4. Dr. Patrick Garrett
Chiropractic College / Medical School
12 Years of Functional Lifestyle Practice
Specializing in reversing acute & chronic
conditions naturally
Patients / clients all over the country & world
Clinical focus on reversing diabetes, asthma,
allergies, eczema, psoriasis, migraines and
epigenetic food therapy.
Physician
5. Postgraduate Educator
300 Hour / 2 Year Diplomate Functional Medicine
/ Clinical Nutrition Program in Denver, Colorado
National Speaker
Internal Disorders
Functional Medicine
Applied Nutrition & Clinical Chemistry
Clinical Nutrition
Functional Approaches to Reversing Diseases
National Speaker
6. Lifestyle Medicine Program
Celiac Disease
Lifestyle Medicine – Metabolic Syndrome & Nutrition
Lifestyle Medicine – Stress Management
Lifestyle Medicine – Weight Management
Lifestyle Medicine – Prescribing Exercise
Lifestyle Medicine – Osteoporosis
Lifestyle Medicine – The Biology of Normal Sleep &
Consequences of Insufficient Sleep
Infertility & Endocrinology & More
Postdoctoral Education
7. Lifestyle Medicine Program
Lifestyle Practices for Weight Management & Health Promotion
Models of Behavior Modification
The Pressure System Model of Lifestyle Counseling in Primary Care
Rationale for Lifestyle & Weight Management Counseling
Weight Bias in Clinical Settings: Improving Health Care Delivery for
Obese Patients
Postdoctoral Education
8. Diplomate of the American Board of Functional Medicine
Board Certified in Integrative Medicine
Diplomate of the American College of Clinical Nutrition
Senior Fellow of the American Academy of Functional
Medicine
Diplomates & Certifications
9. Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Association– Member
American Academy of Integrative Medicine – Member
Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine - Member
American Board of Functional Medicine - Past President
American Academy of Functional Medicine - Chairman of the Board of Directors
Green Med Info – Board Member
Bloodid - Medical Director
Leadership / Membership
10. What is hypertension?
Chronic high blood pressure
Persistently elevated arterial pressure
The force of blood pumped against the walls
12. Risks?
Long term damage to arteries
Aneurysms
Stroke
Damage to the heart
Heart attack
Damage to end organs
Renal failure
Brain damage? (Lancet 2012) & (J. American
Academy of Neurology)
Young & middle aged patients with hypertension
have accelerated brain aging!
14. Types of hypertension
Primary (essential) 95%
Cause unknown (???)
Lifestyle & diet
Secondary
With a known direct cause like BCPs or kidney disease or tumors
19. Natural cures, instead
It is caused, so stop causing it!
Not medication management
Not supplement management
Just stop causing it
20. Drinking your way out of hypertension
Resolving hypovolemic hypertension
½ your body weight in ounces of water
Green tea busts clots
3-5 cups = 50% reduction of heart disease
21. Low glycemic foods / drinks
Lower epinephrine release
Real food
F V N S B L GGGGGGG
Ditch the 160 pounds of sugar a year
Fiber absorbs 80% of natural sugars in food
24. Eating your way out of hypertension
Potassium rich foods (arranged from high to low)
Raisins Potatoes Lima beans Tomatoes
Squash Spinach Prunes Bananas
Beets Brussels Sprouts Orange juice Cantaloupe
Honeydew Apricots Nectarines Dates
Figs Kiwi Pears Peanuts
Avocados
25. Eating your way out of hypertension
Magnesium rich foods
Green drinks – Kale, Swiss Chard (highest by far)
Swiss Chard Pumpkin Seeds Halibut
Collard Greens Turnip Greens Blackstrap Molasses
Green Beans Sea Vegetables Mustard Greens
26. Eating your way out of hypertension
CoQ10 rich foods
Highest in fish
Organ meats (liver, heart, kidney)
Whole grains like brown / red / black rice, quinoa, oats
Arginine rich foods
Sea vegetables
Turkey
Sunflower seeds
Sesame seeds
27. Eating your way out of hypertension
Polyphenols
Cloves
Peppermint, dried
Star anise
Cocoa powder
Mexican oregano, dried
Celery seed
Black chokeberry
Dark chocolate
Flaxseed meal
Black elderberry
Chestnut
Common sage, dried
Rosemary, dried
Spearmint, dried
Common thyme, dried
Lowbush blueberry
Blackcurrant
Capers
Black olive
Highbush blueberry
Hazelnut
Pecan nut
Soy flour
Plum
Green olive
Sweet basil, dried
Curry, powder
Sweet cherry
Globe artichoke heads
Blackberry
Roasted soybean
Milk chocolate
Strawberry
Red chicory
Red raspberry
Coffee, filter
Ginger, dried
Whole grain hard wheat flour
Prune
Almond
Black grape
Red onion
Green chicory
Apple
Spinach
Shallot
Lemon verbena, dried
Black tea
Red wine
Green tea
Soy yogurt
Yellow onion
Soy meat
Whole grain wheat flour
Pure apple juice
Pure pomegranate juice
Extra-virgin olive oil
Black bean
Peach
Pure blood orange juice
Cumin
Pure grapefruit juice
White bean
Chinese cinnamon
Pure blond orange juice
Broccoli
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