I suffer from hypertension (which pushed as high as 170/120) and went through a period where I was measuring my blood pressure many times a day to try to essentially hack what the problem was to try to find a natural solution.
What I learned is that, for me,
-salt intake had zero impact
-coffee had no impact
-stress level had almost no impact
-alcohol had no impact
-exercise / activity levels had no impact
The single and only controllable factor I could find, short of drugs, was that if I was cold my blood pressure spiked significantly. I had much higher BP in the winter than in the summer, and could improve it by wearing layers, gloves, etc.
My body decided to go full ham on blood pressure and it was destroying my kidneys. I would be constantly annoyed by the sound of my own heartbeat doing things like trying to sleep.
Telmisartan + Caduet (which is amolodipine + lipitor) and now my blood pressure averages 100/60. And courtesy of the lipitor my cholesterol and triglycerides dropped 60%, from high to normal. Many thanks to the very brilliant people who work in that field and developed those drugs.
Anyways, thanks for coming to my TED talk on the magic of modern medicine.
What I learned is that, for me,
-salt intake had zero impact
-coffee had no impact
-stress level had almost no impact
-alcohol had no impact
-exercise / activity levels had no impact
The single and only controllable factor I could find, short of drugs, was that if I was cold my blood pressure spiked significantly. I had much higher BP in the winter than in the summer, and could improve it by wearing layers, gloves, etc.
My body decided to go full ham on blood pressure and it was destroying my kidneys. I would be constantly annoyed by the sound of my own heartbeat doing things like trying to sleep.
Telmisartan + Caduet (which is amolodipine + lipitor) and now my blood pressure averages 100/60. And courtesy of the lipitor my cholesterol and triglycerides dropped 60%, from high to normal. Many thanks to the very brilliant people who work in that field and developed those drugs.
Anyways, thanks for coming to my TED talk on the magic of modern medicine.