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I use Morton’s Lite Salt mixed with water and apple cider vinegar to make an affordable electrolyte drink. Morton’s Lite Salt contains sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium silicate and magnesium carbonate. It helped me make it through the Keto flu before changing to the Mediterranean diet. I also use it to season foods rather than table salt. Note: It is not recommended for patients with kidney problems.
I lowered my BP by 20 pts on both numbers by switching to a whole food, plant based diet 7 years ago. I researched it afterwards and it is one of the most common benefits of making this diet change. So many other health markers improved as well, but BP was the first one to change so dramatically.
As you age blood pressure rises. Plaque and inflammation is at the root. High blood pressure is just a consequence. Lowering your blood pressure without addressing the cause won't help. Two things that helped me lower pressure wass Natto/Nattokinase 10,000 fu/day and Vitamin D 10,000 iu/day. In 6 months i went from 160's over 120's to 115/75's
that is incorrect. lowering your blood pressure will GREATLY reduce risk of heart attack because of plugged up arteries. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE to REDUCE EXISTING PLAQUE
@@Fearzero Plaque and narrowing arteries due to inflammation happen as we age regardless of diet. The soils are low in microbes today and agriculture makes low value plants not to mention grain fed animals
@@donwinston Here are the best things for arterial plaque issues - Vitamin K2 (Mk-7), Nattokinase, Cayenne Pepper capsules (40,000 Heat Units), Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (avoid pesticide residue), Fish oil, Magnesium, Vitamin D3. Natural vasodilators like Gingko Biloba, Nitric Oxide, L-Citrulline. Green tea with fresh ginger. Niacinamide. Avoid saturated fats, trans fats, refined carbs, sugar, processed foods. Fat and sugar = sticky plaque. Psyllium husk and high fiber foods like whole oats, beans, peas, vegetables, citrus fruit, avocados, garlic. Exercise.
@@donwinston If you want to learn more do research and read accounts of the products i mentioned. I am proof that this works. from extreme claudication and heart problems to having none.
Forty dollar blood pressure monitors lose accuracy over about a year. I had my Omron monitor checked at my doctor's office when I bought it, it was correct. Then when checked again a year later, it was reading too high. Omron has a class action lawsuit against it for "wildly inaccurate" readings. Consumer Reports rated the same monitor the suit is about as number one. I don't trust cheap home blood pressure monitors. You didn't recommend Omron, but I doubt the testing you cited was done again after a year to check if the monitor stayed accurate.
Have similar experience. I bought cheap wrist blood pressure monitor. It tends to give me different readings every time I use it. Sometimes it is enough to move it more up or down on the hand. First the difference wasnt big, but now it can show that i have very high pressure and minute later that I have really low pressure.
Good call. At the clinic, I ask my patients to bring in their blood pressure monitor to their appointments with me, so that we can double-check the readings
I have three Omron units all picked up at yard sales for less than $10. They all have their quirks but are fairly accurate for being 8 to 16 years old. The big issue is they may pump too high on the initial test and give an inaccurate reading. I end up doing two or three readings each five minutes apart. The cheaper model without memory storage seems to be the least accurate, maybe ten points low so I rarely use it.
Problem is,, most doctors don/t know how to take blood pressure readings (of perhaps, don't care.) I recently visited my primary care doctor-- her nurse read my B.P. at 114 / 70. The next day I had an appointment with my eye doctor-- his nurse read my B.P. at 156 / 65. I have a B.P. monitor that has been independently calibrated-- I consistently get readings of approximately 120 / 70. And, by the way, wrist monitors are inaccurate.
Measuring BP has an interesting history. ~2000, medicals admitted they had been mismeasuring bp, resulting in false diagnoses of mild hyper tension. They learned that measuring could cause a false, high measure. They learned, if such a reading, to measure again for better accuracy.
Even with the same monitor, BP is prone to variance depending on time of day, food and fluid consumption, “white coat” syndrome, activity, etc. With that said, doctor’s offices are notorious for incorrectly measuring BP. Despite knowing standard protocols for taking BP, many don’t follow them. My experience has been that nurses who are responsible for taking the basic vitals are notorious for this. They rush you through the process and move on. I’ve found that there’s usually a wait time between the nurse taking the vitals and the physician arriving. Since one is supposed to be comfortably seated for 5 minutes prior to measuring HP, I typically ask the physician to retake my BP as the reading taken by the nurse was very different from my usual BP reading at home.
I 100% agree, my experience was that the nurses chat with you during the readings. I even bicycled to my appointments and almost certainly that affected the readings also.
Everyone seems too fixated on resting BP when you should be aware of your active BP and pulse as well. If you work out and stop to check BP and pulse how long does it take to return to normal from that elevated number. That can be a better indicator of how healthy you are. Stress and times of anxiety are other events that should be monitored to see how long they impact BP and heart rate.
Lowering salt didn't lower my blood pressure. I took my salt level so low I started to get muscle cramps for the first time in my life. Removing sugar and carbs lowered my blood pressure!!! I salt to taste now!!! My blood pressure this morning was 113/65. No meds. However, when I gave blood and they checked it it was 135/78. They don't have me sit and rest for 5 minutes then check it and then rest for another 5 minutes and check again. I find I can drop the top number by more than 20 points by sitting and mentally relaxing. Often I will sit down and take my blood pressure and it will be high. Then I just RELAX and continue taking it until my blood pressure drops below 120/xx. I use it as an indicator I'm to tense and I need to relax. Dash diet is okay but I don't believe it's the best diet for me. I'm on a mostly carnivore diet and that seems to be the best for me. If I go to deep into ketosis it seems my blood pressure goes up a little bit but I haven't tested that.
#3 is by far the most damaging, as it impacts all the rest. #1, yes alcohol will temporarily lower sodium levels due to its diuretic nature, but you will crave salty foods like mad and most likely over eat, so it messes up #1, #2 and #5 (plus the calories from drinks) right there. It also impacts #4 as well, your workouts will suffer greatly from constantly being inflamed, and it is extremely demotivating being hungover.
Many of us are stuck at a desk all day and it can hard to get breaks. Soleus push-ups (basically sitting calf raises) can still be a great regular fitness snack while sitting! There was even a study on them earlier this year that showed some possibly great data (that needs more replication, but 🤷♂️)
Thank you. Hypertension runs in my family, and although I lead a healthy lifestyle, I don't track my BP. This video was the motivation I needed to start doing just that.
@@susanmaloney1092 Super Beets. the chews taste great but the capsules have more of the beet root per dose. If you are kidney stone sensitive use caution. so Ive read.
I bought a manual cuff and stethoscope months ago, but its such a pain to use that I never do it. Bought the device you recommended, will try to integrate it into my morning routine to measure my BP before I have my coffee at least a few times a week.
Brad, this is an important question: do you recommend using lite salt as well for more potassium and also less sodium chloride (so doubly good effects) ? It’s 50% less sodium chloride and also potassium.
In my early 30's had number of hypertension crises, bp above 220. Good part is would always have headache, or see pulsing red along with it. Spending few days in hospital they also agreed had white coat syndrome too. Simplest med was low dose Azor, or equilivant once a day. Now I'm 68, and still on same, although twice a year I go off of it and chart bp to point need to go back on.
Which scenario causes more damage to the blood vessels? 1. If the blood pressure stays high all the time or 2. If one has normal blood pressure 99% of the time but due to various nervous over reactions, the blood pressure will surge very high or high suddenly and then comes back down to normal? And in this scenario, this sudden spike in blood pressure due to nervousness happens say 3 times a day or so. So which scenario is worse ??? And why???
