So the question then becomes, “Does reducing the blood pressure from 180 to 170 actually decrease heart attacks, strokes or reduce total mortality?”
Back when my systolic blood pressure was 155, Valsartan would drop it to 125 - a very unusual amount. Micardis dropped it to 148 (about 5%). The military could get Micardis cheaper, so they gave that to me instead. Nothing quite like government health care!
I could understand taking Valsartan, but figured Micardis wasn’t worth the effort.
The good news was going to Keto and losing a bunch of weight has, eventually, dropped my systolic to the upper 120s without medicine.
Yes! Good for you.
Also, each five grams of soluble fiber added reduces systolic 2.8 mm Hg.