Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally

Do you want to experience the benefits of a Reset but don’t know where to start?

The word "Reset" is a buzz word that’s been thrown around a lot lately in the health world, and rightfully so. When a reset is done in a way that is backed by scientific research, results do happen. 

What is a Reset?

A reset is pretty much a fast that gets your body  to think it’s going into a period of days, weeks or even a month of not eating. This gets your body to turn on it’s natural mechanism of heal and repair; called Autophagy.

Fasting is, in essence, consuming little or no food, for one day or longer. This practice offers phenomenal health benefits, which I’ll explore in this post.Unfortunately, in these modern days Nearly half of adults have high blood pressure (48.1%, 119.9 million), and only 1 in 4 of people with high blood pressure have it under control. (1) What’s exciting though is, new findings published by researchers all over the world show what I will call a “Rejuvenation Reset” to be what I believe is the most important and revolutionary disease-preventing breakthrough of this century so far!

In this practice, you don’t have to skip food altogether—or go hungry. And if many clinical trials suggest that you can avoid hunger, and eat small amounts of food, to achieve equally spectacular health benefits compared to a water fast—how much can you eat, when, and what kinds of foods? 

For thousands of years, fasting has been a common practice for political, spiritual, and physical cleansing reasons all over the world. The ancient Greek scholars, Socrates and Plato, fasted in order to purify the mind and body. And fasting was practiced in Biblical times to humble and strengthen the Spirit as the body is made weak. Few people in the history of the world had access to three meals a day, year-round, their entire lives. This is a more recent adaptation, in the past century, thanks to the industrial revolution, preserved and packaged food, obtained inexpensively, throughout the developed world.

So, you may not realize that this incredible, health-preventative practice has been accidentally practiced by virtually everyone in history—except us! Research shows how the body redirects energy and goes to work, tearing down damaged cells and rebuilding broken cells, when it isn’t having to spend most of its energy metabolizing food—because you’re eating much less, and you’re eating only clean, very easily digested food.

These positive health changes caused in even a few days of modified fasting, like a Rejuvenation Reset, include fat burning through ketogenesis, reducing inflammation; lowering blood pressure: losing abdominal fat stores; balancing hormones; improving stress resistance; and healing the neurological system through autophagy, (2)  where the body “self eats” broken parts such as damaged endothelial cell (that are crucial for producing nitric oxide), worn-out cells, infections, and and even cancerous growths.

Clinical trials in human subjects show disease reversal and symptoms improving or disappearing for certain conditions due to the triggering of Autophagy in a modified fast.

(continue reading below to learn how a Rejuvenation Reset works to lower blood pressure and other modern day chronic illnesses)

Modified fasting can lower blood pressure 3  through several mechanisms, one of which involves the process of autophagy. Autophagy is the body's way of cleaning out damaged cells, in order to regenerate newer, healthier cells. Here's a detailed explanation of how this works:

Understanding Autophagy

Autophagy is a cellular recycling process that helps maintain cellular homeostasis by degrading and recycling cellular components. When the body is in a state of fasting, nutrient availability is low, leaving the body with less energy for digestion. This activates autophagy where your body’s energy goes. This process helps remove damaged organelles, misfolded proteins, and other cellular debris, improving overall cellular function.

Connection Between Autophagy and Blood Pressure

1. Reduction of Oxidative Stress:

   • Oxidative Stress: Damaged cells and dysfunctional mitochondria can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to oxidative stress, which is a key factor in the development of hypertension (high blood pressure).

   • Role of Autophagy: By removing damaged cells and improving mitochondrial function, autophagy reduces oxidative stress, thereby lowering blood pressure.

2. Improved Endothelial Function:

   • Endothelial Cells: The endothelium is the inner lining of blood vessels and plays a crucial role in vascular health and blood pressure regulation through it’s production of nitric oxide.

   • Impact of Autophagy: In deep autophagy, endothelial cells can improve their function from healing, leading to better nitric oxide production. Nitric oxide is the strongest blood dilator in the body, meaning it helps relax blood vessels, which reduces blood pressure.

3. Inflammation Reduction:

   • Chronic Inflammation: Persistent low-grade inflammation is associated with hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.

   • Autophagy's Role: Autophagy helps in the removal of pro-inflammatory cellular components, thereby reducing inflammation and contributing to lower blood pressure.

4. Metabolic Benefits:

   • Insulin Sensitivity: Fasting and autophagy improve insulin sensitivity, which can help regulate blood sugar levels. Poor insulin sensitivity (insulin resistance) is linked to hypertension.

   • Lipid Metabolism: Autophagy also aids in lipid metabolism, reducing the accumulation of lipid droplets and cholesterol in blood vessels, which can otherwise contribute to high blood pressure.

Evidence such as this suggests that when modern humans in the last century stopped fasting—even though most primitive humans didn’t “fast” on purpose, but perhaps were preventing disease when they didn’t have food for days or weeks at a time—we also lost the ability to leverage the body’s self-directed healing power. 

Another landmark study showed that a modified fast appears to be able to reverse type 2 diabetes and even type 1 diabetes.4  Healthy insulin production, reduced insulin resistance, and more stable blood glucose levels were seen, even in the late stages of the disease.

Even just in these two examples I’ve given you alone—blood pressure and diabetes—we see how the innate abilities of the body, when denied food, may deliver benefits that thousands of medical doctors worldwide have been unable to achieve, with all their drug regimens. Insulin is life-saving for type I diabetics, but no drug has been able to actually reverse the disease process.

But we’re just warming up. The benefits of fasting extend far beyond diabetes and blood pressure. Research shows results for weight loss, mental clarity, reduced inflammation, and the renewal and repair of cells. Other studies show significant improvements in multiple sclerosis,5  rheumatoid arthritis,6 cardiovascular disease,7,8 metabolic syndrome,9 osteoarthritis,10 fibromyalgia,11 mood improvement for chronic pain,12 quality of life,13 and more! 

What Is Modified Fasting?

A modified fast is safe (when done right), is easier than water- fasting, and it offers the benefits of water-fasting—while still getting to eat food. It’s a type of intermittent fasting (which means you consume calories during a specific window of time).

On a modified fast, you consume 600-800 calories per day for three or more days, and you’re restricted to an 8- to 12-hour eating window. The food you eat is the right balance of carbohydrates, protein, fat, and micronutrients.

I developed an easy and effective modified fasting product called the Rejuvenation Reset, which allows you to work and function normally. You get to eat 3 delicious mini-meals using whole foods that are measured and designed to keep calories and macronutrients at the quantity proven in clinical research to still achieve fasting’s health benefits —but with every micronutrient you need to avoid any risk of malnutrition or severe reactions to fasting. As you eat the meals within a 12-hour or less window, you won’t be excessively hungry, either. 

(In fact, our trial with the first 100 Flash Fasters revealed that the highest aver- age hunger level they reported was 3.4, on a scale of 1 to 10.) 

The Flash Fast accomplishes a modified fast without the difficulties of completely forgoing food, without having to do complicated food preparation, and without significant side effects.

It’s surprisingly simple to do and totally affordable. It’s only 3 days of calorie restriction  and 3-4 days of the Refeeding phase, which is doable for most people. And people are loving their immediate results, including dropping weight, reducing pain and inflammation, lowering blood pressure, and gaining energy.