I have an OMRON BP monitor. It shows Afib as well if you have it. I take my BP at home and take a photo of the reading and drop it in a photo file on my phone so I have a record with me to show the doctors when I have an appointment. That way they can see my regular BP. I do the same with the medical visit BP's to show the difference. For me it's white coat hypertension but also a sort of test anxiety. When I go to the dentist's office and they take my BP it is much lower because I don't think they care if it's high or not so it's lower. My at home BP tends to go up in the week or 10 days prior to an upcoming medical visit. Doctors have checked me out extensively in the office for a lengthy period of time in some appointments over the years, concerned I might drop dead but it always drops to normal once I get acclimated to them. They all said, "do not let anyone medicate you for high BP -- you just have White Coat."
I love salty snacks in the evening. I recently switched to popping my own popcorn with a 70/30 potassium/sodium salt with either safflower, macadamia, or extra virgin olive oil. If anyone has any nice healthy and tasty oil recommendations I would appreciate it!
You state the DASH diet, with a focus on NON-starchy vegetables, is good, but right after, you say it's good to increase your potassium intake through foods like peas and beans, which are starchy foods... So should we avoid peas and beans (because they are starchy) or should we eat peas and beans (because they are a good source of potassium)? Are homemade hummus and bean pastes good or not (when done with low amounts of salt or none)? What about potatoes (another starchy vegetable high in potassium)? Good or not good (let's say they are oven-cooked, not fried)?
My BP last time was 147 but it was during my first time donating blood so I had some anxiety and I commute with bicycle. Should I do something about it? I also take quetiapine for sleep. My LDL cholesterol was 2.69. Are smartwaches reliable to measure vitals? Advantage of them is that they can be worn all the time, even when travelling. Why the hell people still use alcohol and tobacco? Shroom and weed microdose is safer.
Low Fat Whole Food Plant Based Diet. You can reopen the arterial lumen in 3 to 5 years. Me and my wife have done it and at 47 and 50 we have arteries of an 18 years old individual. It is a miracle lifestyle that really works.
I think that the decrease in life expectancy of 12.2 years is a tad exaggerated. If I remember correctly an increase of systolic pressure from 120mgHg to 160mmHg from about 40 will reduce your life expectancy by around a year and a half.
Q: If an individual drinks much liquid, does it raise the individual's blood pressure? Assuming 'yes', do such periodic blood pressure spikes yield significant negative effects?
I have one and use it first thing in the morning. My morning measurements are good, but there have been a couple of times that I've tested in the morning with normal readings, and, for instance, I donate blood, and my reading there has much higher than in the morning. I do, however, stop at using an app. I don't know who is getting this information and how it might be shared. I don't like the idea of Google or Apple having any of my medical information.
How frequently should someone measure their BP? When is the best time to measure your BP? After a workout, how many hours can you measure your BP, especially when you work out daily?
I think white coat hypertension is an indicator of things going wrong and should be treated. If your BP is instantly higher under simple stress, it likely goes high quite often, and can cause long-term damage, all while one thinks they are completely healthy. Just having a "healthy" blood pressure when one is relaxed and comfortable is not good enough.
Good advice. How many people are taking anti-hypertensives due to white coat syndrome. Somewhat simplistic explanation of the role of sodium in the body.
You say to avoid fatty cuts of meat but beef has quite a lot of potassium in it, though obviously it's not as high as the best plant sources. Is your recommendation more rule-of-thumb?
Brad any comment about Chris Hoy that was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer at age 48. How come it wasnt detected eaarlier, can it spread like that without increase of PSA value? Or did he simple not take PSA test?
Besides seeing the doctors, which some of us pretty much never do, unless something drastic happens, like a knee surgery, there's giving blood since they always check blood pressure when you do. Last 33 years, that's about the only time I've had mine checked and it's been good enough. I do however keep myself fit. I will say that I don't always completely trust the readings I see then . "White Coat Hypertension", well yes, I've had thoughts along those lines, like maybe I'm nervous to a degree and it effects things.
I have two wrist blood pressure monitors and I typically use both to see if they are accurate. Mine is always low. Just checked and it showed 100/65. I eat a plant based diet and have a low A1C and low body weight.
I use the AKTIIA bracelet to automatically measure my blood pressure several times throughout the day. As far as I know, the readings are supposed to be fairly accurate? Is that true? 🖖🙏
I have my third Aktiia, the first got wet in the pool, the second was lost, the third can not be calibrated after a months long intermission. Precision depends on individual physiques, tests say probably less than 5mm diversion.
@@HansGrob Mine has worked very well so far. I have also taken a few comparative measurements with an OMRON device. These were also okay - my impression is that the values from the AKTIIA are generally somewhat lower…
@@SebastianNiemann You have to distinguish between the calibration measurement and the extrapolated values. I have argued in my error report to them that it's no good idea to have to use their connected meter instead of an ordinary meter, because it creates more system complexity and possibly less precision, because a professional meter is most often more precise. But the point is that with such a quasi permanent measurement, events in the night can be detected quite well.
@@HansGrob Thank you very much! Exactly - that's why I bought the device. To have an overview of the development and to see if there are any hidden blood pressure spikes.
@@SebastianNiemann Nonetheless, the medical establishment will as ususal need 15 years until it will finally adhere to this relatively cheap, useful solution. In addition, I wear regularly while sleeping an Oximeter, from Viatom, made in China, which is better in terms of comfort than those in use in the clinics. My ORL doctor offered me to lend his oximeter, which I declined, of course of the cost which is higher than the buy of such a device. My GP laughed about my assertion that mine is better. If we look at the history of medecine, it seems that not much has changed.
ying/ yang appears in everything. high blood pressure is an imbalance between sodium/potassium. greens/fruits. raisins dried apricots avocado coconut water works real well for my mom. so if you cant cut down sodium try up the potassium also box breathing stress really raises blood pressure
We also forgot that not cleaning our mouth stop produce so much nitric oxide that regulate your body blood pressure , plus bad oral hygiene causes your body to stress unconsciously while trying to eliminate the bad bacteria that's causing inflammation while your sleeping or while you awake so it puts you on this oxidative stress which is you are not aware of it could be daily exposure to toxins , inflammation from certain foods , but I think it all starts from the mouth cause it produces so many things that helps the gut do its work properly............. I think u got the my point or u can search more about it
My doctor put me on a low-grade diuretic to help flush, potassium and sodium out of my kidneys, if we need potassium and I’m flushing potassium how’s that beneficial?
already beat the life expectancy. blood pressure has been high for 40 years, meds don't do much to control it. had a quintuple bypass 30 years ago which I attribute to the standard american diet.
8:07 Don't flare your elbows out so far when you do push ups like they did in these examples. Elbows should be by your side to keep your shoulders healthy.
I have this condition and I didn't had any symptom and I had really high blood pressure. Now I have medication and do everything I can to have a better health.
@@superyouinc4033 True and I’m happy to hear that you understand how important these are. Type 2 diabetes for instance is a lifestyle disease, it doesn’t run in your family, yet many people don’t seem to understand this. The only thing that runs in the family is shared lifestyle
Nothing new here but worth repeating as high BP is a very serious issue indeed. I'd minimize the chicken/ eggs as most animals are fed pellets and not raised on natural diet. Same for fish. I'd stick with sardines and wild caught salmon. The farm raise fish is basically junk pulled out of a sewer.
@@RynaxAlien Dont know about that, im plant based with Chronometer showing I take 6000mg of Potassium per day. I only eat whole food and lots of beans and legumes .... 120g of plant protein per day. Cutting down last few months to 100g.
So what the data says about sodium consumption on people with congenitally low blood pressure? I've tried to cut back on salt on my diet, but I started getting some 90/50 or even 80/50 blood pressure readings (usually felt dizzy at the 80/50 occasions), I also have slightly elevated hematocrit (51%), so lowering my total blood volume seemed like a bad idea, which made me decide to go back to my usual salt consumption and now my BP stays around 100/60 to 110/70. Low blood pressure is common in my family, so I guess that is most likely the explanation, but I'm curious as to wether it is fine for me to keep my sodium consumption above the recomended dose or if I should still try to stick to the half teaspoon guideline anyway for other potential risks associated with higher sodium intake. EDIT: Most of my near family members who died from old age died after 90, many after 95 though. Maybe that tendency to have very low blood pressure has something to do with it =).
