[cuban leaf]

I’m a little dense, but you are implying your cutting drinking caused your BP to go back to normal. Did you stop completely?

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Yes, completely. And I was getting to the point where I would drink at least one oz of liquor a night, if not two. And I also went to a fairly sedentary (for me) lifestyle when we moved to ky, believe it or not. In Seattle I bicycle commuted every day and did stuff like the 200 mile seattle to portland bike ride in one day every year. I’ve only put my butt in the saddle out here twice in almost three years.

But completely stopping alcohol consumption, with no other lifestyle change, brought my BP to rock solid normal.

[Captainpaintball]

But completely stopping alcohol consumption, with no other lifestyle change, brought my BP to rock solid normal.

Crap! (for me-I am happy for you)

[who knows what evil?]

But completely stopping alcohol consumption, with no other lifestyle change, brought my BP to rock solid normal.

There was another factor...moving from a 'blue state' or a 'blue region' like Soviet Red England to a 'red state/region' can lower your blood pressure, as well. :-)

I expect mine to drop twenty points on both ends when I leave Red Hampshire for Tennessee. The daily feeling of nausea in the pit of my stomach will disappear, as well.