Just been to my doctors and they have told me I have really high blood pressure. I am booked in next week for ECG and a chat.
Healthy diet was mentioned and I would like to know id someone with same symptoms as me could provide me with a weekly healthy eating plan, ie. breakfast...lunch...dinner menu.
Regards
David
Hi Dave,
I too suffer from very high blood pressure and 6 years ago in June suffered a heart attack, which I was lucky to survive. My BP at rest was around 220/120 then.
I am very fit, cycle over 150 miles per week, eat very healthily, virtually no processed foods, yet have still struggled to keep my BP down.
For the past 5 years I have systematically dropped foods, such as coffee, salt, alcohol, etc. keeping BP record spreadsheet as I go.
By far, my biggest BP influence was alcohol.
It took me a long time to understand the nuances of what was driving my BP up, but essentially my body over reacts when It thinks it needs to preserve fluid. Various triggers, such as alchohol, salt etc. trick my body into producing too much Anti-Diuretic Hormone (ADH). ADH has the job to deliberately reduce blood supply to the outer organs and it does this by constricting the arteries so that the main organs receive the blood supply.
It was only once I had learned to associate my BP with retaining fluid that I finally managed to get control, I now am regularly around 130/75.
I would suggest reading up on ADH and be prepared to look beyond just diet in order to speed up your understanding of what is happening to help you get control of your BP once more
Thank you so much.
I recommend that you watch the film "Forks Over Knives". It will show you that you can clear out your arteries. It is on Netflix, YouTube and a website of the same name. It is about medical dietary research, including a massive study of 800,000 Chinese people. You might find it helpful, I did.
The ideal BP is 120/80. Mine has been as high as 240/140 but went down to 190/100 with treatment in 2016. I still had a mini-stroke in 2017 though. I started a Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) lifestyle in March 2018. My BP is now 120/80.
The ideal cholesterol is below 5. Mine was 6.5 for years, nothing budged it until this diet. It is now 3.7.
My weight was 14.5st and is now 12.5st, the same as when I was in my twenties.
Jimmy thank you, I will be watching it this afternoon.
I have had to tread the 'get healthy NOW' path or else...
With a BMI of 39.2, Type 2 diabetes, a history of hypertension, x1 TIA, sleep apnoea, and looking round in 2015 I was given a social prescription for Slimming World. I lost 6 stone in 12 months some 3.5 years ago. Result!
Since 2016: BMI 23-24. Healthy weight maintained and still using Slimming World to keep me sharp and focused. Cycling 100+ miles a week and now running 5k x 4 times a week. BP lower. Diet controlled T2D, all blood numbers normal range. Life back. Liberated. Energised. I am 65 in 2 weeks and never felt fitter, healthier or been slimmer.
This was right for me. It may not be right for you. Other options are available but done forget, you CAN overcome the crappy health syndrome of multiple long-term conditions if and when you bite the bullet. Good luck.
Thank you
That really is amazing, unfortunately I have been on Naproxen for around 10 years now due to osteo-arthritis. When you mentioned your running and cycling I was quite envious 
but running is out of the question due to knees and ankles, but, I have always cycled a few K a day whilst on holiday, no reason I shouldn't do it at home.
Thanks again.
Am just beginning to understand something, I should have gone back to the doctors on several occasions to have check ups because of the Naproxen I have been taking. Now I am reading about things it says Naproxen can increase blood pressure.
I am at the Doctors for an ecg and more blood tests on Wednesday but have just taken my first Napoxen of the day and also my Amlopidine, which to me now, seems a little stupid.
I shall be asking the doctor this on Wednesday but thought I would share on here also.
Am I over reacting or am I making sense on not wanting to take both tablets ?
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