Research has shown over the past number of years that people with high blood pressure who are deficient in Vitamin D were able to lower their blood pressure with Vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D is actually a hormone that affects over targets over 2000 genes (10% of the human genome). One of those effects is on the the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system that is a regulator of your blood pressure. Considering that according to the CDC, more than 32% of Americans over the age of 20 have elevated blood pressure. And also considering that research in the Archives of Internal Medicine show that more than half of Americans have below the minimum blood Vitamin D levels , it would make sense that anyone with high blood pressure get a Vitamin D test. If it is low, treat appropriately. And among people of color, the percentage of those deficient in Vitamin D is much higher because the darker the pigment in the skin, the less efficient the body is at making Vitamin D.
Bottom line: Regardless of who you are, if you are hypertensive, get your Vitamin D levels checked. Treatment is easy and inexpensive and can help with numerous other aspects of your health!
Archive for September, 2009
Vitamin D and High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Worried about the flu? Support your immune system.
Friday, September 25th, 2009As many of you may know, educational outreach is one of the things I love to do and have been doing for more than 17 years. I will be doing this in the historical ways that I have previously done, like lectures and workshops. I will be adding a couple of other resources. One is a website with a blog. I know many of you who have known me for a long time may find that hard to believe. Even my kids are surprised. But I have found that it is an excellent way to share information and stay in contact. The information and resources will evolve and expand as time goes on. There will be a lecture schedule and education information and some home remedies along with the blog.
Another new thing for the New Year is support group/education groups. I am anticipating one for adolescent girls and one for adult women. These will cover a broad range of topics…many to be determined by the group. These will be small, intimate, fluid and ongoing. More information in the future on those. Please let the office know if you would like to sign up for one of those when they become available.
I want to let you know that I have a lecture planned for October 6th from 7-8pm at my new office. The topic is ‘Supporting your immune system during the flu season”, This will include information about the swine and seasonal flus, vaccine information, and a review of some ways to support your immune system during this time of colds and flus.
Please RSVP to the clinic by calling 425-457-7799 as space is limited. If there is enough interest, I will repeat the lecture another night.
Welcome to Dr. Litov’s blog
Friday, September 25th, 2009I am excited to have this forum to share health news and information, musings, insights, spiritual thoughts, humorous tidbits, motivating ideas, and other things that have the potential to help us all grow on our journey in this life. Thanks for walking this path with me.
