Blood Pressure: How High is Too High and How Do I Lower it Safely?

So what is the cut off 150 systolic or 140 for those over 60? Confusing.

Blood pressure meds make me feel AWFUL-- I have a long history of chronic illness. I exercise daily, eat well etc etc

i know alcohol thins the blood and thus lower blood pressure. should drink a some everyday

Taking blood pressure over clothing is wrong.

Boring too long

The root cause of high blood pressure is unknown. You're definitely out of balance. Could it be your fasting insulin? Idk.
Could it be man-made process poisons for 30 years? Idk.
Could long-term Pharmaceuticals kill you? Probably.
We're all different not one thing works for everyone.
It's quite the unsolved riddle.

Fo i need to take meds if my bp never goes up or over 120/80. It stays in the low 100’s systolic and below 80 diastolic all the times it’s 90ish over 60’s even 50’s. Do i need to continue meds because i get lightheaded. It was 74/52 yesterday. If i skip i walk 15 miles a day ive lost over 80lbs. I eat right and clean. Do you think i’s safe to come off meds. It never gets high at all.

BP alters all the time and does not stay the same all day.

Stop smacking doc!!

He should add, you can refuse to have your bp checked if conditions are adverse. I always refuse if there’s a lot of noise. And it’s not a little bit complicated. It’s extremely complicated. And in the sprint study we have a 1.5 percent risk difference between 140 and 120. He did give the correct number. A fall is a big deal. He’s right about generalizing from sprint. And if you’re very old, who cares? If you don’t die of heart disease you’ll die from cancer.

You have rude medical assistants and crowded noisy waiting rooms. That can be changed easily. Get rid of the tv. Have a doctor take the bp. He is absolutely right. We over diagnose high bp.

Excellent information

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Thank you Dr. Baron. Very informative and expertly shared. Job well done.

Thank you, Dr. Robert Baron, for this information. My husband has hypertension, I will show him this video too. We are from Estonia, where a very effective remedy for maintaining normal pressure is sold – Kardisel. It is made from natural components. Kardisel purifies the blood, normalizes pressure, and prevents the development of heart diseases. My husband felt much better and easier to live after starting to take Kardisel.

Can you take the prescribed dosage (10mg) in two stages one in the morning and one at night (5mg each)?

How much flax seed oil?

In a lot of ways this guy is depressing to listen to from a patient perspective. Take reducing salt to lower BP for example, he says it CAN be effective but only works for about a third of patients. WOW, not a lot of encouragement there. My doctor told me to monitor my BP at home and this guy says most of the equipment doesn’t work and most people don’t know how to do it effectively anyway. So it won’t help 😢. I prefer to pursue a positive approach to my health, just watching this guy makes me wonder if I even want to live. Imagine having him for a primary physician.

As of 2024: Is the recommendations for African American based on genetics or as a population group? Which genes in anyone correlate towards blood pressure if such a gene has been proven?

Out 34:15 out perform maybe because patients are not compliant with food, exercise/movement, and mental/spiritual calming.
35:56 difficult but not impossible to reduce poor body mass.
37:15 sodium reduction works best by cooking at home = me.
38:25 genetic or cultural food choice?
38:57 DASH: healthy heart.
39:49 30 days of movement.
40:05 coffee not? Almost unbelievable! Maybe the added sugar and toppings added at specialty coffee houses is the real bad with modern coffee consumption?
High salt can be water retention because kidney’s couldn’t offload?
Salt: moderation
Joint national commission, 8th version. Treatment at certain elevation, how low to treat, and how? Randomized: 9 recommendations. 1 of 9, seniors at 150/90. High number diastolic most often now known as danger indicator. 48:46 all fronts by age and community were statistically deemed as okay.
Treatment: water, ccbc, ace inhibitor, angiotensin. Beta blockers proved not so effective by self but maybe evidence based better as 3rd in trio combo. 51:58 misleading ? But is it genetic or cultural? Do studies of African Americans look at lifestyle, food choices and daily habits.
Q: amlodipine as calcium blocker: what does calcium block do for heart or vessels? Does it affect needed calcium in other organs? Nil is not none. Negligible or not tested.

Harm or better, better or none: 50:50 in favor or not.

55:56 nih diabetes, then SPRINT didnt therefore decide to not control to see if its conclusions apply to better care for diabetic. Confusion about the 120/x.
Mayo clinic statin.

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Thanks for this video broadcast! Brilliant. And especially helpful to me at 80 and not wanting to be loaded up with drugs. From your discussion here, I don't. Lifestyle is working fine.

6:23 accuracy of bp measure by professionals.

I would like to know when he measured drugs and non drugs . If he was considering harmful chemicals, dyes, and GMO in americans food source that we buy . I would like to know if study been done could compare our food source with other countries that feed citizens with fresh natural non GMO foods less artificial flavoring preservatives and red 40 such like this ?

You average, out BP if taken different time in a day but if taken several reading at one sitting then take lowest or last one

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A.I. would work well in the medical field.

This guy is a thoroughly indoctrinated incompetent.

When I take my reading a second or third time, its always high so I don't like taking repeated readings...but I will start to so I can get an average.

55:11

I love your presentation. Thank you.

I always have low blood pressure from 90/68 to 112/70 but there was a day in the past that I experienced headache so I took my blood pressure and it was 140/ could not remember the diastolic but I know it was under 80. So I was taken to E. R. I had a follow up with my primary care physician and since then he put me on blood pressure medicine losartan. After taking this losartan for a while I complained of feeling light headed and dizziness always low blood pressure. He told me to half the 25mg. I always have had low blood pressure. Any suggestions. Thanks

All my relatives take blood pressure meds. I was fat and had high blood pressure, but did not take meds. Then I cut cars, lost the fat, and my blood pressre went down. My wife tracks my pressure on a spreadsheet. It has stayed low for 8 years while I eat a lot of meat.

Thanks Dr. Baron for your discussion.

Great lecture straight forward and no gimmicks. Wow thanks

3rd cause of death in the US: Medical errors.

Thanks for this presentation and information on taking blood pressure readings correctly. The latest guidelines were decided by doctors that have financial ties to pharmaceuticals and putting more people on medication. They lowered the bar for profit. My doctor lowered my blood pressure so low trying to meet those guidelines it caused me acute kidney injury.