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Summary of Transcript:
The video discusses the benefits of using biofeedback devices such as Zona to help calculate optimal grip strength, which directly impacts muscle contraction and potassium channel opening in the body. The video challenges the notion of low-salt diets, stating that a lack of potassium may be the real issue that leads to blood pressure problems. The video also highlights the difficulty in obtaining the required amounts of potassium through regular dietary intake. It suggests using potassium bicarbonate powder as a supplement instead of the regulated pill form. The video also questions the restrictions placed on potassium pill sizes and offers a better labeling system instead of simply reducing the pill size.
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In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Mackay Rippey discusses the Zona Plus, a biofeedback device that helps you train your body to regulate your blood pressure using isometric exercise. The device resembles a fighter airplane joystick with a digital screen giving immediate feedback. Biofeedback with this device is accessible, and 80% of users lower their blood pressure back to normal. Mackay explains that controlling blood pressure is essential, especially for heart disease, the leading cause of death for people of most ethnic groups in the United States. The episode covers the effects of pre-hypertension and hypertension on health and how to manage blood pressure for optimal cardiovascular function.
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Training Your Body to Regulate Blood Pressure: A Look at Zona Plus
Blood pressure is a crucial aspect of our health, and there is a correct zone for it. When it goes too high or too low, it can lead to severe problems. This is why stabilizing blood pressure is crucial, especially concerning heart disease, the leading cause of death globally—in a recent episode of Bulletproof Radio, Mackay Rippey, a Zona Health Medical Advisory Board member, discussed how the biofeedback device helps you train your body to regulate blood pressure through isometric exercise. This article will deeply dive into this episode and help you understand how to keep your blood pressure in the Goldilocks zone.
Isometric Exercise and Zona Plus
Zona Plus is a biofeedback device that helps you train your body to change your blood pressure using isometric exercise. This exercise involves the muscle working and tensing but not actively shortening or lengthening. The Zona Plus looks like a fighter airplane joystick with a digital screen at the top that provides immediate feedback.
Mackay explains that calculating your grip strength in the morning can vary daily, and the optimal percentage is 30%. According to him, 80% of Zona Plus users lower their blood pressure back to normal levels. This device makes biofeedback accessible and leads to more excellent cognitive function.
Effects of hypertension
Hypertension and pre-hypertension can put you at risk for heart disease, and keeping your cardiovascular system functioning correctly is essential. Mackay says to start exercising your endothelial cells now so they keep working well as you age. The episode explains the effects of pre-hypertension and hypertension on your health and how to manage your blood pressure.
Supplements and Nutrigenomics
Mackay sees the impact of blood pressure across many areas of health, and his passion for nutrigenomic research has put him at the forefront of cardiovascular health research. In the episode, he discussed the additional supplements you could pair with the Zona for faster and better results.
Conclusion
Zona Plus is a fantastic biofeedback device that helps you train your body to regulate blood pressure. It is especially crucial for heart disease, the leading cause of death globally. Mackay’s expert advice on calculating and aiming your grip strength at 30% is essential information. Trust us if you can hold your grip at that percentage for two minutes; the feedback device helps greatly.
Start exercising your endothelial cells now, increasing your chances of living longer and well. The enlightening episode shows the importance of taking our cardiovascular health seriously. The sooner you start living a healthy lifestyle, the better your outcome. Start listening now to understand how to prevent and manage high blood pressure.
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Bulletproof Radio episode #853
A simple, hand-held device helps you train your body to change blood pressure using isometric exercise.
Let’s not sugarcoat it; low and high blood pressure is insufficient for you. You can experience an inability to focus, dizziness, heart disease, and other health problems with either. You want to find a way to stabilize your blood pressure in the Goldilocks zone–just right.
Controlling blood pressure is especially important when it comes to heart disease, which is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. There used to be a significant gap between men and women in the incidence of heart disease, but that gap has closed over the past few decades, and now women die of heart disease as frequently as men.
In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I brought on an expert to talk about Zona Plus. Mackay Rippey serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Zona Health. He explains how the biofeedback device helps you train your body to change blood pressure using isometric exercise. The muscle is tensed and working in this muscle contraction but not actively shortening or lengthening. The Zona Plus looks like a joystick from a fighter airplane with a little digital screen on top. That screen gives you immediate feedback.
Let’s jump right into some of the biochemistry that I found with Zona; Mackay says:
“I started with the hand grip. So, 30% is the magic Goldilocks percentage for your grip. So, it would be best to calculate your grip strength in the morning. It can vary daily, and the optimal is 30%. You’re sadly mistaken if you think you can calculate 30% just by knowing your feelings. That’s why it helps to have a biofeedback device that tells you, “You’re at 30%. Oh, and, by the way, you have to hold it for two minutes.” So, if you think you can do that for two minutes, you need a feedback device. It just makes your life a lot easier.”
We discuss the effects of pre-hypertension and hypertension on your health, how to manage your blood pressure, and how to keep your cardiovascular system functioning properly. We also get into nitric oxide, endothelial cells, and red blood cells.
Consider this hand-held device your cardio biohack. Eighty percent of Zona Plus users lower their blood pressure back to normal because Zona makes biofeedback so accessible. It leads to excellent cognitive function, clears toxins from your body, and more. We also discuss the additional supplements you can pair with the Zona for faster and better results.
And for those of you who may think it’s too early in your life for Zona Plus, that you’ll use it when you’re older, Mackay says to remember this: “Now’s the time to start ‘exercising,’ your endothelial cells so that they continue to function well as you increase your age so you’re not only living longer, but you’re living well as well.”
Mackay sees the impact of blood pressure across many areas of health:
He co-founded Beyond Protocols, an education accelerator for Functional Medicine practitioners.
He formulates supplements for cardiovascular health that reduce blood pressure.
He’s operated Mackay Rippey Acupuncture for more than 30 years.
He hosts Lyme Ninja Radio, a podcast focused on the challenges and treatment of Lyme disease.
And he’s got a passion for nutrigenomic research.
Join us for this critical conversation on heart disease, healthy hearts, the blood pressure rollercoaster, and some critical elements to creating a long healthy life.
Note for listeners: I previously interviewed Zona’s CEO, Mark Young. Learn more about Zona’s company history and how the device was developed in episode #601: Get a Grip on Your Blood Pressure
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