Heartmath Approach to Managing Hypertension: The Proven Natural Way to Lower Your Blood Pressure

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The researchers at the renowned HeartMath Institute have researched techniques for managing stress and hypertension for more than 15 years. Now, at last, their highly effective techniques for regulating blood pressure safely and effectively are available to readers in this simple and easy-to-use format.

This is a comprehensive overview of hypertension incorporates conventional medical wisdom as well up--to--date thinking regarding the important role of stress. Readers will find clear explanations of hypertension: its causes, deleterious effects on the body, and an explanation of the types of drugs used to treat it. But they will also learn about our growing understanding of the important contribution of stress hormones and will learn some simple techniques to engage their hearts and brains to restore inner equilibrium and calmness. This will be useful for anyone who wants to understand hypertension and the range of options available to address it.--Kenneth M. Riff, MD, executive director of the Hawaii Heart Brain Center at North Hawaii Community HospitalAs this concise but meaty book emphasizes, hypertension is a major cause of death and disability. It is aptly called 'the silent killer' because patients may have no symptoms until it produces significant damage. Although there are numerous antihypertensive drugs, there is no algorithm that guarantees which will work best in any given patient and many have serious side effects. In contrast, the HeartMath(R) approach is completely safe and its efficacy has been demonstrated in years of cutting--edge research on heart rate variability feedback.--Paul Rosch, MD, president of the American Institute of StressConnecting the mind, body, and emotions, Heartmath offers a quickly learned, scientifically validated approach to decreasing stress and impacting cardiac risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arrhythmia, and chest pain. Everyone needs to learn these techniques.--Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, medical director of the Scripps Center for Integrative MedicineThe holistic approach to hypertension described in this book is user--friendly for patients of different ages. It addresses the essential bio--behavioral nature of the problem directly, with ideas to heal and balance body and mind.