Very interesting. I'm affected by high blood pressure so I monitor it pretty closely.
If I need to get my blood pressure down, there are three levers that consistently work:
° reducing sodium - note: I really like salty things, so it's very easy for me to push 6-7k mg or more, especially when I was in college eating cafeteria and frozen food constantly. Also, drowning things in hot sauce, to which I am mildly addicted.
° exercising.
° cutting out alcohol and certain other vices.
Everyone's different, so if you're worried about it, talk to your doctor and consider starting a monitoring program. I like home monitoring; IME knowing exactly the impact of my choices on my blood pressure helps me make good choices.
It's good to hear the guidance might become a little more sane - it is extremely difficult to eat a normal (by any American standard at least) diet and be less than a few thousand mg.
If I need to get my blood pressure down, there are three levers that consistently work:
° reducing sodium - note: I really like salty things, so it's very easy for me to push 6-7k mg or more, especially when I was in college eating cafeteria and frozen food constantly. Also, drowning things in hot sauce, to which I am mildly addicted.
° exercising.
° cutting out alcohol and certain other vices.
Everyone's different, so if you're worried about it, talk to your doctor and consider starting a monitoring program. I like home monitoring; IME knowing exactly the impact of my choices on my blood pressure helps me make good choices.
It's good to hear the guidance might become a little more sane - it is extremely difficult to eat a normal (by any American standard at least) diet and be less than a few thousand mg.