Blood Pressure & Stroke

Uncle Chuckie, I just left the doctor's office and he checked my blood pressure and said that I might get a stroke. Now I'm afraid to go to sleep now.

Did the doctor talk to you about your situation or lifestyle?

No. He just gave me a prescription.

First of all, relax. Stress and worry can build your blood pressure. Try to get the word stroke off your mind. There are a few things that can raise your blood pressure. Lifestyle and diet. White foods like white sugar, white flour, table salt, white rice and shortening will raise your pressure. Others foods that can raise your pressure because of the cholesterol are meats and dairy products, margarine's and canola oils. Our bodies already have cholesterol in it and when we eat meats and dairy products, we put the cholesterol from the animals into our bodies and it can almost double our cholesterol. A lot of pharmaceutical drugs will raise your pressure. Drugs like ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin, migraine headache medications, appetite suppressants and decongestants like Sudafed raises the blood pressure because the body sees them as a toxin/foreign agent and speeds up the blood flow to rush the toxins through the heart, which makes the heart work unnecessarily hard. Acidic beverages also raise our pressure like, soda pop, beer, coffee and milk. The reason why high blood pressure can cause a stroke is when the blood speeds up because of toxins and too much cholesterol blocking the vessels, which makes the heart work harder and speeds up the blood going through it, the vessel in the brain breaks or erupts causing the stroke. Not only changing your diet by cutting down or cutting out eating meats and dairy products, we need to eat a more healthier diet. Plenty of fruits and vegetables, juices and plenty of water(alkali and/or distilled). Cook with oils like olive, safflower, sunflower and grapeseed. Herbs that will lower the blood pressure are hawthorne berries, ginger root, angelica(dong quai), cayenne, blessed thistle, cinnamon, ginko biloba, prickly ash bark, white oak bark and gotu kola. The best exercises for lower blood pressure is walking, cycling, yoga and meditation.
The hearts do not fail us, we fail our hearts. Negative emotions can build our pressure. Even using phrases like; I have a broken heart, I've closed the door to my heart, I'm afraid to open my heart, love doesn't live here anymore, etc. Being in love makes a healthy heart. So does happiness and laughter. Caring about ourselves and others build a healthy heart. Worrying, anger and being upset helps destroy our heart. Your body remembers what you say and reacts to. The heart represents Love, trust, caring, compassion, giving and receiving.
The Father speaks to us through our hearts and if we continue to destroy our hearts we can stop listening to what He has to tell us.