[The place of fasting therapy in the treatment of hypertension].

The study of changes in cardiovascular system and its regulation mechanisms occurring in 150 hypertension stage II patients on fasting diet has established the following phenomena: inhibition of the basic metabolism and generation of energy leading to low activity of central mechanisms regulating hemodynamics and reduced adaptability of such mechanisms, weakening of sympathetic influences on the myocardium and smooth muscle cells of the resistant vessels, their reduced contractility as a result of decreased calcium concentration and energy production in the cells.