Aren´t there confounding factors in play here? Are there any studies comparing elderly with moderately high blood pressure( which earlier were regarded as within normal age frames N.B) without symtoms and with HIGH QUALITY LIFE STYLE ASPECTS, comparing them with others (for sure dominating as health quality at least among americans has been detoriated duing last 1-2 decades or not?) with low such quality and various comorbidites, above all metabolic . Do they both really has the same CVD and ACM risks? I do doubt that! Please Dr Stanfield present such comparing studies and such clarification will enhance our understanding!
Iam a personal and Many of my clients have high blood pressure, which is why I study it a lot. By the way, a new study presented in London says that 120 by 80 is no longer considered normal.did you know doc? As a personal trainer, I know that there are more specific exercises for high blood pressure.
My potassium is 4.9 as it is so I can't take supplements. Guess that is not the reason for my slightly higher BP (usually 130s over 70s after I rest a few minutes)
Low sodium isn't healthy either, high sodium is the problem. Optimal sodium should be the goal. Too little is bad, and too high is bad. There is a sweet spot.
How do you find it? Though not scientists (or at least current, practising) people like Dave Asprey and Rob Wolf are definitely for decent quantities of sodium, but in the context of additional potassium and clean diets. Is it possible it's just the diet rather than the salt that's a danger (ditto with saturated fat)?
Doctors offices are too casual when taking blood pressure so accuracy suffers. You need to be sitting rested/relaxed for 5 minutes before taking blood pressure. You should not have just had coffee or caffeine in the past hour. You need to not talk or move while it is being taken. You should not have to go to the restroom. Holding your urine to relieve yourself will raise your blood pressure. Your blood pressure changes thru out the day and is impacted by stress levels. It is best to take your blood pressure at home at the same time every day under controlled circumstances and track the results. Too many people have white coat hypertension just from going to the doctors office. Those with hypertension should be encouraged to address this with life style changes along with medication if that does not work. Doctors offices should tell people that lowering their weight thru diet and exercise may have the same result or better than medications. Nutrition and exercise education should be the first option in treatment.
Yay I have my own blood pressure monitor. I want to get a defibrillator too but that's more of a hefty investment. Plus I live alone so i'd have to run outside with it or something ...
I have no problems with the majority of these pointers, however that second one is extremely hard for people like myself who hates cooking with a passion! The sole reason why I work is so I DON'T have to cook. To me its like doing something painful muriple times a because if I don't I'll die. I mean when I say I hate cooking, I'm not being lazy or constraint with time. If eating wasn't required for survival, I'd actively avoid it. I mean take something you cannot stand doing and imagine you have to do it regardless mutiple times a day. Sure I don't eat to I'm bursting. When my body says it's full, I stop regardless if there's more food on my plate. Sure I no longer add salt or sugar to any meals I eat (why i stopped eating cereal is because the sugar was the mass the milk taste...I don't like the taste of milk) But I'm aware foods have to have sodium built in as a preservative. I guess the best thing I can do is try to find low sodium processed foods. If I have to eliminate all processed foods then whats the point? I may as well eat for the taste not worry about the consequences since I'm unfortunately stuck as a FA (Forever Alone) and I have no reason. I'm only trying to maintain my health condition before I hit 32. (I virtually never got sick) I exersice because it makes me feel better mentally. I take multivitamins because I'm aware what I eat isn't optimal. So while I'm already doing all of these steps (besides 2) I'll be adding mutiple higher higher quality blood pressure testers to my routine. (My blood pressure tends to be around 107/75)
Good on ya Brad ! You completley missed micro capillary damage in the brain due to high blood pressure and pressure range. The Brain Protection Company in Australia has focused in this area. One of your female applicants (my wife) who has a PhD in biomedical area of blood related technology, and over 3 decades of biomedical experience never even received acknowledgement for your script writing position application. She put significant effort in her application to you. Result ? Pfft, not even a sausage of a thanks for at least trying. Good on ya Brad. Go through the resumes sent to you. You'll work out who it is. Responding to you here on her behalf (she is unaware), as you don't respond in email, even when you elicited first response. Now that's a silent killer! 😊
I've seen many times the morons that state, I'll take hypertension over blood pressure medications. Well, all I have to say to that is tell me that after you have your future crippling stroke, or heart attack, if you survive either. I get tired of hearing, sides effects, side effects! Well, you know what has guaranteed, not just possible side effects? The answer is hypertension.
Another great video, Dr. Stanfield - thank you! But I always wonder about potassium. Do these studies on the effects of high sodium ever include data on potassium? Sodium and potassium work together, but no one ever talks about low potassium, and pretty much every source I look up states that people are chronically low in potassium. Maybe instead of focusing solely on lowering sodium, it would be more nutritionally balanced to work on increasing potassium while *moderating* sodium. What are you thoughts on this?
My resting blood pressure is 100 - 120 over 50 - 65 (I have an omron 7361, readings match the cardiac unit's machine that I was hooked up to) , resting heart rate 48 - 55, BMI 23, non-smoker, normal HbA1c. Go tramping, have a moderately active job, reasonable, varied diet. No family history of heart disease or hypertension, or any other vascular issues. Yet I had a STEMI and now have three stents in my LAD artery. I had covid twice a couple of years ago, and all the vaccinations.
I reversed hypertension simply by eating a very meat heavy, keto diet. It lowered my insulin levels, which in turn lowered my blood pressure. I've been eating keto consistently for over 5 years because I don't want to go back to being sick. I now consume over 4,000 mg sodium daily, and my blood pressure remains at a normal level.
@@earthwombat , hello! TMI, but since you asked: I consistently have a single, small, normal (not too soft and not too hard), very easy to pass bowel movement daily. Because all of the foods that I eat now are highly bioavailable and absorbable, there's very little waste. My digestion and bowel movements have actually improved very much on this diet. I no longer eat sugar, starches, ultra-processed foods, garlic, onions, or asparagus. Therefore, my body odor and stool odor are significantly reduced and minimized. I no longer burp or pass gas because acid reflux, gas, and bloating are gone for the first time in my life. Although I've always brushed and flossed daily, and visited my dentist twice a year, my dental health has significantly improved on this diet as well, so no more bad breath in the morning or any other time of day. I am not the only one. Thousands of people following this or a similar very low-carb diet have experienced the same results. Much of this is well documented in the medical literature. This isn't a fad diet or "Internet keto." This is a well formulated, science-based, whole foods keto diet, prescribed and supervised by a mainstream MD. Look up Dr. Eric Westman, professor of medicine at Duke University. Dr. Westman has a Master’s Degree in clinical research, with over 90 peer-reviewed publications to his name. He has helped thousands of his patients reverse metabolic disorders and diseases for over 20 years in his keto clinic at Duke University. I hope this helps answer your questions. Have a great day!
eating higher sodium only really works for you because you're in ketosis and pee out a lot of salt(s), for the average diet with carbs in it 4000mg is going to be too much
@@landoishisname, hi! It's not because I'm in ketosis, but because my insulin levels are now normal. Chronic high insulin levels can cause the kidneys to hold excess sodium. This in turn can cause hypertension. Lowering insulin back to normal levels by any means, keto or not, will cause the kidneys to release all that excess sodium and likely reverse hypertension, as was the case with me and has been for many other people. No matter a person's diet, if their insulin levels are normal, then their daily sodium requirements will be higher than that of a person with chronic high insulin levels. For people with chronic high insulin levels and hypertension, blood pressure lowering medications and cutting sodium will not fix the root cause of the problem. Lowering their insulin levels will fix the problem for good, unless their hypertension is caused by something else such as chronic stress, drug abuse, etc. No matter, lowering insulin to normal levels is always a good thing as chronic high insulin levels will lead to all kinds of health problems down the road. For healthy, very active people training outdoors in the heat, 4,000 mg sodium is nothing. They likely consume even higher amounts than that. How much sodium is too much is relative, depending on a number of factors. I supplement 2,000 mg sodium, and the rest comes from sodium naturally occurring in whole foods plus added salt to taste. I lift weights at least four days per week and walk briskly on an inclined treadmill almost daily. I've been exercising consistently for decades, and I have suffered from hypertension just as long. It wasn't until I started keto 5 years ago that I was finally able to reverse hypertension, and it took only months to reverse it.
