Blood Pressure Targets Just Changed

My father had BP around 140 -145 for many, many years. Finally caught up to him and contributed to his death. At 96 years old. Forget the drugs Stay active Eat healthy Play with your great-grandchildren

Medical science has become so advanced that there are hardly any healthy people left.

I am speaking for myself and several friends I've talked to about this. We are all over 70, and if we get our blood pressure anywhere near as low as they say it should be now, we are too dizzy and weak to walk across the house, let alone think properly. I have exercised all my life and eaten a very healthy diet but high blood pressure runs in my family on both sides. I cannot function with a systolic pressure below 130 and am on 3 drugs but still cannot keep it down there. We are all afraid of falling and breaking our hips from blood pressure that is too low for us to balance properly while walking. That kind of break can cause us to be bedridden for the rest of a very shortened lifetime. We wonder most of all just exactly who is paying for this research??? We've learned the hard way not to trust the science anymore unless we can find out who benefits from it.

Part of the reason people are so suspicious of the medical system is not "misinformation," as some would have us believe. It's because we now have so many examples of "the science" conveniently and enthusiastically corralling us into expensive profit-generating schemes from Big Pharma. I'm exhausted from years and years of trying to separate the truth from the marketing.

If your blood pressure is zero, there's no risk of cardiac issues.

I track my BP in MS Excel (many years of data) and I recently discovered that my BP in the summer is much lower than my BP during the colder months.

Low diastolic BP has its own risks and could be particularly problematic in the elderly at risk of falls. This needs to be addressed!

I'm happy to see that you included diet and exercise. The biggest problem I see is that doctors simply prescribe drugs and do not offer healthier alternatives. My doctor recommended drugs. I changed my diet and started getting more exercise. My blood pressure is now below 120, my cholesterol is now normal and I am down to to my proper weight all without the unwanted and unhealthy side effects. The only side effect is that I am now a much healthier person. I am 72 and plan to live much longer now. We need to get doctors to stop being drug pushers.

Most people don’t take BP correctly especially nurses. It’s complicated and changes constantly. People get nuts over a single reading. Rest for 5 minutes, sit back flat, feet flat on ground, don’t need to urinate, left arm cuff (proper size) and look at average across a week.

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