Much of which is BS.
There is zero scientific basis for thinking that eating low-fat foods will reduce blood pressure.
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Much of which is BS.
There is zero scientific basis for thinking that eating low-fat foods will reduce blood pressure.
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“Following a heart-healthy diet high in veggies, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and low-fat or non-fat dairy, including lean meats, poultry and fish.”
I don’t see anything in there about high-carb or low-fat apart from consuming low-fat or non-fat dairy.
What part of “low-fat and non-fat dairy” did you miss? That is not food, or something that lowers blood pressure.
And also repeating the sodium BS.
Yeah, that jumped out at me as well. More medical Lysenkoism.
A blood pressure reading by itself is not useful. Every morning I take 3 blood pressure readings spaced about a few minutes apart. The results vary. You really need to average your blood pressure readings.
I say this as someone who had a cardiologist make the determination that I had “high blood pressure” based on 1 reading and prescribed statins and baby aspirin to remedy my “high blood pressure”.
When you have your blood pressure taken, BEWARE!
Most times in my experience, the doctor’s office does not follow the guidelines for correctly doing the test. Not even if those guidelines are posting in the exam room (I’ve seriously seen this several times!).
Guideline #1, patient should sit quietly for 5 minutes. Not talking, not having just been rushed in the door, not answering questions. Quietly, for 5 minutes.
I found that once I began insisting that they follow the actual procedure for a blood pressure test, I no longer had high blood pressure. What a coincidence!
Well, typically I’ve been waiting in the waiting room for at least 10 minutes before getting my blood pressure taken. I’m not sure what that does to the reading.
My doctor does like to elevate my arm so the cuff is at roughly the same level as my heart, which is nice. They don’t do that at the red cross, but maybe the red cross doesn’t care as much about an accurate reading.
I’ve noticed a 10 psi variance over a couple minutes when I take it at home. I don’t have a great deal of confidence in a single reading anymore. Some sort of wearable monitor seems like it would be an awful lot more useful.
Yes, I always take multiple readings. But then, I don’t care as much about blood pressure as the medical profession wants me to.
mm Hg, not PSI. Oh well.
My eye doctor said that he saw some indications of high blood pressure damage. I’m kind of curious about that–it’s never been really high. I wonder if it’s a peak blood pressure thing or a sustained high blood pressure thing. Probably a bit of both.