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Is it safe to fast while on High Blood Pressure medication?
ciscokid1024
There are studies showing a decrease in blood pressure after a 10 day water fast
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What is a water fast? Eatingand drinking nothing but water for10 days? If so who advised you to do this?
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11416824
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