[mianos]

I have a good diet, do lots of exercise (ride 16-20 ks every day, weights 2-3 times a week), don't smoke (never have), hardly drink (a beer every few weeks), thin (mid BMI), not skinny, not fat and have high blood pressure.

It's a bad vibe that I have to take pill every morning. If there was some way to avoid it I would. If I stop my high goes up to 180.

What's the root cause? Born that way?

[more_corn]

Do your hands and feet swell? If so, try drastically cutting your salt (20% of DVA) for a few days and test your pressure again. Salt sensitivity is real.

[mianos]

Yes. It's actually not as simple as it sounds and involved preparing all my own meals. This said. A bottle of salt lasts a long long at home. Eating out is a quick way to get 100% of your DVA in one meal.

Disappointingly, it made no difference to my blood pressure over at least a month.

What it did do is reset my taste for salt. Any outside food tasted so salty at first it was yucky. That wore off after a while.

There is one thing that seems to make a difference and that is consciously drinking a lot of water. This lowers by BP but it has other affects I don't like.