high blood pressure

This is a copy of the post at forums.about.com where I have commented on regarding high blood pressure

Post from Pennyhalfpenny:

I am on a low carb high fat diet to try and get my high blood pressure down.

Does anyone have a similar experience?  So far my blood pressure came down the first few weeks and went back up a little.?  I would appreciate any discussion on this subject.  Thanks.

My reply:

Hi Pennyhalfpenny,

Yes, in general, a low carb diet will help bring your blood pressure down, particularly, if you add into that some form of exercise, whether that’s a formal exercise or  social exercise like dancing or that sort of thing, even walking and as you got a lovely dog, I’m sure it must be a joy to take her for a walk. I noticed too that you have discovered that there seem to be a link between going on a low carb diet and your arthritis improving, now that’s due not so much because you’ve gone on a low carb diet more of the side effects that being on a low carb diet your cutting out carbohydrates including red potatoes and refined sugar obviously.

Various studies throughout the world have seen a link between people who suffer from arthritis and other inflammatory type disorders and high consumption of carbohydrates. Of following that chain through they have discovered that many of those carbohydrates are commonly contaminated with fungal toxins. They can read more about that in a brilliant book by Dr. Dave Holland and Doug Kaufmann called the Fungus Link. They also got another one out called the Fungus Link Volume 2 and I think it’s in chapter 8 of that book that they go through the direct link between a fungal infection of the digestive system and arthritis.

Now, of course, we can’t forget that high blood pressure can be due to the fact that we are suffering stress in one form or another. Then the fact that our bodies aren’t working 100% some of the time is one of those clear causes of stress. So maybe, there is a link even between a fungal infection and high blood pressure.

Hope that helps,

Mark