I just eat a well planned, whole plant diet. At 53 I have perfect blood pressure and low normal cholesterol and high normal testosterone. 23 years on this diet. Unfortunately some of my friends my age are starting to have issues with cholesterol and blood pressure. No meds needed, just feed the frugivore body what it wants.
Be very careful about salt. Yes, stop eating processed foods, yes stop using worthless table salt, BUT DO use real salt, the kind with minerals still in it. I stopped processed foods and didn't change any other salt habits and ended up with dangerously low sodium. The doctor prescribed 1 teaspoon of salt per day, in addition to what I put on my food. If you need to mess with your salt intake, do it with a doctor who knows what is real and will monitor your blood. Too little salt is just as bad as too much. Also, if you have a diagnosis of CHF, do what your doctor says. Please don't just stop eating salt. Do use salt that hasn't been stripped of minerals.
I completely disagree with lower sodium and the DASH diet. I've been following a low carb diet for 7 1/2 years. I eat a lot of green leafy and cruciferous vegetables, some fat and protein, zero grains, zero starches, zero sugars, and zero processed food. I don't lower my sodium intake because the vegetables dramatically increase my potassium levels, which balance sodium. I've lowered my a1c to 5.2, blood pressure to 105/70, and heart rate from 80 to 65 bpm. I also lost 35 pounds, and have kept it off. I learned this diet from several doctors who have shared peer reviewed studies, clinical experience, and personal improvements in their own health. Lean is useless, leaving me hungry and craving sweets. Red meat, which the DASH diet unfairly blames for heart disease, is actually one of the healthiest foods ever grown. Your advice, and that of the American Heart Association, is outdated and incorrect. The only thing you've stated correctly is to get rid of all processed food, including alcohol. As for exercise, do HIIT. Telling people to lose weight with the DASH diet is like telling us to just starve our way thin. People gain the weight back, and often gain more. Weight loss cannot be maintained on a low fat diet. No one can get there by suffering and blaming themselves while using a high carb diet that causes insulin spikes and hunger all day long. It's simply too miserable.
66yo, I take a small 8mg candesartan to keep BP around 112/60 [unmedicated 130/80]. I use a $150 home Welch Allyn (same brand as docs use). I calibrate it yearly at cardiologists. Oddly. regular GP "nurses" take BP with a cuff and a stethascope and their measurements are crazy - like 112/95 - I took my cuff along after their "manual" measurement and the Welch Allyn was 112/60 (exactly as expected). So - moral - don't trust nurses with stethascopes. My working assumption is that the less work ones heart does the longer you'll live. I like a resting pulse around 45. I'm plant based and also take a 5mg rosuvastatin and 10mg ezetimibe to keep lDLC around 35mg/dl (1mmol/L) to keep arteries pliable and elastic.
TAURINE...helped me.. a LOT with border line BP last years I was always 130/138 sometimes 145 ...70/80 and when misured in a medical office it spikes...at home i f i'll breath calmly slowly drop til 120 /75.. Started 5 gr day Taurine ...now it is 115/65 and most of the time and when High is 125 /75...
With all due respect Doctor, I’m surprised you’re suggesting people buy a home blood pressure device based on one of your patients with ‘white coat hypertension’. This one instance is not a good reason to recommend everyone buy a home blood pressure device. It’s actually absurd. Also, to recommend everything in the DASH diet is also irresponsible. ‘Low-fat dairy’? And a few other foods are not really healthy. This video is largely disappointing.
Looks like the best way to reduce blood pressure:- Have no fun no nachos , no salt , crap food , exercise-meh, no beer, loose wieght-meh, fucking peas.
Nah, just move around a bit now and then and don't be too fat, some people are genetic hyper-responders to salt, so they must keep intake low, but for most people salt intake it doesn't make a big difference to blood pressure. I was on BP medication in high school, but years later I have normal without medication. My diet is the least restrictive it's ever been, I eat anything but I keep a healthy weight and exercise which I enjoy and it keeps me strong and pain-free. Ignore people telling you to avoid nachos and beer, if you don't smoke and don't weigh too much, you're probably fine. Still check blood pressure now and then, do a doctor checkup annually
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For a list of validated monitors, search for "Validate BP". I can't even hint at a URL or YT will eat my comment.
Wtf 😂 I am in New Zealand and microvitamin not available on iherb for my country?
@@ilia2178 hmm, also not sure it's the cheapest clinically validated one. It's basically $100 Australian
Magnesium and potassium
I use Morton’s Lite Salt mixed with water and apple cider vinegar to make an affordable electrolyte drink. Morton’s Lite Salt contains sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium silicate and magnesium carbonate. It helped me make it through the Keto flu before changing to the Mediterranean diet. I also use it to season foods rather than table salt. Note: It is not recommended for patients with kidney problems.
I use that plus lisinopril and hydrochlorathiazide. Excellent bp now.
I lowered my BP by 20 pts on both numbers by switching to a whole food, plant based diet 7 years ago. I researched it afterwards and it is one of the most common benefits of making this diet change. So many other health markers improved as well, but BP was the first one to change so dramatically.
I had a similar experience switching to WFPD and after only a three days.
I massively lowered my blood pressure by switching to a meat only diet
As you age blood pressure rises. Plaque and inflammation is at the root. High blood pressure is just a consequence. Lowering your blood pressure without addressing the cause won't help. Two things that helped me lower pressure wass Natto/Nattokinase 10,000 fu/day and Vitamin D 10,000 iu/day. In 6 months i went from 160's over 120's to 115/75's
that is incorrect. lowering your blood pressure will GREATLY reduce risk of heart attack because of plugged up arteries. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE to REDUCE EXISTING PLAQUE
Yup, if you're not eating a whole plant diet which means no processed foods, you will develop issues.
@@Fearzero Plaque and narrowing arteries due to inflammation happen as we age regardless of diet. The soils are low in microbes today and agriculture makes low value plants not to mention grain fed animals
@@donwinston Here are the best things for arterial plaque issues - Vitamin K2 (Mk-7), Nattokinase, Cayenne Pepper capsules (40,000 Heat Units), Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (avoid pesticide residue), Fish oil, Magnesium, Vitamin D3. Natural vasodilators like Gingko Biloba, Nitric Oxide, L-Citrulline.
Green tea with fresh ginger. Niacinamide.
Avoid saturated fats, trans fats, refined carbs, sugar, processed foods. Fat and sugar = sticky plaque.
Psyllium husk and high fiber foods like whole oats, beans, peas, vegetables, citrus fruit, avocados, garlic.
Exercise.
@@donwinston If you want to learn more do research and read accounts of the products i mentioned. I am proof that this works. from extreme claudication and heart problems to having none.
Great video, Brad. :)
Wow! All my favorite channels are coming together
Thanks Nic!
You two are the only videos I watch anymore.. both intelligent.. motivated young men.. who want to make a difference
Forty dollar blood pressure monitors lose accuracy over about a year. I had my Omron monitor checked at my doctor's office when I bought it, it was correct. Then when checked again a year later, it was reading too high. Omron has a class action lawsuit against it for "wildly inaccurate" readings. Consumer Reports rated the same monitor the suit is about as number one. I don't trust cheap home blood pressure monitors. You didn't recommend Omron, but I doubt the testing you cited was done again after a year to check if the monitor stayed accurate.
