HELP: How To Fight Hypertension

[juntzo]

Measure your BP in the morning when it is at the highest and in the late afternoon when it is at the lowest. Get the average of the two measurements.

130/90 can easily be lowered by cardio exercise and diet change. PCRM does not recommend medications for 140/90 and below. Sometimes local doctors here are too eager to prescribe medications that more often than not will give you bad side effects!

quote from the drmcdougall newsletter:

A sustained elevation of blood pressure to 160/100 mmHg or greater over months suggests the need for treatment with medication. A word of caution: If you do start blood pressure-lowering medications, avoid overly aggressive treatment. In general, reducing blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg with medication is not beneficial and actually will increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death. A recent review by the well-respected Cochrane Collaboration concluded with: “Treating patients to lower than standard BP targets, ≤140-160/90-100 mmHg, does not reduce mortality or morbidity.”

[Jun aka Pekto]

Samboy lim, comes to mind, how is he kaya

Never heard of him. Who is he?

[Juan Martinez]

Never heard of him. Who is he?

PBA player in the 80s. they called him "Skywalker" or the likes. one of coach ron jacobs' wards. played with SMB.

it seems that only Mr Big has shown his washboard abs here but it sounds like many are health buffs and rips in this forum. NO PICS=BS.

jack, show yours!

[juntzo]

PBA player in the 80s. they called him "Skywalker" or the likes. one of coach ron jacobs' wards. played with SMB.

it seems that only Mr Big has shown his washboard abs here but it sounds like many are health buffs and rips in this forum. NO PICS=BS.

jack, show yours!

I thought this thread is about how to fight hypertension?

[Juan Martinez]

I thought this thread is about how to fight hypertension?

i thought so too. so?

[MR_BIG18]

NO PICS=BS.

Sir, i prescribe to that notion also, saw that in your post a few times po, no pics=bs

Speaking of samboy, saw him in person a few times, people close to him said it was stress that caused his condition....

[Jun aka Pekto]

it seems that only Mr Big has shown his washboard abs here but it sounds like many are health buffs and rips in this forum. NO PICS=BS.

jack, show yours!

He's probably the only one here with washboard abs. I don't think I have washboard abs. But, I've posted this before.



As for fighting hypertension.......

I like my job. So, hypertension isn't a big problem. It was a problem when I was still in the AF because there were two sides of work I had to deal with, the military side and the actual work. I retired over a decade ago. So now, I only deal with weather. No more AF crap although I get nostalgic every now and then. It's only fair because this country has been good to me. I tend to look back with fondness.

I get seen regularly by the VA. They made recommendations on how to stay healthy which I have followed.

I live in a quiet, uncrowded, clean neighborhood which also happens to have a lot of military retirees. Excellent air quality. Very low traffic area as a whole. I have two gyms I can go to for free or go outdoors once the weather cools down.

There aren't many reasons for me to get hypertension. Maybe when my youngest kid becomes a teen (5 years away).

I'm trying to recall the ways I dealt with stress and hypertension when I was still active duty.......

1. I took breaks to clear my mind.

2. I took leave regularly.

3. I didn't let small problems snowball into bigger ones. I dealt with them right away. I got to the source, asap. No beating around the bush.

4. Exercise helped although it was hard to stick to a routine because I worked 12+ hour shifts and then I had additional duties that were not part of my shift work.

5. I did my best to stick to a healthy diet although it was not always successful. If all we had in the work fridge were microwave burritos or chimichangas, that's what I ate.

6. I cultivated friendly relations with everyone. I was a team player most of the time.

7. I stuck to a schedule although it was open to changes.

8. Separation from family couldn't be avoided and it was always stressful. But, I made the best of the situation and repeated the above wherever I was deployed. I always made friends. I stuck to a routine.

[MR_BIG18]

Measure your BP in the morning when it is at the highest and in the late afternoon when it is at the lowest. Get the average of the two measurements.

130/90 can easily be lowered by cardio exercise and diet change. PCRM does not recommend medications for 140/90 and below. Sometimes local doctors here are too eager to prescribe medications that more often than not will give you bad side effects!

quote from the drmcdougall newsletter:

Sir, your experience is unique to you and your lifestyle, i came from 300lbs with a 200/100 blood pressure....



My method was different and it worked for me, I did the fruit diet, the vegan diet, even the see-food diet( what you see, you eat ), what worked for me was going keto, no carb, just eggs, peanut butter and meat diet, lost around 50lbs doing that, it was sustainable....my blood pressure dropped as the weight went down...without carbs the body focuses on burning fat as energy....this year i stopped doing it and focused on counting calories, i still limit the carbs around 150g a day or 2 cups of rice, my caloric expenditure depends on my output in a day, if i burn 4000 calories, ill force myself to eat 3500 or 3 and a half roasted chicken( sake of comparison) the deficit must be around 500, more than that youll lose strength, btw, if your goal is weight lost and to bring down the bp, it will absolutely work, but it your goal is total body re-composition, that will replace fat to muscle...if you have audible on your phone, download...burn the fat, feed the muscle, its free on amazon if you have an account



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He's probably the only one here with washboard abs. I don't think I have washboard abs. But, I've posted this before.



As for fighting hypertension.......

I like my job. So, hypertension isn't a big problem. It was a problem when I was still in the AF because there were two sides of work I had to deal with, the military side and the actual work. I retired over a decade ago. So now, I only deal with weather. No more AF crap although I get nostalgic every now and then. It's only fair because this country has been good to me. I tend to look back with fondness.

I get seen regularly by the VA. They made recommendations on how to stay healthy which I have followed.

I live in a quiet, uncrowded, clean neighborhood which also happens to have a lot of military retirees. Excellent air quality. Very low traffic area as a whole. I have two gyms I can go to for free or go outdoors once the weather cools down.

There aren't many reasons for me to get hypertension. Maybe when my youngest kid becomes a teen (5 years away).

I'm trying to recall the ways I dealt with stress and hypertension when I was still active duty.......

1. I took breaks to clear my mind.

2. I took leave regularly.

3. I didn't let small problems snowball into bigger ones. I dealt with them right away. I got to the source, asap. No beating around the bush.

4. Exercise helped although it was hard to stick to a routine because I worked 12+ hour shifts and then I had additional duties that were not part of my shift work.

5. I did my best to stick to a healthy diet although it was not always successful. If all we had in the work fridge were microwave burritos or chimichangas, that's what I ate.

6. I cultivated friendly relations with everyone. I was a team player most of the time.

7. I stuck to a schedule although it was open to changes.

8. Separation from family couldn't be avoided and it was always stressful. But, I made the best of the situation and repeated the above wherever I was deployed. I always made friends.

Looking good kuya, i hope i have those legs

[Jun aka Pekto]

Looking good kuya, i hope i have those legs

I wish I had thin, small, "girly" calves and thighs that are more in proportion to my body. I feel like a caveman.

[Juan Martinez]

He's probably the only one here with washboard abs. I don't think I have washboard abs. But, I've posted this before.

Bro, you look like Jack Reacher. [emoji1] Powerful legs are foundation of great physique. You have the same physical structure as bro dreamur!

bro dreamur, you show yours!