This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Athletic Greens.High blood pressure—medically known as hypertension—affects about 30 percent of adults. Left neglected, it can severely damage your quality of life and set the stage for heart disease, kidney complications, or a stroke. Conventional medicine typically treats hypertension with medications that are generally effective in reducing the risk of these complications. These medications frequently come with unintended side effects, however. The good news is the right foods and nutrients can dramatically lower blood pressure without the high costs and side effects of medications. In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I discuss the driving forces of hypertension and the Functional Medicine approach to treating it.This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Athletic Greens.ButcherBox makes it easy to get humanely raised meat and wild-caught, sustainable seafood by delivering it right to your doorstep. Right now, when you sign up at butcherbox.com/farmacy, ButcherBox will give you two pounds of ground beef FREE in every order for one whole year.AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now, when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

Normal and optimal blood pressure levels (4:07 / 1:00) 

The conventional medicine approach to treating high blood pressure (4:44 / 1:34) 

Underlying causes of high blood pressure (5:34 / 2:04) 

Does salt really cause high blood pressure? (7:30 / 4:20) 

Diet and lifestyle strategies to normalize blood pressure (11:09 / 8:00)  

Supplements for lowering blood pressure (14:18 / 11:07) 

Exercise and blood pressure (14:40 / 11:30) 

Stress, sleep, and blood pressure (15:14 / 12:03) 

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