Excellent point
Have similar experience. I bought cheap wrist blood pressure monitor. It tends to give me different readings every time I use it. Sometimes it is enough to move it more up or down on the hand. First the difference wasnt big, but now it can show that i have very high pressure and minute later that I have really low pressure.
Good call. At the clinic, I ask my patients to bring in their blood pressure monitor to their appointments with me, so that we can double-check the readings
@@DrBradStanfieldAnd if it's not accurate? $40 into the bin?
Can they be recalibrated or is the cost prohibitive?
I have three Omron units all picked up at yard sales for less than $10. They all have their quirks but are fairly accurate for being 8 to 16 years old. The big issue is they may pump too high on the initial test and give an inaccurate reading. I end up doing two or three readings each five minutes apart. The cheaper model without memory storage seems to be the least accurate, maybe ten points low so I rarely use it.
Problem is,, most doctors don/t know how to take blood pressure readings (of perhaps, don't care.) I recently visited my primary care doctor-- her nurse read my B.P. at 114 / 70. The next day I had an appointment with my eye doctor-- his nurse read my B.P. at 156 / 65. I have a B.P. monitor that has been independently calibrated-- I consistently get readings of approximately 120 / 70. And, by the way, wrist monitors are inaccurate.
Measuring BP has an interesting history. ~2000, medicals admitted they had been mismeasuring bp, resulting in false diagnoses of mild hyper tension. They learned that measuring could cause a false, high measure. They learned, if such a reading, to measure again for better accuracy.
Even with the same monitor, BP is prone to variance depending on time of day, food and fluid consumption, “white coat” syndrome, activity, etc. With that said, doctor’s offices are notorious for incorrectly measuring BP. Despite knowing standard protocols for taking BP, many don’t follow them. My experience has been that nurses who are responsible for taking the basic vitals are notorious for this. They rush you through the process and move on. I’ve found that there’s usually a wait time between the nurse taking the vitals and the physician arriving. Since one is supposed to be comfortably seated for 5 minutes prior to measuring HP, I typically ask the physician to retake my BP as the reading taken by the nurse was very different from my usual BP reading at home.
I 100% agree, my experience was that the nurses chat with you during the readings. I even bicycled to my appointments and almost certainly that affected the readings also.
😂Thanks. My dentist just took my bp with a wrist monitor.
@@arttoegemanneven at home, my first reading is always in the 140s. Then it goes down on subsequent readings
Everyone seems too fixated on resting BP when you should be aware of your active BP and pulse as well. If you work out and stop to check BP and pulse how long does it take to return to normal from that elevated number. That can be a better indicator of how healthy you are. Stress and times of anxiety are other events that should be monitored to see how long they impact BP and heart rate.
It’s a good idea, but do you have any evidence to support your claims? Can you cite some studies ?
Lowering salt didn't lower my blood pressure. I took my salt level so low I started to get muscle cramps for the first time in my life. Removing sugar and carbs lowered my blood pressure!!! I salt to taste now!!! My blood pressure this morning was 113/65. No meds. However, when I gave blood and they checked it it was 135/78. They don't have me sit and rest for 5 minutes then check it and then rest for another 5 minutes and check again. I find I can drop the top number by more than 20 points by sitting and mentally relaxing. Often I will sit down and take my blood pressure and it will be high. Then I just RELAX and continue taking it until my blood pressure drops below 120/xx. I use it as an indicator I'm to tense and I need to relax.
Dash diet is okay but I don't believe it's the best diet for me. I'm on a mostly carnivore diet and that seems to be the best for me. If I go to deep into ketosis it seems my blood pressure goes up a little bit but I haven't tested that.
The research on salt is inconclusive. The body removes excess sodium very quickly.
Only 30% of the population are salt sensitive. You're in the 70% who are not.
Insulin in kidneys dictates how much salt our bodies hang onto to.
If you're healthy with low insulin then no need to worry about salt.
#3 is by far the most damaging, as it impacts all the rest. #1, yes alcohol will temporarily lower sodium levels due to its diuretic nature, but you will crave salty foods like mad and most likely over eat, so it messes up #1, #2 and #5 (plus the calories from drinks) right there. It also impacts #4 as well, your workouts will suffer greatly from constantly being inflamed, and it is extremely demotivating being hungover.
Brad. Can you please do a video sometime on how you set up your home gym for $250.
awesome video! Well talked and presented!
@@douglaslane6245 okay sure buddy
Many of us are stuck at a desk all day and it can hard to get breaks. Soleus push-ups (basically sitting calf raises) can still be a great regular fitness snack while sitting! There was even a study on them earlier this year that showed some possibly great data (that needs more replication, but 🤷♂️)
Woah cool new editing Brad! Your the best amigo!
Thank you. Hypertension runs in my family, and although I lead a healthy lifestyle, I don't track my BP. This video was the motivation I needed to start doing just that.
Beet root supplements have made a major improvement in my BP.
which beet root supplements are you taking?
@@susanmaloney1092 Super Beets. the chews taste great but the capsules have more of the beet root per dose. If you are kidney stone sensitive use caution. so Ive read.
I bought a manual cuff and stethoscope months ago, but its such a pain to use that I never do it.
Bought the device you recommended, will try to integrate it into my morning routine to measure my BP before I have my coffee at least a few times a week.
Magnesium, quercetin and bergamot all seem promising for reducing BP too
Maybe but way more important to nail the fundamentals like keeping a healthy weight, staying active, and not consuming too much salt
olive leaf extract
I've switched to using a low-sodium table salt, which has a mix of sodium, potassium and magnesium chlorides. Hopefully that helps.
Brad, this is an important question: do you recommend using lite salt as well for more potassium and also less sodium chloride (so doubly good effects) ? It’s 50% less sodium chloride and also potassium.
In my early 30's had number of hypertension crises, bp above 220. Good part is would always have headache, or see pulsing red along with it. Spending few days in hospital they also agreed had white coat syndrome too. Simplest med was low dose Azor, or equilivant once a day. Now I'm 68, and still on same, although twice a year I go off of it and chart bp to point need to go back on.
Which scenario causes more damage to the blood vessels? 1. If the blood pressure stays high all the time or 2. If one has normal blood pressure 99% of the time but due to various nervous over reactions, the blood pressure will surge very high or high suddenly and then comes back down to normal? And in this scenario, this sudden spike in blood pressure due to nervousness happens say 3 times a day or so. So which scenario is worse ??? And why???
I have an OMRON BP monitor. It shows Afib as well if you have it. I take my BP at home and take a photo of the reading and drop it in a photo file on my phone so I have a record with me to show the doctors when I have an appointment. That way they can see my regular BP. I do the same with the medical visit BP's to show the difference. For me it's white coat hypertension but also a sort of test anxiety. When I go to the dentist's office and they take my BP it is much lower because I don't think they care if it's high or not so it's lower. My at home BP tends to go up in the week or 10 days prior to an upcoming medical visit. Doctors have checked me out extensively in the office for a lengthy period of time in some appointments over the years, concerned I might drop dead but it always drops to normal once I get acclimated to them. They all said, "do not let anyone medicate you for high BP -- you just have White Coat."
I also use Respirate. A great device for lowering BP but it takes about 15 minutes a day.
I love salty snacks in the evening. I recently switched to popping my own popcorn with a 70/30 potassium/sodium salt with either safflower, macadamia, or extra virgin olive oil.
If anyone has any nice healthy and tasty oil recommendations I would appreciate it!
Thanks, I'll look into it. Just a note: Seems like Omron blood pressure monitors are being recommended for their higher quality, here in Canada.
