spasm.

We know that a red blood cell if you measure it, is about 7 microns across.
That's pretty small.  A capillary is about 4 microns.  Now, that blood cell
has to go through that capillary.  The blood cell's got to flatten out to
get through.  This is physically required for the process of metabolism - for the
exchange of products into, and out of, the blood stream.  This flattening-out

process makes possible the intimate contact necessary for fluid exchange through
cell walls.

At the other side of that capillary, let’s say we’re talking about the
kidney, there is a sensor.  And if that kidney is not getting enough oxygen
and enough nutrients, because of a poor blood volume being delivered, it's
going to send a message to the brain that says, 'kick up the blood pressure,
because you got to get more of these guys through to me, because I’m not
getting enough oxygen!'

Critical to this exchange is both the flexibility of the capillary walls, as
well as the flexibility of the red blood cells.

The healthy ratio of the omega-6 fats (vegetable fats) to the omega-3 fats
(which are mostly found in fish), ought to be about a 4:1 ratio.  And if
it’s a 4:1 ratio, then there’s a 4:1 ratio in the membrane of the red blood
cell.  And then that red blood cell has just the right amount of
flexibility.  It’ll just go like right through - it’s not too stiff.  

The average American is eating about a 30:1 to 40:1 ratio of corn oil and
vegetable oil to omega-3 oils.  Now, that is reflected then in the membrane
of the red cell, of the neuron, of the heart cell, and now that cell is
stiff, because the omega-6s are stiffer.  Now you have a cell that’s stiff,
now you’re trying to get it through that hole.  But now we’re stiff.  So
making changes like that over 3 months, supplementing with extra omega-3s
and reducing omega-6s, the new red cells, they’re generated about every 3 or
4 months, they’re going to have a better profile, the neurons are always
turning these things over.  You’re going to have better profile, everything
is going to operate better.  This is for every cell.

Now, you look at that capillary.  If there’s not enough magnesium or
potassium, it’s going to be spasming, it’s going to be too tight.  So if you
know these things, you can make changes.  That may be why your blood
pressure is high.

We also know that many people with high blood pressure have low nitric
oxide, you can test it with saliva strips.

This research was done at Baylor University, where they developed a beet
juice concentrate; you suck on it once to twice a day, it’s over the
counter.  In 6 weeks, if I retest the thing, it will now be nice red, the
nitric oxide level in their blood.  When they tested this nutritional
supplement against any pharmaceutical for blood pressure, it worked better.

So someone coming into my office, if they’re on blood pressure medicine, I
say oh here, take this strip, get this all wet, pull it out.  Oh, you’re
going on beet juice concentrate as a first thing.  And then I’m measuring
all this other stuff and saying okay, you’re going on fish oil.  You need to
reduce these vegetable fats, you need potassium and magnesium supplement.

And now we’re sort of moving in the direction of just getting your
physiology repaired so that your body doesn’t need blood pressure medicine.

Because actually in effect what happens is, if you take the pharmaceutical
that blocks the heart from pumping, or blocks the hormone from the kidney
from making less spasm, this guy is still starved, and that doesn’t help, so
that further down the road you’re going to end up with a new problem,
whatever it is.

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This is not medical advice, and it is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease. 

 

sources:

                 Dr Jay Davidson,

                 Dr David Minkoff
                on Metabolic Syndrome