As those familiar with my thread on dealing with hypertension are aware, I've had high blood pressure for close to 15 years, and I have been having difficulty getting it to go back down to normal. It has gone as high as 240/140 anout 2 years ago, and has now gone down to the 180/120 level.
All throughout I haven't taken any blood pressure lowering drugs, and I haven't experienced headaches. I'm making this experiment on my own body, and people inside and outside this forum have expressed their concern about the high bp levels. The concern is that it will destroy my kidneys, or that it will burst my blood vessels.
While my kidneys have lower filtration rates that puts me in stage 1 CKD (chronic kidney disease) category, as indicated by a high urine ACR (albumin/creatinine ratio), I don't buy the idea that it is caused by high blood pressure as much as the idea that the kidney dysfunction is causing the high blood pressure. I also don't believe that the high blood pressure will cause blood vessels to burst (aka aneurysm) as long as my blood vessels are healthy enough, and I believe I haven't reached the point where my blood vessels will quit on me and burst. Why I believe so - my inflammation markers are fine with very low values in hsCRP, ESR, and slightly high levels in LDH.
I believe now that my high blood pressure is the body's adaptation to clogged capillaries, but not arterioles or major arteries. Since capillaries are much much smaller in cross-sectional area, the effect of plaque would have more impact in the capillaries than in the larger vessels. This means that the tissues and organs fed by capillaries would be the first to experience sub-optimal function (or dysfunction).
Since diagnostic tools (such as ultrasound, MRI and CT Scan) are limited in determining the presence of plaque in capillaries, a determination of clogged capillaries isn't possible to diagonose short of cutting into the tissue and organ, which is too invasive and harmfully impractical. In my case, the kidneys is the first organ to show symptoms of plaque in my small capillaries. While I would view my high blood pressure as a kidney problem (somehow confirmed by my high urine ACR levels), I believe in reality I'm merely scratching the surface here.
My hair isn't as lush as before, and although I still have a full head of hair, it is evident in my photos that the camera captures my scalp underneath the hair. This indicates the capillaries are not delivering as much nutrients to the scalp, and could very well be a plaque problem. As far as penile endurance goes, I believe this is also the case.
I also have high cholesterol and high triglycerides, and my liver SGPT and SGOT are barely over optimal levels. This would indicate some dysfunction in my liver, even as my thyroid is fine and my blood sugar control is optimal.
@ecstatichamster mentioned in a recent thread that my high blood pressure could very well be the reason nutrients are still able to reach my tissues. I somehow knew this but wasn't able to articulate this and I agree with him on this. Just imagine if you had a water pump that supplies your shower in the 2nd floor of your house. If you replace the 3/4" water pipe that runs from the water pump to your shower with a 1/4" water pipe, it would be certain that the shower would turn into a trickle. The solution would be to replace the current water pump with a much stronger pump so that the pump would be able to increase its pressure to overcome the reduced water flow with the thinner pipe. Seeing how useful increased water pressure is to continue to have a nice shower experience, it makes sense that increased blood pressure is needed to course blood through an increasingly plaque-filled capillary system.
For me, there are two steps to lowering my blood pressure. The first step is to correctly identify the cause of my high blood pressure condition. The second is to have a sound way to eliminate the cause of this condition.
I believe I have identified the cause to be arterial plaque blocking my capillaries. And while I don't get to see the plaque to be absolutely certain, I would bet everything I have on it. It's because plaque can be formed by chronic bacterial infection and the body's defense reaction to it. I've only recently discovered that I've been harboring a periodontal bacterial colony for at least 15 years, and I believed that over the years, the battle between the bacteria (and its endotoxins) and the body's defense system has resulted in plaque lining up my blood vessels, with the most impact on the small blood vessels - the capillaries. It's only past half a year since I've had my periodontal condition discovered and dealt with. Now, I'm dealing with the damage it has done- the plaque accumulated in my blood vessels.
I now have a protocol to deal with it. It involves taking proteolytic enzymes (ZymEssence) to lyse away the plaque, and intake of magnesium (magnesium acetate) and b6, to dissolve calcification, and vitamin k2 for its decalcifying effects. I also would like to add some form of cyclodextrine supplement (to remove cholesteryl esters that form part of the plaque, but have no idea how to go about it. I'm also thinking of low-dose minocycline as the link @CLASH has shared has been very helpful (I think lowering inflammation would be very helpful. I've seen my left knee arthritis and my scalp seborrheic dermatitis take a hiatus after I started on low-dose doxycycline).