I eat whole wheat bread every day and it's not salty
You state the DASH diet, with a focus on NON-starchy vegetables, is good, but right after, you say it's good to increase your potassium intake through foods like peas and beans, which are starchy foods... So should we avoid peas and beans (because they are starchy) or should we eat peas and beans (because they are a good source of potassium)? Are homemade hummus and bean pastes good or not (when done with low amounts of salt or none)? What about potatoes (another starchy vegetable high in potassium)? Good or not good (let's say they are oven-cooked, not fried)?
My BP last time was 147 but it was during my first time donating blood so I had some anxiety and I commute with bicycle. Should I do something about it? I also take quetiapine for sleep. My LDL cholesterol was 2.69.
Are smartwaches reliable to measure vitals? Advantage of them is that they can be worn all the time, even when travelling.
Why the hell people still use alcohol and tobacco? Shroom and weed microdose is safer.
great video
Hey, do you know what is the best type to zinc and best type of magnesium to Take ?
Thank you
I can’t take it too often because I have low blood pressure already, and I need to raise mine daily..
Low Fat Whole Food Plant Based Diet. You can reopen the arterial lumen in 3 to 5 years. Me and my wife have done it and at 47 and 50 we have arteries of an 18 years old individual. It is a miracle lifestyle that really works.
I think that the decrease in life expectancy of 12.2 years is a tad exaggerated. If I remember correctly an increase of systolic pressure from 120mgHg to 160mmHg from about 40 will reduce your life expectancy by around a year and a half.
There may be co-founding factors. Diabetes, obesity, sedentarism increase BP, but reduce also life span. Thus high BP alone overrated.
Q: If an individual drinks much liquid, does it raise the individual's blood pressure? Assuming 'yes', do such periodic blood pressure spikes yield significant negative effects?
In many areas in the U.S. you can take your BP monitor to fire stations to verify its accuracy against their great machines
I have one and use it first thing in the morning. My morning measurements are good, but there have been a couple of times that I've tested in the morning with normal readings, and, for instance, I donate blood, and my reading there has much higher than in the morning.
I do, however, stop at using an app. I don't know who is getting this information and how it might be shared. I don't like the idea of Google or Apple having any of my medical information.
How frequently should someone measure their BP? When is the best time to measure your BP? After a workout, how many hours can you measure your BP, especially when you work out daily?
I think white coat hypertension is an indicator of things going wrong and should be treated. If your BP is instantly higher under simple stress, it likely goes high quite often, and can cause long-term damage, all while one thinks they are completely healthy. Just having a "healthy" blood pressure when one is relaxed and comfortable is not good enough.
Thanks for good posting!
Good advice. How many people are taking anti-hypertensives due to white coat syndrome. Somewhat simplistic explanation of the role of sodium in the body.
You say to avoid fatty cuts of meat but beef has quite a lot of potassium in it, though obviously it's not as high as the best plant sources. Is your recommendation more rule-of-thumb?
Brad any comment about Chris Hoy that was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer at age 48. How come it wasnt detected eaarlier, can it spread like that without increase of PSA value? Or did he simple not take PSA test?
I started drinking decaffeinated coffee that also helps reduce cortisol
Besides seeing the doctors, which some of us pretty much never do, unless something drastic happens, like a knee surgery, there's giving blood since they always check blood pressure when you do. Last 33 years, that's about the only time I've had mine checked and it's been good enough. I do however keep myself fit. I will say that I don't always completely trust the readings I see then . "White Coat Hypertension", well yes, I've had thoughts along those lines, like maybe I'm nervous to a degree and it effects things.
I have two wrist blood pressure monitors and I typically use both to see if they are accurate. Mine is always low. Just checked and it showed 100/65. I eat a plant based diet and have a low A1C and low body weight.
I use the AKTIIA bracelet to automatically measure my blood pressure several times throughout the day. As far as I know, the readings are supposed to be fairly accurate? Is that true? 🖖🙏
I have my third Aktiia, the first got wet in the pool, the second was lost, the third can not be calibrated after a months long intermission. Precision depends on individual physiques, tests say probably less than 5mm diversion.
@@HansGrob Mine has worked very well so far. I have also taken a few comparative measurements with an OMRON device. These were also okay - my impression is that the values from the AKTIIA are generally somewhat lower…
@@SebastianNiemann You have to distinguish between the calibration measurement and the extrapolated values. I have argued in my error report to them that it's no good idea to have to use their connected meter instead of an ordinary meter, because it creates more system complexity and possibly less precision, because a professional meter is most often more precise. But the point is that with such a quasi permanent measurement, events in the night can be detected quite well.
@@HansGrob Thank you very much! Exactly - that's why I bought the device. To have an overview of the development and to see if there are any hidden blood pressure spikes.
@@SebastianNiemann Nonetheless, the medical establishment will as ususal need 15 years until it will finally adhere to this relatively cheap, useful solution. In addition, I wear regularly while sleeping an Oximeter, from Viatom, made in China, which is better in terms of comfort than those in use in the clinics. My ORL doctor offered me to lend his oximeter, which I declined, of course of the cost which is higher than the buy of such a device. My GP laughed about my assertion that mine is better. If we look at the history of medecine, it seems that not much has changed.
The thumbnail is honestly hilarious
"Hey guys I don't know if you've ever heard about this "dying" thing, but you probably want to avoid it"
ying/ yang appears in everything. high blood pressure is an imbalance between sodium/potassium. greens/fruits. raisins dried apricots avocado coconut water works real well for my mom. so if you cant cut down sodium try up the potassium also box breathing stress really raises blood pressure
That is not the only cause of hypertension 🙄
@@gazorpazorp9798 agreed, but i would start there for most people it will help
We also forgot that not cleaning our mouth stop produce so much nitric oxide that regulate your body blood pressure , plus bad oral hygiene causes your body to stress unconsciously while trying to eliminate the bad bacteria that's causing inflammation while your sleeping or while you awake so it puts you on this oxidative stress which is you are not aware of it could be daily exposure to toxins , inflammation from certain foods , but I think it all starts from the mouth cause it produces so many things that helps the gut do its work properly............. I think u got the my point or u can search more about it
A device which measures blood pressure without any sort of cuff would be a WONDERFUL MIRACLE that would make its inventor extremely wealthy.
My doctor put me on a low-grade diuretic to help flush, potassium and sodium out of my kidneys, if we need potassium and I’m flushing potassium how’s that beneficial?
Many people have far more success lowering blood pressure when they improve insulin levels and signalling.
already beat the life expectancy. blood pressure has been high for 40 years, meds don't do much to control it. had a quintuple bypass 30 years ago which I attribute to the standard american diet.
8:07 Don't flare your elbows out so far when you do push ups like they did in these examples. Elbows should be by your side to keep your shoulders healthy.
I have this condition and I didn't had any symptom and I had really high blood pressure. Now I have medication and do everything I can to have a better health.
Diet and lifestyle is key
@@TheFrewah Yes but when you have a condition it's not enough.
@@superyouinc4033 True and I’m happy to hear that you understand how important these are. Type 2 diabetes for instance is a lifestyle disease, it doesn’t run in your family, yet many people don’t seem to understand this. The only thing that runs in the family is shared lifestyle
Exercise snacks how adorable omg
Nothing new here but worth repeating as high BP is a very serious issue indeed. I'd minimize the chicken/ eggs as most animals are fed pellets and not raised on natural diet. Same for fish. I'd stick with sardines and wild caught salmon. The farm raise fish is basically junk pulled out of a sewer.
It's surprising how little information is paid to blood pressure and endothelium health given its huge impact on longevity.
Just add 0.5 tsp of potassium citrate to a cup of water 1-2 times per day. I don't understand why people don't do this.
What is this? Where so I buy this? Pharmacy or supermarket?
@@jenxsj3902 I get mine on Amazon, $10 for 12 oz, lasts for months. You want the powder, not the capsules (dose in capsules is too low).
