Comments by "Miriam Weller" (@miriamweller812) on "Why Blood Pressure is So Important u0026 How to Lower It" video.

Funny enough, it seems that certain exercises like planking and wall sitting are very effective - so exercises where you don't really move at all.
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BP changes all the time and going over 120/80 is no problem at all, those 120/80 is for BP while not doing anything. BP increases when you move when you freeze, when it's too hot, when you are a ill, stressed and so on.
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130/90 isn't that bad.
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@MrClarkKent Differnce in BP starts with your body mass. A taller, bigger person simply needs higher BP by that alone for obvious reason. BP is what your body needs so that all cells are supplied with blood. So obviously, when you are bigger = got more cells and overall more blood vessels and a the blood a longer way to reach all these cells, plus likely being taller, so you also need higher blood pressure to overcome this, well...
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@carrie893 You could swap to potassium salt. Potassium is the counterplayer to sodium and overall extremely important for pretty much everything in your body, because it for example regulates the hydration level of the cells and that from inside. It also leads to lower blood pressure. Overall it's quite hard to eat enough potassium, because you need 4g+ of it every day and while some of it is pretty much everywhere, it's very rarely in high enough dosis that you reach those 4g. Funny enough, chips got high potassium (because potatoes are and chips with most water taken out of them go up to 1,2g per 100g chips). But that's of course not healthy at all, since you would still need over 300g of those to get close to the 4g, what would be the kcal of ~2 Pizzas. Potatoes on their own got ~400mg, what isn't even bad, but well, that's 1kg potatoes, obviosuly also not something you can eat every day. Soja beans are extremely high in potassium and 300g per day would be enough. Overall it's a good question if asians seems to be more healthy because of that, since they got more soja (and fish for omega 3) in their diet.
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@jonathanpierce2743 Yes, stress has a massive influence on blood pressure, too and pretty much everything in your body. Stress is pretty much cellular poison.
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@karthikm7063 That's called white coat syndrom, so it's well known enough that it even got a name.
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@monojhqm I mea, there aer obviously limits, but it's pretty insane to start with that all humans should have the same BP, starting with the obvious problems that humans are different in size (and I'm not talking about overweight here), what alone FORCES the BP to be different. It's pretty inasne how they started to go nuts and throw pills at you for 10-20% difference. That 50%, 100% and alike is an obvious problem, yeah, obviously...
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@Jim-ez9mf It's just stress. Overall such BP is not a problem, BP is constantly higher than those 120/80 for many reasons. Those 120/80 are about when you are not doing anything and you are relaxed. You aren't relaxed when you visit your doctor, that's why your BP is higher, that's a normal reaction, but of course not helpful to get your relaxed BP. High BP doesn't kill you (well, of course there is also a limit), when your resting-BP(!) is already high, that's where the problem starts.
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@frapperaveclaphalangedumajeur Called heart palpitations and in general is harmless on its own, so having them doesn't mean that there must be anythig wrong with you.
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You got normal BP for your age. That's really not a problem. Your wife is likely smaller than you? That alone makes for a difference. BP is needed to supply your cells with blood = the bigger you are (obviously overweight plays a role in that, but so does your body mass in general) the higher your BP must be.
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@H2Toxic562 Hmm, question is if BP is the cause or just a symptome. Also: stress got very strong impact on your BP, so having to deal with these problems alone will stress you and by that raise your BP.
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