In all these, I believe that for all these supplements to work as effectively as possible, it is important that they are distributed all throughout the body. Instead of aiming to lower blood pressure (although that is the eventual goal) I would have to increase the blood pressure to allow these nutrients to be pushed towards the smaller capillaries.
To do so, I would have to increase my metabolism, and in increasing my metabolism, my heart rate would also increase. So I would have to take metabolic boosters with the aim of getting my heart rate to go to 85 bpm. I'm considering take thyroid and drinking coffee, and taking niacinamide.
I know this approach this very counter-intuitive but this isn't the first a counter-intuitive approach has been proposed. In the case of diabetes, sugar has been proposed and used as therapy for it. So, it's along the same spirit that I have this plan in mind.
There is a risk to this approach given that my current metabolism and heart rate is low. This could be the reason why my cholesterol and triglyceride is high (hence the high liver SGPT/SGOT). Until now, I have held on to the belief that my low metabolism is the body's way of protecting my body. And thus, the low metabolism is to keep my blood pressure from getting too high. This may very well be true, but I also think my body needs a little jolt, a jumpstart, if you will, in order to heal itself. Otherwise, without this jolt, the capillary plaque will never be acted upon, and they will never be dissolved, and the capillaries will just stay plugged up.
Now, I need the high pressure boost from higher metabolism to jumpstart the process of healing. The sustained high blood pressure will allow nutrients and enzymes to reach the difficult to reach capillaries, and start the process of removing the plaque.
Thank you for reading this far. Any comments for or against is appreciated.
Note: I consider myself to be on the 99 percentile health-wise, despite my very high blood pressure. My body temperature is normal, I have a very strong immune system as evidenced by lacking any allergies. I have not had the flu nor any fever for close to twenty years, and I have good endurance levels. When I started on Peat 2-3 years ago, I had frequent bouts of allergic rhinitis which would last me usually 2 weeks. I had seborrheic dermatitis and left knee arthritis for close to 20 years, but these were resolved only recently thanks to low-dose doxycycline. My blood sugar is excellent. Wake up fasting blood sugar is 85. In between meals blood sugar at 75. And on a one-day fast, blood sugar stays constant at 65.
All throughout I haven't taken any blood pressure lowering drugs, and I haven't experienced headaches. I'm making this experiment on my own body, and people inside and outside this forum have expressed their concern about the high bp levels. The concern is that it will destroy my kidneys, or that it will burst my blood vessels.
While my kidneys have lower filtration rates that puts me in stage 1 CKD (chronic kidney disease) category, as indicated by a high urine ACR (albumin/creatinine ratio), I don't buy the idea that it is caused by high blood pressure as much as the idea that the kidney dysfunction is causing the high blood pressure. I also don't believe that the high blood pressure will cause blood vessels to burst (aka aneurysm) as long as my blood vessels are healthy enough, and I believe I haven't reached the point where my blood vessels will quit on me and burst. Why I believe so - my inflammation markers are fine with very low values in hsCRP, ESR, and slightly high levels in LDH.
I believe now that my high blood pressure is the body's adaptation to clogged capillaries, but not arterioles or major arteries. Since capillaries are much much smaller in cross-sectional area, the effect of plaque would have more impact in the capillaries than in the larger vessels. This means that the tissues and organs fed by capillaries would be the first to experience sub-optimal function (or dysfunction).
Since diagnostic tools (such as ultrasound, MRI and CT Scan) are limited in determining the presence of plaque in capillaries, a determination of clogged capillaries isn't possible to diagonose short of cutting into the tissue and organ, which is too invasive and harmfully impractical. In my case, the kidneys is the first organ to show symptoms of plaque in my small capillaries. While I would view my high blood pressure as a kidney problem (somehow confirmed by my high urine ACR levels), I believe in reality I'm merely scratching the surface here.
My hair isn't as lush as before, and although I still have a full head of hair, it is evident in my photos that the camera captures my scalp underneath the hair. This indicates the capillaries are not delivering as much nutrients to the scalp, and could very well be a plaque problem. As far as penile endurance goes, I believe this is also the case.
I also have high cholesterol and high triglycerides, and my liver SGPT and SGOT are barely over optimal levels. This would indicate some dysfunction in my liver, even as my thyroid is fine and my blood sugar control is optimal.
