Redoble Family

Gotocola leaves.

I am 46 years old, my age is ticking faster now and my blood pressure is racing up with it. Twentytwo years ago, the nurse in Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City recorded 110 over 70 blood pressure(BP) during my entrance physical examination for my first employment.  I could not even remember my next attempt to it because there’s nothing to fear with my BP. The numbers simply mean that my blood pressure could raise 110 mm of mercury when my heart pumps or beats, and the pressure in my circulatory system lowers to 7o mm of mercury before my heart pumps again. Very young body; big and normal heart.

Not anymore. Now, I take my BP everyday after it hit 150 over 100. A regular visit to the hospital for check up has been part of my annual routine. But, I still refuse to take medicine for the cure or for maintenance.  Stubborn middle aged body; worn out heart.

Every time I visit our nurse in the morning for my BP, he would always ask about my activities the previous night. He inquires about intakes on alcohol and fatty foods. Then he would touch on my cycling. And his last question would be about sex. I thought that his question was intended to just break the ice. And every time he asks me that question I would just answer him with a smile.

 I kept ignoring him until I discovered that at my age and with my body mass index(BMI), an hour of sex-foreplay burns 119 calories and an hour of sex-intercourse burns 316 calories. These sex activities burns a total of 435 calories which is equivalent to doing low impact aerobics. OMG! so that was the connection. Very naughty nurse!

But still, it did not solve my BP problem. When a friend advised me to consider eating Gotocola leaves to address my BP problem, I was hesitant at the start, but gave it a try nonetheless. I thought swallowing the leaves in full with my favorite drink would do the trick. But, he said no! I have to chew 3 Gotocola leaves like a goat in the morning and nimble another set of 3 leaves like a caterpillar at night. And I have to let all the juices out from the leaves before swallowing it in, as advised. My daughter would always give me an Ewwww gross! comment when I do it in her presence.

My BP now has never shoot up since I did my customized routine. I still eat lechon, drink alcohol, and leave a normal life. The combination of  Gotocola, exercise, and sex simply did it like the medicines prescirbed by my doctor.

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