I question the extent to which higher blood pressure BY ITSELF induces heart problems. Many with high blood pressure ALSO eat tons of garbage and don’t exercise. Blood pressure caused by plaque and calcification of arteries is one thing. Blood pressure as a result of chronic pain (or a larger heart, or some other cause) MAY not have any effect on heart problems. But since higher blood pressure for some causes IS harmful, that gets lumped in statistically with higher blood pressure from other reasons.
Seems very simplistic to argue as some do that systolic blood pressure of 130, for example, is too high.
“Many with high blood pressure ALSO eat tons of garbage and don’t exercise.”
Some people, like me, had extremely high blood pressure despite working out and jogging 5-6 days a week and eating a pretty damned strict Atkins diet, and still have a heart attack/cardiac arrest. What caused it? Genetics. My father died of a heart attack a year younger than I was when I had mine. Genetics are very under rated for health problems.