@ecstatichamster mentioned in a recent thread that my high blood pressure could very well be the reason nutrients are still able to reach my tissues. I somehow knew this but wasn't able to articulate this and I agree with him on this. Just imagine if you had a water pump that supplies your shower in the 2nd floor of your house. If you replace the 3/4" water pipe that runs from the water pump to your shower with a 1/4" water pipe, it would be certain that the shower would turn into a trickle. The solution would be to replace the current water pump with a much stronger pump so that the pump would be able to increase its pressure to overcome the reduced water flow with the thinner pipe. Seeing how useful increased water pressure is to continue to have a nice shower experience, it makes sense that increased blood pressure is needed to course blood through an increasingly plaque-filled capillary system.
For me, there are two steps to lowering my blood pressure. The first step is to correctly identify the cause of my high blood pressure condition. The second is to have a sound way to eliminate the cause of this condition.
I believe I have identified the cause to be arterial plaque blocking my capillaries. And while I don't get to see the plaque to be absolutely certain, I would bet everything I have on it. It's because plaque can be formed by chronic bacterial infection and the body's defense reaction to it. I've only recently discovered that I've been harboring a periodontal bacterial colony for at least 15 years, and I believed that over the years, the battle between the bacteria (and its endotoxins) and the body's defense system has resulted in plaque lining up my blood vessels, with the most impact on the small blood vessels - the capillaries. It's only past half a year since I've had my periodontal condition discovered and dealt with. Now, I'm dealing with the damage it has done- the plaque accumulated in my blood vessels.
I now have a protocol to deal with it. It involves taking proteolytic enzymes (ZymEssence) to lyse away the plaque, and intake of magnesium (magnesium acetate) and b6, to dissolve calcification, and vitamin k2 for its decalcifying effects. I also would like to add some form of cyclodextrine supplement (to remove cholesteryl esters that form part of the plaque, but have no idea how to go about it. I'm also thinking of low-dose minocycline as the link @CLASH has shared has been very helpful (I think lowering inflammation would be very helpful. I've seen my left knee arthritis and my scalp seborrheic dermatitis take a hiatus after I started on low-dose doxycycline).
In all these, I believe that for all these supplements to work as effectively as possible, it is important that they are distributed all throughout the body. Instead of aiming to lower blood pressure (although that is the eventual goal) I would have to increase the blood pressure to allow these nutrients to be pushed towards the smaller capillaries.
To do so, I would have to increase my metabolism, and in increasing my metabolism, my heart rate would also increase. So I would have to take metabolic boosters with the aim of getting my heart rate to go to 85 bpm. I'm considering take thyroid and drinking coffee, and taking niacinamide.
I know this approach this very counter-intuitive but this isn't the first a counter-intuitive approach has been proposed. In the case of diabetes, sugar has been proposed and used as therapy for it. So, it's along the same spirit that I have this plan in mind.
There is a risk to this approach given that my current metabolism and heart rate is low. This could be the reason why my cholesterol and triglyceride is high (hence the high liver SGPT/SGOT). Until now, I have held on to the belief that my low metabolism is the body's way of protecting my body. And thus, the low metabolism is to keep my blood pressure from getting too high. This may very well be true, but I also think my body needs a little jolt, a jumpstart, if you will, in order to heal itself. Otherwise, without this jolt, the capillary plaque will never be acted upon, and they will never be dissolved, and the capillaries will just stay plugged up.
Now, I need the high pressure boost from higher metabolism to jumpstart the process of healing. The sustained high blood pressure will allow nutrients and enzymes to reach the difficult to reach capillaries, and start the process of removing the plaque.
Thank you for reading this far. Any comments for or against is appreciated.
Note: I consider myself to be on the 99 percentile health-wise, despite my very high blood pressure. My body temperature is normal, I have a very strong immune system as evidenced by lacking any allergies. I have not had the flu nor any fever for close to twenty years, and I have good endurance levels. When I started on Peat 2-3 years ago, I had frequent bouts of allergic rhinitis which would last me usually 2 weeks. I had seborrheic dermatitis and left knee arthritis for close to 20 years, but these were resolved only recently thanks to low-dose doxycycline. My blood sugar is excellent. Wake up fasting blood sugar is 85. In between meals blood sugar at 75. And on a one-day fast, blood sugar stays constant at 65.
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