Dr. Janet Brlll

WELL, EVERY YEAR MORE THAN 800,000 AMERICANS LOSE THEIR LIVES TO ONE OF THE MOST NEGLECTED DISEASES. IT'S A DISEASE THAT MANY ADULTS HAVE, BUT NEVER GET THE PROPER TREATMENT. THIS DISEASE IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. PREVENTING, OR EVEN LOWERING YOUR RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CHALLENGE. WITH LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS IN YOUR DIET, AND EXERCISE, YOU CAN PUT A STOP TO IT. AND SO, TODAY, WE'RE WELCOMING BACK TO THE SHOW, NUTRITIONIST, AUTHOR, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EXPERT, DOCTOR JANET BRILL, WHO CAN HELP TRANSFORM OUR LIVES IN, GET THIS, JUST FOUR WEEKS. GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR BRILL. GOOD TO SEE---. GOOD MORNING. ---YOU, AGAIN. GREAT TO BE BACK. ALRIGHT. YOU HAVE WRITTEN THE BOOK "BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN - THE TEN STEPS TO LOWERING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IN JUST 4 WEEKS WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION". WHAT MADE YOU WRITE THIS BOOK? I KNOW THE BACK STORY, BUT FOR OUR AUDIENCE, TELL THEM THE BACK STORY. WELL, SO MANY OF MY PATIENTS COME TO ME, AND THEY'RE VERY, UH, THEY EITHER DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE MEDICATION, OR THEY'VE BEEN ON IT, AND THEY JUST CAN'T HANDLE THE SIDE EFFECTS FOR THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION, SO THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST, THE MOST EFFECTIVE LIFESTYLE STEPS THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT WILL GET THAT BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. JUST ON A, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MY HUSBAND, WHO IS, YOU KNOW, EARLY 40s---. UH HUH. ---HAS VERY, VERY SLIGHTLY ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE, AND IS TAKING MEDICATION, NOW. HIS IS STRESS, UM, INDUCED. I'M ALMOST SURE OF IT. BUT, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNWARE THAT THEY EVEN HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS AN EPIDEMIC, IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S VERY SCARY, BECAUSE ONE IN THREE AMERICANS NOT, NOT JUST ELDERLY, YOUNG PEOPLE, TOO---. RIGHT. ---WE EVEN SEE IT IN OUR CHILDREN. THAT'S CRAZY! YOUR HUSBAND, HE HAS PRE-HYPERTENSION, WHICH IS ALSO A DANGEROUS CONDITION, BECAUSE IT PRE, UH, IT'S UM, MAKES US MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING STROKE, AND HEART ATTACKS, UH, KIDNEY DISEASE, AND BLINDNESS, SO IT IS A HORRIFIC SITUATION, AND AMERICANS NEED TO GET THAT BLOOD PRESSURE UNDER CONTROL. SO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR THAT WE KNOW. LIKE, IF I, UH, HOW DO WE KNOW? WELL, THE PROBLEM, IT'S CALLED THE SILENT KILLER. AHHHH! BECAUSE, YOU CAN'T FEEL IT. YOU CAN'T SEE IT. SO, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE IT. SO, ALL AMERICANS NEED TO GO TO THEIR DOCTOR,---. UH HUH. ---AND GET CHECKED, AND GET THOSE NUMBERS DOWN. THEY NEED TO BE UNDER 120 OVER 80 MILLIMETERS MERCURY. SO, AND IF THERE ARE ANY, EVEN THE LITTLEST BIT ELEVATED, LIFESTYLE FIRST, THEN DRUGS. OK. AND, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET TO, NOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY TURN TO DRUGS. A DOCTOR GIVES THEM THE PRESCRIPTION, THEY---. CORRECT. ---TAKE THE PRESCRIPTION. BUT, YOU'RE, KIND OF, AN ADVOCATE FOR MAKING THESE LIFESTYLE CHANGES, AND SAYING THAT, YEAH, YOU CAN LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, AND YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. TELL US ABOUT THAT. WELL, ACTUALLY, IT CAN BE DONE, AND IT SHOULD BE DONE. YOU SHOULD USE LIFESTYLE, FIRST, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BODIES, AND LIVE A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE. UH