Points of View

 Points of View

1. Blood pressure treatment does not prolong life.

2. The effect of treatment of blood pressure on elderly patients over 65 years is flimsy.

3. Treatment itself causes hypotension and also postural hypertension and confusion. 

Postural hypotension is common in the elderly.

4. That does not mean one abruptly stops medication for blood pressure. One would end up with rebound blood pressure rise, heart failure, organ failure or even death. 

This has happened to one of my friends.

5. Around 95% of the cases, the cause of blood pressure is unknown, hence it is called "Essential Hypertension".

6. Blood pressure treatment slows heart failure and organ failure including kidney failure.

7. It prevents strokes but not heart attacks.

8. Heart attacks are mainly caused by thrombosis.

9. We really do not know why thrombosis does occur in the elderly.

10. Thrombosis can be prevented by Low Dose Aspirin and that is why it is in my list.

I tend to use it sublingual route and that is also once in 10 days. 

The effects of single dose of aspirin lasts up to 10 days.

11. Blood pressure treatment should be complimented with Aspirin to prevent both strokes and heart attacks.

12. Aspirin slightly increases the risk of haemorrhage into the brain which is much worse than a simple stroke. 

After accidental injury one who is on Aspirin may continue to bleed.

13. Excessive bleeding is a medical emergency.

14. Aspirin known to lower the risk of cancer and how it works is not clearly determined.

15. Now to my crunch point, the vital cholesterol. 

Cholesterol is a vital biochemical with vast array of actions, including probably scavenger function of free radicals.

16. The reduction of Cholesterol does not prolong life.

17. Its treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs causes much debilitating dementia.

18. These drugs cause liver damage and myopathy. 

Heart is a muscle and myopathy may effect the heart.

19. Healthy life style, 

exercise, 

adequate sleep, 

meditation and 

adopting a vegetarian diet are probably better options for prolonging life than taking a pill that causes myopathy and liver damage.

20. Eat chocolates and dish out chocolates to your friends which has lot of feel good chemicals that are secreted during meditation.

21. Meditation increases the release of feel good hormones and probably benefits the ones with a good liver.

22. Feel good hormone that prongs life is "Growth Hormone". 

It is an internal product which act through the liver.

23. Abstinence from alcohol may have substantial benefits.

24. Coconut oil is good for your heart and brain. 

Do not succumb to the gullible lies of the American Companies.

I call it, the Coconut Conspiracy.

25. Coconut oil and its products are a good supplement for patients with dementia.

26. Alcohol in any form is bad except for its transient  vasodilator properties and hot flushes.

27. Smoking is the biggest killer, world wide.

28. Chocolates do not have growth hormone

29. Meditation practice for one hour tends to elevate feel good hormones and reduce the cortisol levels.

30. I will end up by saying that do not take all medical advises as "Gullible Truths" be that it may be Eastern or Western. Additionally, the Web Gurus dish out lot of nonsense and Web is a “Virtual Junk Yard”.