Indeed. Keys, I believe, did a 17 nation study and threw out the results from ten since they did not come out the way he wanted them to.
With HTN, there are a few of us who believe that it is the reversed K/Na ratio that we ingest now that is reversed BIG time from our paleo ancestors.
I’m pushing the big 50 and every time I go for my ob/gyn appointment the nurse practically hyperventilates when she takes my bp. She usually repeats it 2 or 3 times. She just can’t believe that someone in my age group, not thin, can have a bp of 105/70. It’s usually 95 or 100/70ish when I’m at home or medical kin takes it. ‘White coat’ adds a good 5 or 10 to the top.
I usually tell the nurse that I low carb and that’s why my bp is so good. After a shocked look she then usually proceeds to tell me ‘but that’s not healthy for your heart!’. LOL. W/o realizing the contradictions in front of her face. Indoctrinated in nursing school they are...
Another thing about the butter, cheese (hard cheeses) and meats, particularly organ meats is the vitamin K2 content of those. Big study (Rotterdam study maybe?) that linked consumption of those with lack of aortic stenosis. Cees Vermeer (wonder if he’s kin somehow ancestrally to the artist) is the lead researcher in that particular one IIRC.