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!