From the Desk of Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson, DC.....

I first want to give you a brief overview on how medications impact important nutrients.

HOW MEDICATIONS AFFECT NUTRIENTS

The following are a few ways that blood pressure medications can affect how our bodies absorb essential nutrients. 

• The medication can attach itself to a nutrient and pass it out of the body
• The medication can alter the pH in the gut so that the nutrient can't be properly absorbed
• Some medications need specific nutrients in order for them to be able to work.

The Following are Blood Pressure Medications, Nutrients Commonly Depleted and the Negative Impact of the Deficient Nutrients

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Topics: Blood Pressure, nutrient deficiency, Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, Medication, Blood pressure medications, medication induced nutrient deficiency

Studies about medications published in the most influential journals are frequently designed in a way that yields misleading or confusing results, according to a recent study conducted by the medical schools of UCLA and Harvard.* The journals used for this study were NEJM, JAMA, The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, the British Medical Journal and the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Topics: Medical Studies Misleading, Blood Pressure