The #1 Nutrient Deficiency in High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Learn about one of the top causes of hypertension and how one important mineral can help.
0:00 Introduction: Essential hypertension
0:32 What is high blood pressure?
1:11 What causes hypertension?
2:29 Potassium and heart health
4:04 Best sources of potassium
5:08 How to lower blood pressure naturally
In this video, we’re going to take a look at hypertension. Ninety percent of all hypertension is considered essential hypertension. This means the cause is unknown. Anti-hypertensive medication is one of the most prescribed medicines in the world.
Normal blood pressure is 120/80. Research suggests a strong relationship between potassium deficiency and high blood pressure. Many people are deficient in potassium because the requirements are so high—4700 mg daily.
You need about half as much sodium as potassium, but many people consume three times as much sodium as potassium!
Potassium directly controls the tone of the vascular system. This directly affects blood pressure. Potassium also supports the endothelial layer of the arteries and helps improve insulin resistance.
Potassium supplements often only contain 99 mg of potassium, which is incredibly low considering how much potassium you actually need.
You can get potassium from salad, but you must consume around 7 to 10 cups daily. This also provides magnesium. The combination of potassium and magnesium can help reduce high blood pressure.
Diets high in carbs and sugar cause you to lose potassium. Adrenaline and cortisol deplete potassium as well.
To support healthy blood pressure levels, try increasing your salad intake. You can also look for a high-quality electrolyte powder that's high in potassium.
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Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this explains why potassium is the best mineral for lowering blood pressure naturally. I’ll see you in the next video.
Let me guess, potassium?
We’ve been watching Dr Berg for so long we’ve become doctors ourselves 😂
@@dimaknopf So much so guessing has become diagnosing. 😅😅😅
yes congratulations!
Yes, POTASSIUM from BANANAS 🍌 , COCOA 🥥 WATER, ORANGES 🍊, etc.! 😉
thats why losartan works so wonderfully
Nothing like the truth! Went to drs and they’re not interested getting to root of problem just prescribing junk. I took myself off and started listening to REAL DRS!!!!❤ Ty Dr Berg!
He rather wants to keep you as a patient
please post your progress .. good luck
Happy to share videos that can help you all.
I felt the same way. I ask questions no answer and I’m like well there has to be some cause… i didn’t always have a high bp. And no one in my family has it. Of course no answer. So i started doing research on my own. Not once did they ever say if you’re nutrient deficient it can cause HBP.
There are evil drs and good drs. The evil ones work at hospitals and the good ones go on yoitube but they are trying to ban youtube
Excellent info Dr Berg!! Who woulda thought!! 🥴 In fact I just read that avocados 🥑 are the TOP food source for potassium — and I eat at least one per day — occasionally two! We always stock up on avocados every trip to Costco, and once they just BARELY get ripe they are placed into the vegetable compartment of our refrigerator to slow the ripening process allowing them to be eaten over the course of the next week or even two! 👍
From Healthline — Avocados are packed with nutrients, and one avocado provides roughly 15% of your daily potassium needs. They’re also rich in vitamin K and folate.
Glad you like the info shared here. Thanks for watching!
@@Drberg been watching since PRE-COVID … you ROCK Sir Eric!! 🤩
Love avocados. I am also taking beet root powder which is rich in potassium
I had some BP medicine. .then I ran out of it..I got some rad headache I couldn’t shake with anything & I didn’t know Y. I went to a hospital after two months of this put on an IV my BP was so high..they kept me on that for 11 hours as it wasn’t coming down ..from 3:00 p m. Till 2:00 a.m. then had me leave ..with some pill scrip but nothing was open at that hour .I was very distraught
Avocados are awesome and delicious, at least at their PRIME ripeness point, which only lasts for a few short days, literally…
Unless, (and this is an addition to what you said about putting them in the vegetable drawer of your fridge), (avocados are actually a tropical FRUIT, BTW!), but anyway, an even MORE effective way to keep avocados for a long time in the refrigerator is when they’re just about ripe enough to use, right before then place them into a jar and completely submerge them in filtered water and tightly seal the top of the jar, then place that sealed jar with the water and avocado(s) in it into the fridge, on ANY shelf that’s convenient, and the avocado(s) that are completely submerged in the clean water this way will keep for many weeks without spoiling, or getting too ripe to use!
The key points are to make sure the avocados stay completely submerged so that NO AIR can get to them, that you always use filtered water, NOT just straight out of the tap, AND that you always thoroughly wash the outsides of the avocados BEFORE placing them into the water in the jar.
Try it, it really works!
Good morning Dr Berg! Can you maybe do a video of what you think about astigmatism and miopía?
Hi there. Thanks for the video suggestion.
I went for myopia excimer laser keraptomy in 1999 as a 25yr old..no regrets till today! I was like using glasses 700degrees on each eye!
I recently learned (Dr. Nathan Bryan) that nitric oxide deficiency also plays a role in high blood pressure. Thank you for this informative video
Yes, my dad who passed away had extremely high blood pressure issues and when he took a product that naturally increased Nitric oxide called VasqFlow his blood pressure went down even without medication
@@theancientsancients1769 Did the supplement have anything to do with his passing though?😬
Hvala DR Erik na divnim SAVJETIMA, pozdrav iz Herceg Novog
That was helpful. Not.
