Review on 💙 Thorne Research Perfusia-SR - L-Arginine for Heart Health, Nitric Oxide Boost, and Improved Blood Flow - 120 Capsules by Omar Allen

I'm African American, early 50's, and one day I woke up to find that I had high blood pressure. It is estimated that 40% of black people suffer from high blood pressure and while looking for a solution I learned about perfusion from Kowalski's Blood Pressure Management which in its own right is an excellent book which I would also recommend. He talks about the science behind blood pressure control and what we know about alternative medicine. In fact, MD Kowlaski isn't opposed to drugs, but says they should be a last resort. I agree with him. Remember that the enemy is not drugs, but high blood pressure. Kowalski suggests trying a variety of safe, "natural" supplements backed by research. So about 8 months ago I started systematically researching them one by one. I thought something must be working. When I first started experimenting with perfusion, my blood pressure at home was 135/92. This may not seem very high, it is actually borderline. However, remember that this was a mean blood pressure, meaning half were above this number and half were below it. After using Perfusion for about four months, I took 25 blood pressure readings at home over two weeks and found my mean blood pressure dropped to 121/79. I also started exercising regularly (I joined the gym and went for an hour walk five days a week); I practiced slow breathing (almost every day for 20 minutes); and I increased the K:Na (potassium-sodium) ratio to 5:1, all Kowalski again. While I can't say with 100% certainty that the perfusion is the only explanation for my drop in blood pressure, the fact is that prior to the perfusion I was exercising and breathing slowly with no positive results. Maybe perfusion works best with these other things. I do not know. Anyway, it's my insurance policy, kind of a layered strategy. What I find interesting is that after doing some research, a lot of the things in Kowalski's book work by increasing NO (nitrous oxide) in the endothelium of the blood vessels, which relaxes them. Exercise, increasing K, polyphenols in vegetables, etc. do this. L-arginine, the main component of perfusion, is a precursor to NO. What makes perfusion different is that it is released over time. It appears that regular L-arginine is metabolized very rapidly to be of practical use. So the claim is that you can't take an L-arginine supplement, although I don't know if that's actually the case as I haven't tried any other L-arginine supplements. Perhaps most importantly, I don't seem to have had any side effects (knock knock). Finally, the cost of this product is not cheap. However, the cost is likely on par with AD pharmaceuticals, which are notorious for their negative side effects. You are terrible. You can do research and see for yourself what others are saying and what the data shows. So for me, perfusion is an advantage, all things considered.