My brother-in-law uses this device. He's worried as he has high blood pressure. Using this, his blood pressure went down from 180/120 to 150/90.
I went to its website and watched the video: https://www.resperate.com/how-it-works/
It simply helps you to slow down your breathing.
So how does it work? Here it goes: https://www.resperate.com/how-it-works/
In short, "elevated sympathetic activity is reduced, opening up blood vessels to lower blood pressure."
What does "elevated sympathetic activity" mean?
For me, it merely increases CO2 in our blood, and CO2 dilates the blood vessels. Isn't this right?
So, this device isn't bad. Sure beats taking BP lowering maintenance drugs. And it's easier to do than Buteyko.
But it makes me ask: If it's about increasing CO2 in the blood, why don't we simply improve our sugar metabolism so that we an produce more CO2, and then the blood pressure will decrease. Improving our sugar metabolism will also have other benefits, such asn improving acid-base balance, and it also increases the efficiency of our energy production.
Also, if you had hypertension and the device improved it but you are nowhere near optimal still, as is the case with my brother-in-law, whose improved BP is at 150/90, isn't there some other issue that's not being addressed still?
It also leads me to ask why we would need to use Resperate, or even practice Buteyko, when we can also attack the cause of low serum CO2 directly by addressing our poor sugar metabolism. Isn't Resperate just another shortcut to lower our blood pressure, and also another way to skirt the more tedious process of improving our sugar metabolism?
What do you think?
I went to its website and watched the video: https://www.resperate.com/how-it-works/
It simply helps you to slow down your breathing.
So how does it work? Here it goes: https://www.resperate.com/how-it-works/
In short, "elevated sympathetic activity is reduced, opening up blood vessels to lower blood pressure."
What does "elevated sympathetic activity" mean?
For me, it merely increases CO2 in our blood, and CO2 dilates the blood vessels. Isn't this right?
So, this device isn't bad. Sure beats taking BP lowering maintenance drugs. And it's easier to do than Buteyko.
But it makes me ask: If it's about increasing CO2 in the blood, why don't we simply improve our sugar metabolism so that we an produce more CO2, and then the blood pressure will decrease. Improving our sugar metabolism will also have other benefits, such asn improving acid-base balance, and it also increases the efficiency of our energy production.
Also, if you had hypertension and the device improved it but you are nowhere near optimal still, as is the case with my brother-in-law, whose improved BP is at 150/90, isn't there some other issue that's not being addressed still?
It also leads me to ask why we would need to use Resperate, or even practice Buteyko, when we can also attack the cause of low serum CO2 directly by addressing our poor sugar metabolism. Isn't Resperate just another shortcut to lower our blood pressure, and also another way to skirt the more tedious process of improving our sugar metabolism?
What do you think?