The New Bible Cure for High Blood Pressure: Ancient Truths, Natural Remedies, and the Latest Findings for Your Health Today

By Don Colbert, MD

You can lower your blood pressure and feel better-naturally! How hard is your heart working? In this concise, easy-to-read booklet you'll discover a wealth of information to help you reduce and prevent high blood pressure. Learn biblical secrets on health and the latest medical research on how to bring your blood pressure under control and maintain it within healthy guidelines. Discover breakthroughs that your doctor may never have shared with you!

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  The difference between good and bad stress


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  Important foods that naturally lower your high blood pressure


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  Essential vitamins and minerals needed to keep your blood pressure within healthy limits


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  Steps that may save your life and prevent strokes, heart attacks and even cancer

You want to be healthy. God wants you to be healthy. Now at last, here's a source of information that will help you become healthier body, mind and spirit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Siloam
• Release date: Jul 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781621365341

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DON COLBERT, MD

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THE NEW BIBLE CURE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

by Don Colbert, MD

Published by Siloam

Charisma Media/Charisma House Book Group

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This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission of the publisher, except as provided by United States of America copyright law.

Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishers. Used by permission.

Copyright © 2013 by Don Colbert, MD

All rights reserved.

Cover design by Lisa Rae Cox and Amanda Bardwell

Design Director: Bill Johnson

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013946484

International Standard Book Number: 978-1-61638-615-3

E-ISBN: 978-1-62136-534-1

Portions of this book were previously published as The Bible Cure for High Blood Pressure by Siloam, ISBN 978-0-88419-747-8, copyright © 2001, The Rapid Waist Reduction Diet by Siloam, ISBN 978-1-62136-044-5, copyright © 2013, The New Bible Cure for Cancer by Siloam, ISBN 978-1-59979-866-0, copyright © 2010, and The Seven Pillars of Health by Siloam, ISBN 978-1-59185-815-7, copyright © 2007.

This publication is translated in Spanish under the title La nueva cura biblica para la presión alta, copyright © 2013 by Don Colbert, MD, published by Casa Creación, a Charisma Media company. All rights reserved.

This book contains the opinions and ideas of its author. It is solely for informational and educational purposes and should not be regarded as a substitute for professional medical treatment. The nature of your body’s health condition is complex and unique. Therefore you should consult a health professional before you begin any new exercise, nutrition, or supplementation program or if you have questions about your health. Do not make any changes to your current medications without the advice of your doctor. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising from any information or suggestion in this book. The statements in this book about consumable products or food have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The publisher is not responsible for any adverse reactions to the consumption of food or products that have been suggested in this book.

The statements in this book about consumable products or food have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The publisher is not responsible for any adverse reactions to the consumption of food or products that have been suggested in this book.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

DISCOVER STRENGTH TO DEFEAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

A Dangerous High Blood Pressure Epidemic

A Bold, New Approach

1 UNDERSTANDING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

How High Is Too High?

A Few Tips

Your Incredible Cardiovascular System

With Every Beat of My Heart

Wreaking Havoc on Your Arteries

Causes of Hypertension

Risk Factors You Cannot Control

Your family history

Your gender

Your age

Your race

Secondary Causes of High Blood Pressure

What Is Your Bathroom Scale Trying to Tell You?

How Fat Is Obese?

What Fruit Are You?

Apple-shaped

Pear-shaped

Apple-Shaped Obesity

The Connection Between Apple-Shaped Obesity (or Belly Fat) and Inflammation

Conclusion

2 A HYPERTENSION-BUSTING DIET

Slash High Blood Pressure With the DASH DIET

A Deadly By-Product of the Western Diet: Inflammation

The Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Taking the Mediterranean Diet to the Next Level

Conclusion

3 GET YOUR HEART IN SHAPE

Changing the Way You Think About Exercise

What’s in a Word?

The Perks of Regular Activity

The Natural Weight-Loss Supplement

Muscles, Metabolism, and Aging

Recommended Amount of Activity

Burning Fat With Aerobic Activity

How Much?

Resistance Exercises

High-Intensity Interval Training

Putting It All Together

Keeping Track

See Your Doctor

Conclusion

4 FORTIFY YOUR HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS THROUGH SUPPLEMENTS

Battling Molecular Warfare

Supplements to Lower Blood Pressure

Coenzyme Q10

L-arginine

L-citrulline

Olive leaf extract

Flower extracts

Beetroot juice

Critical Minerals

The Power of Potassium

Magnificent Magnesium

Are you magnesium deficient?

Incredible Calcium

The Wonders of Water

Eight glasses of water a day to help keep high blood pressure away

Hypertension Medications

Conclusion

5 YOUR HEART AND STRESS

Good Stress and Bad Stress

Consequences of Stress

Stress, strokes, and sickness

Causes of stress

What Stress Looks Like on You

Stage One: Alarm

Stage Two: Resistance

Gearing up to survive

Stage Three: Exhaustion

When your body cannot go anymore

Conclusion

6 COMBAT MODERN STRESS AT THE ROOT

Activate the Power of God’s Word

Control Every Thought

Live in the Present

Tame Your Tongue

Be Quick to Forgive

Get a Fresh Perspective

Be a Good Steward of Your Time

Walk in the Power of Love

Have a Good Laugh

Conclusion

7 ACTIVATE THE POWER OF DYNAMIC FAITH OVER YOUR HEALTH

Faith for All That Concerns You

God’s Love and Your Health

A PERSONAL NOTE From Don and Mary Colbert

APPENDIX A

SUPERFOODS FOR YOUR HEART

Organic Celery

Beetroot Juice

Garlic

Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

Dark Chocolate

Pomegranate

Blueberries

Wild Salmon

Spinach

Walnuts

APPENDIX B

MERCURY LEVELS IN FOOD

Fish with least amounts of mercury (enjoy these fish)

Fish with moderate amounts of mercury (eat six servings or less per month)

Fish high in mercury (eat three servings or less per month)

Fish highest in mercury (avoid)

APPENDIX C

SUPPLEMENTS FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND REDUCING HYPERTENSION

NOTES

Introduction

DISCOVER STRENGTH TO DEFEAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

GOD INTENDS TO stop high blood pressure from damaging your arteries, stressing your heart, and robbing your health. He promises to greatly strengthen your life in every way. The Bible says, O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places. The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! (Ps. 68:35).

Do you have high blood pressure? It can be a subtle and dangerous enemy. But God promises to strengthen your heart. His Word says, My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever (Ps. 73:26).

If you’ve been told that your blood pressure is too high, then I have good news for you. You don’t have to face it alone. God promises to walk with you until you defeat it. He will get you through this, and with His powerful help you will overcome it!

A DANGEROUS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EPIDEMIC

America is experiencing a high blood pressure epidemic. The statistics are alarming. High blood pressure—or hypertension—impacts the lives of about 68 million American adults.¹ That means that approximately one out of four people, or one in every three adults, in this country have high blood pressure.² The impact of all of this is alarming.

Cardiovascular disease is a killer that takes the lives of more than a million Americans every year. About half of all Americans will die of some form of cardiovascular disease. And high blood pressure is a primary reason for these deaths.

But this killer is extremely subtle and is even known as the silent killer. Most people never experience any symptoms from high blood pressure until it’s advanced. So about a third of the people who have high blood pressure don’t even know it! Of the people who have hypertension, only approximately 47 percent have it controlled with medication.³

High blood pressure triples your risk of having a heart attack. It also increases your chances of having a stroke. Forty to 90 percent of stroke victims have hypertension.⁴ Strokes are the third leading killer of Americans, and they are the number one cause of long-term disability.

Among other dangers, high