I have noticed lately my blood pressure has been going up a lot. the doctor has had me on three meds to control it. I noticed when I went cold turkey on all supplements that my BP went down, but I will have to do this again to confirm that this is actually the case. Is there any way that taking a lot of supplements can raise bp, do to an increased load on kidneys (where kidney reacts by increasing bp?)
One of the reasons I added more supplements was that after many years of being on the Pauling protocol, my overall cholesterol score was at 250 (pre Pauling it was 290), and my bad cholesterol was at around 200 and good cholesterol was at 30. I then added Krill oil and my score dropped to 227 and bad cholesterol to 150 and good went up to 40 a drop/increase of 25%. The doc "suggested" that I go on a statin since my ratio of cholesterol to blood pressure suggest a high chance of a having a stroke heart attack. I have since added soy lecithin to further reduce bad cholesterol. So when I have my next blood test I will see if that works as well.
So this brings up the point which is that does the Pauling routine consistently lower the numbers? My aunt had normal cholesterol levels(she was not on pauling but was taking bp med) and then a couple years later had blockage and a pacemaker put in. So even though Pauling may not affect the numbers, does it still lower the chances of a heart attack/stroke? On that note, I have not found much scientific trials/evidence that C and lysine improve cholesterol lower numbers. So because of that I am hedging my bet and lowering these numbers ...naturally if possible.