Potassium is wonderful. The blood pressure lowering effect is why I included a fairly high amount of it in MicroVitamin
@@DrBradStanfield Plant based diet doesn't provide enough of potassium? There are many products with lots of salt, so high sodium intake is a issue?
@@RynaxAlien Dont know about that, im plant based with Chronometer showing I take 6000mg of Potassium per day. I only eat whole food and lots of beans and legumes .... 120g of plant protein per day. Cutting down last few months to 100g.
is there any utility to _additionally_ measure bp during the day when there's caffeine in my system, just after or before eating etc?
So what the data says about sodium consumption on people with congenitally low blood pressure? I've tried to cut back on salt on my diet, but I started getting some 90/50 or even 80/50 blood pressure readings (usually felt dizzy at the 80/50 occasions), I also have slightly elevated hematocrit (51%), so lowering my total blood volume seemed like a bad idea, which made me decide to go back to my usual salt consumption and now my BP stays around 100/60 to 110/70. Low blood pressure is common in my family, so I guess that is most likely the explanation, but I'm curious as to wether it is fine for me to keep my sodium consumption above the recomended dose or if I should still try to stick to the half teaspoon guideline anyway for other potential risks associated with higher sodium intake.
EDIT: Most of my near family members who died from old age died after 90, many after 95 though. Maybe that tendency to have very low blood pressure has something to do with it =).
I get my BP checked 2x a week at the plazma donation center. If i ask, they will give me a printout of the last 6 months.
Elbows should be in, not out, when doing a push up.
Aren´t there confounding factors in play here? Are there any studies comparing elderly with moderately high blood pressure( which earlier were regarded as within normal age frames N.B) without symtoms and with HIGH QUALITY LIFE STYLE ASPECTS, comparing them with others (for sure dominating as health quality at least among americans has been detoriated duing last 1-2 decades or not?) with low such quality and various comorbidites, above all metabolic . Do they both really has the same CVD and ACM risks? I do doubt that! Please Dr Stanfield present such comparing studies and such clarification will enhance our understanding!
Love your channel Dr. Brad. My BP goes up when I see you ❤.
What about heart salt
A balance of sodium and potassium which you can use as much as you like
Iam a personal and Many of my clients have high blood pressure, which is why I study it a lot. By the way, a new study presented in London says that 120 by 80 is no longer considered normal.did you know doc?
As a personal trainer, I know that there are more specific exercises for high blood pressure.
My potassium is 4.9 as it is so I can't take supplements. Guess that is not the reason for my slightly higher BP (usually 130s over 70s after I rest a few minutes)
What advice for ckd
"The silent killer". Good name!
Low sodium isn't healthy either, high sodium is the problem. Optimal sodium should be the goal. Too little is bad, and too high is bad. There is a sweet spot.
How do you find it?
Though not scientists (or at least current, practising) people like Dave Asprey and Rob Wolf are definitely for decent quantities of sodium, but in the context of additional potassium and clean diets.
Is it possible it's just the diet rather than the salt that's a danger (ditto with saturated fat)?
You're right of course. But I think most people generally get more than enough from modern diets, that's why reducing sodium is emphasized.
Doctors offices are too casual when taking blood pressure so accuracy suffers.
You need to be sitting rested/relaxed for 5 minutes before taking blood pressure.
You should not have just had coffee or caffeine in the past hour.
You need to not talk or move while it is being taken.
You should not have to go to the restroom. Holding your urine to relieve yourself will raise your blood pressure.
Your blood pressure changes thru out the day and is impacted by stress levels.
It is best to take your blood pressure at home at the same time every day under controlled circumstances and track the results.
Too many people have white coat hypertension just from going to the doctors office.
Those with hypertension should be encouraged to address this with life style changes along with medication if that does not work.
Doctors offices should tell people that lowering their weight thru diet and exercise may have the same result or better than medications.
Nutrition and exercise education should be the first option in treatment.
Yay I have my own blood pressure monitor. I want to get a defibrillator too but that's more of a hefty investment. Plus I live alone so i'd have to run outside with it or something ...
Odd sounding audio.
Glad that you have said it. I thought it was just me.
Why would low sugar as recommended by DASH lower BP?
Because sugar or rather glucose in the bloodstream attracts water molecules so increases the fluid and pressure in the blood vessels.
I have no problems with the majority of these pointers, however that second one is extremely hard for people like myself who hates cooking with a passion! The sole reason why I work is so I DON'T have to cook.
To me its like doing something painful muriple times a because if I don't I'll die. I mean when I say I hate cooking, I'm not being lazy or constraint with time. If eating wasn't required for survival, I'd actively avoid it. I mean take something you cannot stand doing and imagine you have to do it regardless mutiple times a day.
Sure I don't eat to I'm bursting. When my body says it's full, I stop regardless if there's more food on my plate.
Sure I no longer add salt or sugar to any meals I eat (why i stopped eating cereal is because the sugar was the mass the milk taste...I don't like the taste of milk) But I'm aware foods have to have sodium built in as a preservative.
I guess the best thing I can do is try to find low sodium processed foods.
If I have to eliminate all processed foods then whats the point? I may as well eat for the taste not worry about the consequences since I'm unfortunately stuck as a FA (Forever Alone) and I have no reason.
I'm only trying to maintain my health condition before I hit 32. (I virtually never got sick)
I exersice because it makes me feel better mentally.
I take multivitamins because I'm aware what I eat isn't optimal.
So while I'm already doing all of these steps (besides 2) I'll be adding mutiple higher higher quality blood pressure testers to my routine.
(My blood pressure tends to be around 107/75)
Happened to me. I thought I was Mr. Cool, nothing phase me Except my Dr. white coat.
Why does the DASH diet want low fatty meat?
People don’t do it because they don’t know it.
I already cut sugar out of my diet. Looks like salt is next.
Good on ya Brad !
You completley missed micro capillary damage in the brain due to high blood pressure and pressure range.
The Brain Protection Company in Australia has focused in this area.
One of your female applicants (my wife) who has a PhD in biomedical area of blood related technology, and over 3 decades of biomedical experience never even received acknowledgement for your script writing position application. She put significant effort in her application to you.
Result ? Pfft, not even a sausage of a thanks for at least trying. Good on ya Brad. Go through the resumes sent to you. You'll work out who it is.
Responding to you here on her behalf (she is unaware), as you don't respond in email, even when you elicited first response.
Now that's a silent killer! 😊
I've seen many times the morons that state, I'll take hypertension over blood pressure medications. Well, all I have to say to that is tell me that after you have your future crippling stroke, or heart attack, if you survive either. I get tired of hearing, sides effects, side effects! Well, you know what has guaranteed, not just possible side effects? The answer is hypertension.
Waw, what a discovery ! 🤣
I live in Wellington but now i wanna live in Auckland so you can be my Doc, Doc.
Some of the best health content on youtube! ❤
Another great video, Dr. Stanfield - thank you! But I always wonder about potassium. Do these studies on the effects of high sodium ever include data on potassium? Sodium and potassium work together, but no one ever talks about low potassium, and pretty much every source I look up states that people are chronically low in potassium. Maybe instead of focusing solely on lowering sodium, it would be more nutritionally balanced to work on increasing potassium while *moderating* sodium. What are you thoughts on this?
A diet rich in potassium-containing foods is essential. I go through this in the final third of the video :-)
My resting blood pressure is 100 - 120 over 50 - 65 (I have an omron 7361, readings match the cardiac unit's machine that I was hooked up to) , resting heart rate 48 - 55, BMI 23, non-smoker, normal HbA1c. Go tramping, have a moderately active job, reasonable, varied diet. No family history of heart disease or hypertension, or any other vascular issues.
Yet I had a STEMI and now have three stents in my LAD artery. I had covid twice a couple of years ago, and all the vaccinations.
