re: Cardiologist putting me on the Dash Diet....

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One of the dumber comments I’ve read in a while. One cigarette or a little alcohol is not going to kill you, obviously, but it’s certainly bad for you. 1 cigarette is worse than 0, 2 is worse than 1, etc.

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Reading comprehension is hard

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Implying that a small amount is not bad for you. One cigarette is absolutely bad for you. Is one going to give you cancer or kill you? No, but it is most certainly bad for you.

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Look up and see if you see the point and where it's going

Your focus is on the wrong thing but that's par for the course as well

Most MDs get maybe 20 minutes of nutrition. The food pyramid is a joke. Remember these ppl said to eat margarine (seed oil) instead of butter and grains, which quickly turn into sugar, instead of eggs.

How are your triglycerides? If high, it’s clogging your blood vessels. Red meat is not the boogeyman, and it’s high in B12, which helps your nitric oxide levels, which relax your blood vessels. B12 is not found in meaningful levels in chicken or the plant kingdom.

I eat mostly eggs, meat and cheese, moderate exercise / weight lifting and try to get good sleep. Mid 50s and no HBP. My dad has taken BP meds as long as I can remember. He eats Cheerios and toast every day and has consumed on his many salads insane amounts of crap salad dressing and peanut butter sandwiches laden with soybean/sunflower seed oil. No Dr ever discusses diet with him, I guess because he is not overweight. They give him a pill instead of addressing the cause.

HBP is no joke. Perhaps for you Dehydration could be a culprit. Only water is water. Not coffee, tea, juice, sparkling water, etc. If you aren’t drinking 64 oz of pure water, try it and see if it helps your BP. Should help relax the blood vessels.

tldr: not a fan of the Dash diet

Best to you in getting the BP to normal range.