HUH. SO, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, FIRST THING, LOSE A COUPLE OF POUNDS. AND, I'M NOT SAYING YOU NEED TO LOSE 50 POUNDS. JUST 5 POUNDS WILL MAKE AN AMAZING DENT IN THOSE NUMBERS, SO JUST EATING, EATING LESS, EXERCISING MORE, AND PORTION CONTROL. UH HUH. NUMBER 2, SALT. SODIUM. SALT'S IN EVERYTHING. IN EVERYTHING. ESPECIALLY, PROCESSED FOOD. IF IT COMES IN A BOX, OR A BAG, OR A CAN, OR RESTAURANT FOODS. THAT'S WHERE THE SALT IS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT TASTE GOOD. THAT'S TRUE. (LAUGHTER). LOTS OF SALT AND BUTTER THEY USE IN RESTAURANTS. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. BUT, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE SALT IS A KILLER. UH HUH. AND, WE HAVE WAY TOO MUCH SODIUM IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY. IN FACT, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SUGGESTS THAT ALL AMERICANS, OR MOST AMERICANS, EAT JUST 1,500 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM A DAY. THAT'S THE AMOUNT IN THREE QUARTERS OF A TEASPOON OF SALT. WAIT A SECOND! A DAY? THIS IS IT? A DAY. YES. ARE YOU SERIOUS? AND WE, MOST AMERICANS EAT FOUR TIMES THAT MUCH. OH, MY GOSH! WHICH AGAIN, WE GET FROM PROCESSED FOODS, AND RESTAURANT FOODS. SO, WE NEED TO EAT WHOLE, FRESH FOODS, AND UH, WHEN, WHENEVER WE CAN, WE NEED TO FLAVOR OUR FOODS WITH, UH, DELICIOUS FLAVORINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE SODIUM IN IT, SUCH AS GARLIC, AND OLIVE OIL, AND PEPPER. GOOD STUFF! AND, AND HERBS LIKE DILL. RIGHT. AND, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, TASTY KIND OF WAY TO DO THAT. OK. UH, IN MY BOOK, I ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT I CALL THE MINERAL DIET. UH, THERE'S THREE MINERALS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO GET INTO YOUR BODY, FROM FOOD, THAT LOWER THAT CHOLESTEROL. IT'S MIRACULOUS. ONE OF THEM, OF COURSE, IS POTASSIUM, WHICH WE ALL KNOW. SO, JUST EAT THOSE BANANAS, FOR GOD'S SAKES. WHICH ARE GOOD. WE LOVE BANANAS. RIGHT. THEY, THEY TASTE GREAT. DATES ARE BEAUTIFUL. CONTAIN A LOT OF POTASSIUM. UH, CANTALOUPE. SO, THAT'S POTASSIUM. WE NEED TO EAT MAGNESIUM. YEAH, YES. AND, WE CAN GET THAT FROM FOODS SUCH AS NUTS,---. UH HUH. ---AND ALSO SPINACH IS BEAUTIFUL. UH HUH. WE NEED TO GET THAT CALCIUM IN. YOGURT! PLAIN NON-FAT YOGURT. UH HUH. NOT THE GREEK KIND, THE REGULAR KIND HAS MORE CALCIUM. WE CAN GET THAT CALCIUM IN. NOT ONLY GOOD FOR OUR BLOOD PRESSURE, TO LOWER THE BLOOD PRESSURE, BUT ALSO FOR OUR BONES. SO, I SUGGEST YOGURT. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. ALL OF THIS FOOD YOU CAN GET IN THE SUPERMARKET. IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE DANGEROUS, OR EXPENSIVE THAN, THAN EATING A BANANA. TEN SECONDS LEFT. VERY QUICKLY. WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS, HERE. WE'VE GOT TEN SECONDS. TELL ME WHAT WE HAVE, HERE. OK. EAT THAT DARK CHOCOLATE. GIRL, I WAS WAITIN' FOR THAT. KEEP GOIN'. OH, YES. I BET YOU WERE. (LAUGHTER). UH, SOY. WE WANT TO EAT PLANT PROTEIN OVER ANIMAL PROTEIN. UH HUH. WHENEVER POSSIBLE. AND, I HAVE THREE SUPPLEMENTS. BASICALLY, VITAMIN D3, UH, FISH OIL, AND A SHOT OF LOW SODIUM VEGETABLE JUICE, AND THEN, TO TOP IT ALL OFF, A GLASS OF RED WINE. ONE GLASS. NO MORE. AND, HERE YOU GO. CHEERS TO LOW---. CHEERS! ---ER BLOOD PRESSURE, AND A LONG AN HEALTHY LIFE. YOU, AS WELL. VERY GOOD. AND, IT'S ONLY 7 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. IF YOU'D LIKE---. (LAUGHTER). ---MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK, "BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN - THE TEN STEP PLAN TO LOWERING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IN JUST 4 WEEKS WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT'S drjanet.com. CHEERS!