I reversed hypertension simply by eating a very meat heavy, keto diet. It lowered my insulin levels, which in turn lowered my blood pressure. I've been eating keto consistently for over 5 years because I don't want to go back to being sick. I now consume over 4,000 mg sodium daily, and my blood pressure remains at a normal level.
how are your bowel movements 😅 do you shit once a week and how is your body odor? 😮
@@earthwombat , hello! TMI, but since you asked: I consistently have a single, small, normal (not too soft and not too hard), very easy to pass bowel movement daily. Because all of the foods that I eat now are highly bioavailable and absorbable, there's very little waste. My digestion and bowel movements have actually improved very much on this diet.
I no longer eat sugar, starches, ultra-processed foods, garlic, onions, or asparagus. Therefore, my body odor and stool odor are significantly reduced and minimized. I no longer burp or pass gas because acid reflux, gas, and bloating are gone for the first time in my life. Although I've always brushed and flossed daily, and visited my dentist twice a year, my dental health has significantly improved on this diet as well, so no more bad breath in the morning or any other time of day.
I am not the only one. Thousands of people following this or a similar very low-carb diet have experienced the same results. Much of this is well documented in the medical literature.
This isn't a fad diet or "Internet keto." This is a well formulated, science-based, whole foods keto diet, prescribed and supervised by a mainstream MD. Look up Dr. Eric Westman, professor of medicine at Duke University. Dr. Westman has a Master’s Degree in clinical research, with over 90 peer-reviewed publications to his name. He has helped thousands of his patients reverse metabolic disorders and diseases for over 20 years in his keto clinic at Duke University.
I hope this helps answer your questions. Have a great day!
eating higher sodium only really works for you because you're in ketosis and pee out a lot of salt(s), for the average diet with carbs in it 4000mg is going to be too much
@@landoishisname, hi! It's not because I'm in ketosis, but because my insulin levels are now normal. Chronic high insulin levels can cause the kidneys to hold excess sodium. This in turn can cause hypertension. Lowering insulin back to normal levels by any means, keto or not, will cause the kidneys to release all that excess sodium and likely reverse hypertension, as was the case with me and has been for many other people.
No matter a person's diet, if their insulin levels are normal, then their daily sodium requirements will be higher than that of a person with chronic high insulin levels. For people with chronic high insulin levels and hypertension, blood pressure lowering medications and cutting sodium will not fix the root cause of the problem. Lowering their insulin levels will fix the problem for good, unless their hypertension is caused by something else such as chronic stress, drug abuse, etc. No matter, lowering insulin to normal levels is always a good thing as chronic high insulin levels will lead to all kinds of health problems down the road.
For healthy, very active people training outdoors in the heat, 4,000 mg sodium is nothing. They likely consume even higher amounts than that. How much sodium is too much is relative, depending on a number of factors. I supplement 2,000 mg sodium, and the rest comes from sodium naturally occurring in whole foods plus added salt to taste.
I lift weights at least four days per week and walk briskly on an inclined treadmill almost daily. I've been exercising consistently for decades, and I have suffered from hypertension just as long. It wasn't until I started keto 5 years ago that I was finally able to reverse hypertension, and it took only months to reverse it.
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Salt comes in different forms. Rock salt and sea salt are not as bad for BP as table salt. And the effect is only temporary.
Anytime man strips away something into its unnatural state same with sugar, we have a problem.
I just eat a well planned, whole plant diet. At 53 I have perfect blood pressure and low normal cholesterol and high normal testosterone. 23 years on this diet. Unfortunately some of my friends my age are starting to have issues with cholesterol and blood pressure. No meds needed, just feed the frugivore body what it wants.
Be very careful about salt.
Yes, stop eating processed foods, yes stop using worthless table salt, BUT DO use real salt, the kind with minerals still in it.
I stopped processed foods and didn't change any other salt habits and ended up with dangerously low sodium. The doctor prescribed 1 teaspoon of salt per day, in addition to what I put on my food.
If you need to mess with your salt intake, do it with a doctor who knows what is real and will monitor your blood. Too little salt is just as bad as too much.
Also, if you have a diagnosis of CHF, do what your doctor says.
Please don't just stop eating salt. Do use salt that hasn't been stripped of minerals.
I completely disagree with lower sodium and the DASH diet. I've been following a low carb diet for 7 1/2 years. I eat a lot of green leafy and cruciferous vegetables, some fat and protein, zero grains, zero starches, zero sugars, and zero processed food. I don't lower my sodium intake because the vegetables dramatically increase my potassium levels, which balance sodium. I've lowered my a1c to 5.2, blood pressure to 105/70, and heart rate from 80 to 65 bpm. I also lost 35 pounds, and have kept it off.
I learned this diet from several doctors who have shared peer reviewed studies, clinical experience, and personal improvements in their own health. Lean is useless, leaving me hungry and craving sweets. Red meat, which the DASH diet unfairly blames for heart disease, is actually one of the healthiest foods ever grown. Your advice, and that of the American Heart Association, is outdated and incorrect. The only thing you've stated correctly is to get rid of all processed food, including alcohol. As for exercise, do HIIT.
Telling people to lose weight with the DASH diet is like telling us to just starve our way thin. People gain the weight back, and often gain more. Weight loss cannot be maintained on a low fat diet. No one can get there by suffering and blaming themselves while using a high carb diet that causes insulin spikes and hunger all day long. It's simply too miserable.
66yo, I take a small 8mg candesartan to keep BP around 112/60 [unmedicated 130/80]. I use a $150 home Welch Allyn (same brand as docs use). I calibrate it yearly at cardiologists. Oddly. regular GP "nurses" take BP with a cuff and a stethascope and their measurements are crazy - like 112/95 - I took my cuff along after their "manual" measurement and the Welch Allyn was 112/60 (exactly as expected). So - moral - don't trust nurses with stethascopes.
My working assumption is that the less work ones heart does the longer you'll live. I like a resting pulse around 45.
I'm plant based and also take a 5mg rosuvastatin and 10mg ezetimibe to keep lDLC around 35mg/dl (1mmol/L) to keep arteries pliable and elastic.
TAURINE...helped me.. a LOT with border line BP last years I was always 130/138 sometimes 145 ...70/80 and when misured in a medical office it spikes...at home i f i'll breath calmly slowly drop til 120 /75.. Started 5 gr day Taurine ...now it is 115/65 and most of the time and when High is 125 /75...
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SALT DOES NOT RAISE BLOOD PERSSURE FOR PEOPLE WITH HEALTHY KIDNEYS
Please don't mislead or cajole viewers with vague video titles. Say BP!!!
Nothings misleading about the statement. Do some research and you will understand what that years mentioned relates to BP.
Not a misleading video title at all. If you understand BP.
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With all due respect Doctor, I’m surprised you’re suggesting people buy a home blood pressure device based on one of your patients with ‘white coat hypertension’. This one instance is not a good reason to recommend everyone buy a home blood pressure device. It’s actually absurd. Also, to recommend everything in the DASH diet is also irresponsible. ‘Low-fat dairy’? And a few other foods are not really healthy. This video is largely disappointing.
Looks like the best way to reduce blood pressure:-
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no nachos , no salt , crap food , exercise-meh, no beer, loose wieght-meh, fucking peas.
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Nah, just move around a bit now and then and don't be too fat, some people are genetic hyper-responders to salt, so they must keep intake low, but for most people salt intake it doesn't make a big difference to blood pressure. I was on BP medication in high school, but years later I have normal without medication. My diet is the least restrictive it's ever been, I eat anything but I keep a healthy weight and exercise which I enjoy and it keeps me strong and pain-free. Ignore people telling you to avoid nachos and beer, if you don't smoke and don't weigh too much, you're probably fine. Still check blood pressure now and then, do a doctor checkup annually
Just keep on doing what you are doing.
How juvenile! Are you 5 years old?