The Clinical Implications of the Effects of Whey Zoonutrient Powder Alone and Combined with a Green Phytonutrient Powder on Pre-Hypertension and Stage 1 Hypertension

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF MORTALITY IN THE US. Control of hypertension may be the corner stone of heart disease prevention. Recently, some authorities have suggested aggressive pharmaceutical approaches even for prehypertension. Considering the side effects of pharmaceuticals and long term compliance issues with strict diets, like the Dietary Approach to Stopping Hypertension (D.A.S.H.), if nutraceuticals were proven equally efficacious in blood pressure control to either one, they might offer an attractive alternative to integrative physicians and their patients. This paper reviews two pilot studies on a multiple ingredient green phytonutrient powdered drink mix (GPP) and a whey based phytonutrient powder drink mix (WZP) in prehypertension and Stage 1 hypertension. Result: These pilot studies demonstrate efficacy equal to or greater then the D.A.S.H. diet and any one common blood pressure medication. The statistically significant results were true with GPP alone, WZP alone and GPP plus WZP.