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Cutting Back On Alcohol Is Reducing My BP
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:17 am
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:17 am
Damn.
At my annual checkup last month my BP was high. It's always been high, even after dropping 50+lbs, running consistently, and taking a BP med. Doctor recommended upping my dosage and adding a second one to get my numbers in a better range; I was 130+ systolic and high 80s/90s diastolic. I made the bargain of what I can do differently to avoid more medication and alcohol was the compromise.
Three weeks of tracking at home (once when I get up and once after dinner) and changing nothing except my alcohol intake has my numbers in the 120/77-81 range. Great news because it appears alcohol to be the trigger, but that also means I know what change I need to make to avoid more medication and long-term affects from hypertension.
Next up will be tracking how much, what types, and how often I can drink.
At my annual checkup last month my BP was high. It's always been high, even after dropping 50+lbs, running consistently, and taking a BP med. Doctor recommended upping my dosage and adding a second one to get my numbers in a better range; I was 130+ systolic and high 80s/90s diastolic. I made the bargain of what I can do differently to avoid more medication and alcohol was the compromise.
Three weeks of tracking at home (once when I get up and once after dinner) and changing nothing except my alcohol intake has my numbers in the 120/77-81 range. Great news because it appears alcohol to be the trigger, but that also means I know what change I need to make to avoid more medication and long-term affects from hypertension.
Next up will be tracking how much, what types, and how often I can drink.
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Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:19 am to McVick
Glad you’re able to get those numbers down. Hope you stay healthy and stick with it. How often were you drinking?
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:25 am to McVick
Not to sound like one of those holly-roller teetotalers, but yes, it's amazing the positive health benefits you can experience when you stop putting poison in your body. Because there is no getting around the fact that alcohol is a poison to the human body and from the moment you consume it, your body is marshalling the troops to try and fight it.
With that said, drink 'em if you got 'em.
With that said, drink 'em if you got 'em.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 9:57 am to DeafJam73
I'd say 4-5 days a week which probably really means 6, and 2-3 beers or a half bottle of wine or 2 doubles of tequila. There would be some days that the totals would be a bit higher, usually on the weekends if I was watching a sporting event or a trip to a brewery.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 10:32 am to McVick
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Next up will be tracking how much, what types, and how often I can drink
I’ll be that guy: just stop drinking. You gain absolutely nothing tangible from it and it makes you feel like shite in 5000 different ways.
It’s an addictive poison and most people, especially in Louisiana, have been drinking for so long they think they’re just depressed, anxious, have headaches, can’t sleep, get sick a lot, have random health issues, have stomach issues, etc. when it’s really just the poison they ingest every night.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 12:33 pm to Forever
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I’ll be that guy: just stop drinking. You gain absolutely nothing tangible from it and it makes you feel like shite in 5000 different ways.
It’s an addictive poison and most people, especially in Louisiana, have been drinking for so long they think they’re just depressed, anxious, have headaches, can’t sleep, get sick a lot, have random health issues, have stomach issues, etc. when it’s really just the poison they ingest every night.
I'm leaning more in this direction. Since I've been tracking sleep/quality lately it's absurd how bad alcohol affects my sleep. It's like my watch knows when I've been drinking and I can think I had a decent night sleep, but in reality I've slept like shite. Even after "only" 2-3 beers. Shitty sleep = everything you mentioned above.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 1:02 pm to TigeRoots
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I'm leaning more in this direction. Since I've been tracking sleep/quality lately it's absurd how bad alcohol affects my sleep.
Dude, same here. It’s very eye opening IMO. Between the sleep score and body battery feature on my Forerunner 945, I’ve become a little obsessed with it. I often wonder now just how bad my sleep was back in college
Posted on 8/3/21 at 2:38 pm to Walter White
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Dude, same here. It’s very eye opening IMO. Between the sleep score and body battery feature on my Forerunner 945, I’ve become a little obsessed with it.
Yep. It's so damn accurate that I wonder if Garmin is sensing me drinking from a can (moving my wrist) to detect when I've been drinking.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 3:01 pm to jfw3535
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Not to sound like one of those holly-roller teetotalers, but yes, it's amazing the positive health benefits you can experience when you stop putting poison in your body. Because there is no getting around the fact that alcohol is a poison to the human body and from the moment you consume it, your body is marshalling the troops to try and fight it.
You're no teetotaler. I drink squarely in the "moderate" category. 1-3 pours of whiskeys twice a week. I love a good whiskey. One of my goals is to have a theater room stocked with good whiskey where I can watch sports and movies.
But it is a poison. The very very small positives that you get by drinking 1-2 times a week can be achieved by eating some blueberries. There is no reason to drink alcohol other than wanting to drink alcohol. Almost everyone's life would be improved if they stopped putting literal poison in their body.
I don't mind people who drink even to excess, but it does bother me when people won't acknowledge that what they are doing is harmful. It's especially hard to get people to understand this if they drink less than their peers.
Posted on 8/3/21 at 3:27 pm to Odysseus32
Good to hear it’s catching on. Alcohol has never done anyone any favors. I quit 22.5 years ago. Never looked back. I highly recommend it.
Posted on 8/4/21 at 9:13 am to McVick
I'm going to start taking my BP regularly in the AM.
107/80 this morning.
I want to decrease my diastolic pressure so I will look into ways to do it and check back in here regularly with the results.
107/80 this morning.
I want to decrease my diastolic pressure so I will look into ways to do it and check back in here regularly with the results.
This post was edited on 8/4/21 at 9:14 am
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