So an apple is better than its juice, raw apple juice is better than cooked apple juice you buy in stores, cooked juice better than reconstituted and cooked juice and reconstituted apple juice better than some random sweet 'juice' that happens to taste like apples made in a laboratory made from bacterial excretions and so on.
Conditions associated with elevated BNP other than CHF are as follows: 1  Acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. 2  Hypertension (HTN) 3  Pulmonary diseases such as pulmonary hypertension, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Preparation. To test the BNP level, a small amount of blood is taken and placed in a machine that detects the level of BNP in your blood. The test takes about 15 minutes.The BNP level helps to determine if you have heart failure, rather than another condition that may cause similar symptoms.reparation. To test the BNP level, a small amount of blood is taken and placed in a machine that detects the level of BNP in your blood. The test takes about 15 minutes.