Treatment of Hypertension with Nutrition and Nutraceutical Supplements: Part 1

摘要

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Hypertension is one of the top five risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and CVD and remains the most common reason for visits to primary care physicians, with antihypertensive drugs costing >U.S.$20 billion annually.1^19 There are >100 million people in the United States with hypertension based on new hypertension guidelines.19 In numerous clinical trials, pharmacotherapy will control blood pressure (BP) and reduce stroke, CHD, myo-cardial infarction (MI), congestive heart failure (CHF), and renal disease.16'17 However, some hypertensive patients either refuse to take drugs or prefer to treat with nutrition or nutritional supplements.1"20