Why does the Wheat Belly lifestyle reduce blood pressure so effectively?

We’ve seen it over and over again: Embark on the Wheat Belly lifestyle, particularly our complete program, as detailed in the Wheat Belly Total Health, Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, and Undoctored books, and high blood pressure (BP) plummets sufficient to allow people to get off one, two, three, even four blood pressure medications. The program is so quick and powerful that blood pressure medication(s) need to be reduced or eliminated immediately upon starting the program (one drug at a time), as we do not want to risk any low blood pressures (hypotension). And note that we achieve dramatic reductions in BP by NOT restricting sodium/salt—in fact, I encourage salt use, particularly during the initial 10 days or so as we lose inflammatory edema, but important long-term, also, as adding more salt generates benefits such as decrease in heart rate, further improvement in insulin resistance, reversal of several hormonal distortions—all part of the metabolic recovery that develops on this lifestyle. But why is the Wheat Belly lifestyle so effective in reducing BP, usually to ideal levels? There are a number of reasons: We reverse insulin resistance—Virtually everyone with high BP starts with fairly extravagant levels of insulin resistance that may manifest as high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, higher blood sugars/pre-diabetes/type 2 diabetes, fatty liver, and visceral fat. By removing the amylopectin A carbohydrate of wheat and grain, adding vitamin ...
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