Thick Blood & Increased Blood Pressure

Since gravity is not strong enough to pull thickened blood down out of the aorta, the muscles of the blood vessels have to begin squeezing to push the blood down.  The muscles have to keep pushing to help get the blood all the way down to your feet.  Each time these muscles squeeze, they increase the pressure inside the blood vessels.  If the pressure inside the blood vessel increases enough, it becomes what is diagnosed as high blood pressure.  With this in mind, think about what it would take to decrease this increased or high blood pressure.  It would simply be a matter of thinning the thick blood.  This is why doctors will prescribe blood thinners like warfarin.  However, based on what you just read, wouldn’t drinking more water be the best way to do that!  Now, you might be wondering  why people drink less water than they need.  At Optimum Health, we have found that a protein deficiency is the main reason.   Our clients simply correct their protein deficiency and they begin to crave water and drink a lot of it.  Then they can say,