I’ve noticed that my diastolic pressure (the second blood-pressure number) has gone down slightly after about 6 months of the Foundation of Radiant Health. Is this normal?
Yes. Basic essence makes your arteries more elastic. So, the diastolic (resting between beats) pressure may decrease a bit. If your arteries were rigid like a straw, then your diastolic pressure would be almost equal to the higher systolic (the top number) pressure. The more flexible the arteries are, the lower the diastolic number will be. This is healthy. We want flexible arteries. Question: I recently saw on ABC News with Peter Jennings that fiber (like bran) doesn’t protect against colon cancer. Cancer protection was the #1 reason I ate so many carbohydrates during the past 10 years. The physicians interviewed agreed they were wrong, but they still didn’t change their recommendations to eat lots of fiber (carbohydrates). The next day a newspaper article reported that the American Cancer Society says fiber “protects against ‘other’ cancers.” Are they wrong, too? Also, will the “preventative breast removal theory” prove wrong 10 years from now? I’m outraged over the pattern of guesse
