Whatever, they can kiss my beautress. My numbers are 146/96. If I’m higher than that, I’ll take my meds, if lower, no dice. Two reasons, I don’t want my body getting used to low blood pressure because that will cause my arteries to soften up a bit to match (and, I don’t care if people say that’s BS, these clowns still haven’t figured out that carbs cause diabetes...so why the hell should I take them seriously regarding blood pressure). Second, a while ago, probably 15 years, there was a 60 Minutes report on a huge study of people in Sweden (something like 20,000 people), I think they were nurses, and they were followed and tracked for 20 or 30 years. Guess what, the people who lived longest had the highest blood pressure (relatively speaking), those with low blood pressure dropped dead early. No theories were proposed, but results are results.
Hmmm....from your link:
“Rather than 1 in 3 U.S. adults having high blood pressure (32 percent) with the previous definition, the new guidelines will result in nearly half of the U.S. adult population (46 percent) having high blood pressure, or hypertension...The prevalence of high blood pressure is expected to triple among men under age 45, and double among women under 45 according to the report.”