You watch your stress levels and your salt intake… you exercise regularly… you’ve even tried several different antihypertensive drugs… and still your blood pressure just keeps on rising. It’s a frustrating scenario for doctors and patients—but it’s also a surprisingly common one.
Why? Well as it turns out, there’s more than one factor that can send your blood pressure soaring. It could be high levels of the enzyme renin, which converts into the hypertensive peptide angiotensin. On the other hand, Parathyroid Hypertensive Factor (PHF)—which is produced by your parathyroid gland and increases intracellular calcium levels—could be to blame.1-3 Trouble is, there aren’t any easily accessible and affordable tests to identify which factor is causing your high blood pressure… meaning that you could hop from medication to medication for months without any noticeable improvement.
The good news? There are two natural substances that are clinically proven to support healthy blood pressure levels in both patients with high-PHF and high-renin: shark cartilage and the medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinesis.
Research has shown that shark cartilage is able to lower blood pressure by inhibiting PHF and regulating intracellular calcium in rat models.4 Animal studies on Cordyceps have delivered similar results, showing that this mushroom can both lower blood pressure and relax calcium-dependent muscle contractions in a dose-dependent manner.5 And together, their effects are even more pronounced—in fact, preliminary trials suggest that this combination may be one of the most powerful heart-protective solutions you can get.
In a study of 102 hypertensive patients, all with blood pressure concerns ranging from mild to moderate, researchers studied the effects of one to three capsules of a patented blend of shark cartilage and Cordyceps (called PRESSURE-fX™) on mean systolic and diastolic readings over three to 12 months. In addition to the PRESSURE-fX, all the subjects increased consumption of vegetables, legumes and fruits, avoided foods linked to lipid peroxidation and supplemented with calcium, magnesium, potassium and vitamin C.
At the end of the study, the results were dramatic. In the absence of the shark cartilage/Cordyceps combination, 50 to 60 percent of the subjects responded to the mineral supplementation and lifestyle modifications. However, once PRESSURE-fX was added, a total of 88 percent of the patients responded with significantly reduced blood pressure.6
In this group of patients, mean systolic measurements dropped by approximately 45 mm/Hg and mean diastolic measurements dropped by an equally impressive 42 mm/Hg. What’s more, 63 of the patients supplementing with PRESSURE-fX were able to maintain this healthy blood pressure range without the assistance of any medication at all.6
The bottom line: If you’ve been struggling in vain to maintain healthy blood pressure levels, PRESSURE-fX—available now through Vitamin Research Products—could be the answer you’ve been looking for.
References:
1. Lewanczuk RZ, Resnick LM, Blumenfeld JD. Laragh JH, Pang PKT. A new circulating hypertensive factor in the plasma of essential hypertensive subjects. J Hypertens. 1990;8:105-108.
2. Pernot F, Burkhard C, Gairard. Parathyroid cross-transplantation and development of high blood pressure in rats. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1994;23(2): S18-S22.
3. Pang PKT, Benishin CG, Shan J, Lewanczuk RZ. Parathyroid Hypertensive Factor: A new vasoactive substance from the parathyroid gland. In "Calcium Regulating Hormones and Cardiovascular Function," MF Crass and LV Avioloi (eds.), CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 111-130, 1995.
4. Communication with Peter Pang, Ph.D., professor emeritus, University of Alberta, December 2001.
5. Pang PKT, Shan JJ, Chiu KW. The Cardiovascular Effects of Cordyceps Sinensis in Normotensive Rats. Journal of Chinese Medicine. 1996; 7(2): 153-167.
6. Malina O, Malina M, Kotsifas G, Moraes IP, Manzochi BH. Treatment of Mild to Moderate Arterial Hypertension with Pressure-FX®. Unpublished research. Instituto de Medicina Ortomolecular, Parana, Brazil.