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> reducing sodium is the most important thing

That's good to do, but by far the #1 thing for high blood pressure is exercise. A consistent schedule of intense cardio is probably the best single thing you can do for your health in general, and definitely for hypertension.



Interesting recent blog suggesting that salt consumption and blood pressure are uncorrelated [0].

0. https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/crazy-but-like...


It's amazing I started running 3x a week and my blood pressure dropped 25 points (I also lost about 10 lbs)


I was diagnosed with hypertension when I was 30. So I started cardio and diet change and all that.

No difference in my BP. So Fuck all that running nonsense. Granted, n=1.


Exercise is a fantastic idea, and the cardioprotective benefits are doubly important for those of us with hypertension, but it’s probably not going to lower your BP by more than a few points.




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