This runs deep in my family. The meds keep me at 122/80.
My doctor says that’s too much potassium why you doctors can’t be on the same page? I could eat two avocados and that 1,400 of potassium by itself.
well… this gentleman here is a chiropractor and he makes a profit selling supplements and a whole bunch of stuff on the internet. I am thinking your “dr” is a doctor of medicine who doesn’t profit from selling you stuff.
It’s not that it runs in your family, it’s that the modern diet has caused it. Try his advice and watch the other video
@@rayo1371well this gentleman has saved millions of lives by educating people, instead of just pushing drugs on people to treat symptoms. I’ve been following since 2015, Dr Berg doesn’t push his products. You don’t need to buy his supplements, just use the information
@@rayo1371but they do profit by prescribing medication…. So both sides make quite a bit through the sale of different products.
@rayo1371 You do realize that Doctors make money off the prescriptions they prescribe…
I eat a large popcorn sized bowl of salad everyday. I recently weighed it and it was nearly 3 lbs. It’s a raw, multi-vegetable salad consisting of 8oz of leafy greens, hand full of baby carrots, 4 portobello mushrooms, 6 shaven brussel sprouts, 1 cup broccoli tops, 2 miniature cucumbers, 1/2 cup of raw onion, 1 cup bell pepper, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup of sauerkraut, 1/4 cup kimchi, 3 pickle wedges, salt, pepper, garlic powder, EV olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Then I eat 85 – 100g of protein (beef, salmon, sardines, and/or eggs). This makes my one meal a day. I drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning and then drink 2-3 liters of filtered water with 3 scoops of Dr Berg’s Electrolyte Powder. I also walk 8-9 miles every other day. The powder alone gives me 3,000 mg of potassium and I know the salad gives me plenty of potassium to reach 4,700.
Awesome
awesome routine ,very healthy ! what benefits have you noticed overtime sticking to that diet ?
That’s a lot of chewing. Why not cook some of the vegetables? Blanching or lightly sautéing them with garlic, will break down the cell walls and make the nutrients more bile available. Most of what you are eating gets crapped out in the toilet and your body isn’t absorbing a lot of nutrition from the raw vegetables
Hey that’s all great but check out how paul stammets the mushroom expert talks about portabella mushrooms! They’re such a big industry that it’s kept info, but they are poison! Unless cooked to a perfect point. Scout out a healthy mushroom! 🍄
@@timm285 I could not chew that much, I get tired of eating.
Thank you Dr Berg. Please make a video on heart valves regurgitation, especially the tricuspid valve regurgitation.
Thank you for the video suggestion. I will add this to our video suggestion list for now. Thanks.
My husband thought he might have gout, so i picked up some of your electrolyte, and he is doing that multiple times a day. I am interested to see if it also helps his blood pressure now!
I use your electrolyte powder after trying every other alternative because of the price. Absolutely worth it! 👌
I’m glad that you love it!
I’ve been dealing with palpitations, one day during prayer I heard potassium….I take it now, it helps.
divine guidance!
Magnesium really helps.
See a cardiologist
Same! I second adding magnesium
I had same. Took magnesium and potasium and prayer and gone.
Thanks Doc 🙏 I’ve lost 20 pounds this year and lowered my BP thanks to your videos 😊
Most welcome!
Great job! Keep it up!
Understanding the dynamics behind how human body works is fundamental. Love how you explain everything so clear and straight on point, Dr Berg. Thank you ❤
I’m glad you liked this post.
What I like about Dr Berg is that he goes straight to the point, unlike others on YT who would take about 30 minutes to say something Dr Berg would say in 5 minutes.
Eat healthy, exercise, take vitamin tabs, drink green tea and sleep well … That’s what I’ve done and just celebrated my 85th birthday lately. 😊
Happy Birthday!!!!!
Can’t argue with the results.
Congratulations 🎉
Congratulations!
Thank you Sir. You are helping millions fix their diet and get healthier. God bless you.
Very glad to be of help.
This is great insightful video, Dr Berg. Natural sources of Potassium (K) are in spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, avocados, beet greens, leafy greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, nuts, dairy, fish and eggs among other fruits, vegetables and legumes, also it’s important to point out that drinking excessive amounts of water may deplete potassium as well. Thank you 🙏🏻❤
I’ve been on blood pressure meds for a couple of years but I have been two hundred and twenty pounds overweight plus I was diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes. At my doctor’s advice i changed my diet omitting bread,rice, starches, sugar ,pasta and started eating protein and salad with no dressing except for vinegar and have been losing eight pounds per month. One of the meds I’ve been talking is Rybelsus 3mg which helps my body to lose weight. My last doctor’s visit yielded an A1C of 6.9 which was 10.2 last November and 15 two years ago. I’ve also had low kidney function so my potassium was elevated and a low sodium indication but my doctor said that my kidney function has improved. So far my weight has come down from 376 to 345 as of last month and weigh around 338 as of now. I got more weight to lose while eating healthy as my ideal weight is around 145.
Pretty simple… Stop taking crap for better health 😊❤