Can You Recommend Some Good Frozen Entrees on the Heart Reversal Diet?

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• Michael Russo November 10, 2014

  I am 63 years old. I have been on a vegan diet for 10 months. I do walking, bike riding, weights and yoga. I exercise a lot. All my blood work has been excellent. The one problem is I have high blood pressure. Any recommendations?

• Rachel Lehmann-Haupt November 11, 2014

  Hi Michael –

  Thanks for your comment. Here’s what Dr. Ornish says about high blood pressure in his Spectrum book:

  “However, especially in someone with longstanding high blood pressure, their kidneys may begin to be slightly damaged, which makes them less efficient at excreting sodium. As a result, if you’re eating more sodium than your kidneys can excrete, then your body retains water in order to dilute the extra sodium to the same concentration as before. If you retain extra water in a closed system, then the pressure begins to rise. As blood pressure rises, the extra force hitting the smaller arteries in your kidneys begins to damage them further, causing them to excrete sodium even less efficiently, as so it continues in a vicious cycle.

  If you stop eating more sodium than your body can get rid of, then your body will stop retaining extra water and, as a result, your blood pressure is likely to decrease. Other factors also regulate blood pressure. Eating more foods containing potassium (Bananas), or even taking potassium supplements, may help reduce your blood pressure. In a study of more than 3,000 people with slightly elevated blood pressure, other Harvard researchers found that those who had significantly reduced their salt intake had a 25 percent lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared with people who ate their usual diets. Their risk of death from heart disease and stroke was also cut, by as much as 20 percent.

• Lea Hertzberg November 16, 2014

  could you please put list of carbs, etc on wonder recipes as well as a print friendly site for all your articles and recipes ?

• Rachel Lehmann-Haupt November 17, 2014

  Thanks for the feedback. We are working on the printer friendly versions and it should be available soon.

• Rachel Lehmann-Haupt November 24, 2014

  Hi Lea. We’re working on a printer friendly version of the recipedia. Thanks so much for your interest. Rachel