I have recently checked my blood pressure and pulse per minute and from what i found out it is above normal.
My blood pressure is ~137 and my resting pulse is 70+.
I eat a bit of everything. But i think i overdose on fast foods lately but not much.
Is "subway" bad for me? They DO put lots of vegetables in those sandwiches so it should be good for me right?
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Tags: Blood Pressure, fast foods, resting pulse, sandwiches, subway, vegetables
You are on the right track. Diet is everything. Try the DASH diet which is short for Dietary Awareness for stopping hypertension. Basically, this is a low-salt diet which restricts salt intake to 2500 mg per day and calorie intake restricted to 2500 calories per day. A lot of people eat that in one sitting. Start by contacting a local hospital dietician. See if they can enroll you in a program for diet control of high blood pressure. After a few years I went on medicine to control the numbers, then two medicines and now after nine years I am taking three medications a day to control high bp. Take it from me all these methods work. My blood pressure is 120/80 and my pulse is 65. To get these good numbers (1) stay under a doctors care (2) watch your diet carefully (3) get plenty of excercise and rest, and (4) follow all of the medications and dietary restrictions.
137 is not the bp what is it over? normal is 120/80.
subways is not good because its not fresh homemade food, its still fast food, depends on the salt in their meals.
cut down on salt, lose weight, excesize, eat more oatmeal seafood & almonds (to lower cholesterol)
Your blood pressure is fine. I don’t know how old you are, but a systolic blood pressure of 137 is absolutely nothing to worry about. Neither is the resting heart rate. They’re fine.
You should start looking into changing your diet now, regardless your age. If you’re older, diet and exercise can greatly reduce high cholesterol and plaque that is forming/has formed in your arteries, and if you’re young, it will keep that plaque from forming in the first place.
There are so many things in fast food that are detrimental to your health. It will affect every part of your body in a negative way. But, as was said above, sodium is a big contributor to hypertension. It’s in all the fast food. Cut down the meats, increase the vegetables and whole grains. EXERCISE!!! Stop smoking.