How To Lower Blood Pressure | Dr. Steve Lome | The Exam Room Podcast

[@rfon3158]

Dr Lome is always interesting. I hope he will be a guest more often.

[@DrStevenLome]

Thank you for having me on again!!!

[@crystal5195]

love all your information. thank you.

[@JuanitaNance]

HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR EXAMROOMIES & Chuck, Dr. Lome. Txs for the VERY IMFORMATIVE interview, I didn't know alcohol was 2nd in increasing blood pressure,

[@KJSvitko]

Doctors offices are too casual when taking blood pressure so accuracy suffers. You need to be sitting rested/relaxed for 5 minutes before taking blood pressure. You should not have just had coffee or caffeine in the past hour. You need to not talk or move while it is being taken. You should not have to go to the restroom. Holding your urine to relieve yourself will raise your blood pressure. Your blood pressure changes thru out the day and is impacted by stress levels. It is best to take your blood pressure at home at the same time every day under controlled circumstances and track the results. Too many people have white coat hypertension just from going to the doctors office. Those with hypertension should be encouraged to address this with life style changes along with medication if that does not work. Doctors offices should tell people that lowering their weight thru diet and exercise may have the same result or better than medications. Nutrition and exercise education should be the first option in treatment.

[@peterz53]

Yes, I rarely have my BP taken properly at visit. I take it home. Usually twice in a row.

[@samuel97ification]

Guys, I am 5.6 and 111 lb. But still diagnosed with HBP. I am not a smoker, I do not drink alcohol, My cholesterol is normal. When I started eating fruits, and grains, my blood pressure started going through the roof!!! Now, I eat only vegetables, fish, chicken, beef, cheese and eggs. Currently, my pressure is getting down. In my case, it is the fruits and grains that elevate my pressure!! Regarding salt, when I stopped consuming salt, I was suffering from fatigue and lack of energy. As soon as I started adding about 500 - 600 mg of salt daily, I was full of energy!! Before I was diagnosed with HBP, I was mostly eating fruits, vegetables, and grains!! Please remember the guys who are carbohydrate intolerant when you say vegan diet is good for HBP!!

[@peterz53]

Get your own BP cuff for home use and learn how to use it properly. Take it multiple times a day to learn your numbers. If you get an odd result take it again twice. You should be able to get below 120/80 with lifestyle. Eat plenty of nitrate containing greens. Walk breaks throughout the day.

[@pete49327]

Coffee? Two cups in the morning. I've read it will boost bp a few points but transient, bp recovers soon after first cup. Also read coffee's effect on bp diminishes for users who consume regularly, i.e. bp increase initially most noticeable for people who rarely drink it.

[@fabic1567]

Hello Chuck! Happy New Year 🤗. I have a question; can this video be seen in other languages? My parents who live in Brasil need to see this but they don't speak English 😔.

[@lisengel2498]

Very easy and basic message - avoid the harmfull -super processed products and animal products and alcohol - go for organic whole plant foods in a variety of forms - dont mesure your blod pressure just After drinking caffeine 🎵🍀🎶💚😊

[@jakobw135]

What if you're normal weight, eating a whole plant-based diet, and the blood pressure is still high - now what?

[@irradiated_woman8016]

Not a physician here but is your data all from office visits or do you also take your BP at home? I'm like you-healthy weight, plant based-when I have an office visit my systolic is consistently 140s-160s and diastolic in the 90s. At home or even when I take it myself at work it's consistently 100-120 sys and 60-75 dia! That "white coat syndrome" is real. Funny enough, I don't even feel particularly anxious when I have an office visit... My body is telling a different story though? If you aren't already, get yourself means to check at home and keep a log for at least 2 weeks where you measure under optimal conditions for accuracy. Sitting quietly, rested (ie not right after a workout), feet flat on the floor, arm level with your heart, all that. Bring your data to your next visit and see what they think.

[@jakobw135]

@irradiated_woman8016 The person in question has his own blood pressure device and a measuring routine at home under different conditions. It's still on the HIGH side - regardless.

[@betzib8021]

That's me....I don't touch salt or fats either. And I exercise. Systolic easily at 150

[@jakobw135]

@@betzib8021 Could it be AGGRAVATION?

[@irradiated_woman8016]

@@jakobw135 bummer, how unlucky! If I were in that situation, I'd go all-out and try a Kemper style rice/fruit diet for a week or two and continue to track BP. Hopefully he has been able to rule out potential causes of secondary hypertension like pheochromocytoma (rare, but I've met a few so it comes to mind), renin-disrupting kidney diseases, Cushing's disease, thyroid or parathyroid dysfunction and so on...

[@Clark-i9o]

I would like you to interview Kevin Trudeau he was criticized in the early 2000 for his book. Everything in his book is what you guys talk about the only difference he was not vegan, but he was spot on.

[@falsificationism]

Why don't we consider meat and dairy "highly processed" foods?

[@KJSvitko]

Processed food manufacturers need to hear from consumers that less ADDED chemicals, sugar, oil and salt is wanted in their food products. Why is there so much ADDED sugar in everything, even bread. That's just crazy Email, text, tweet or phone your favorite producer of poison and let them know consumers want less salt, oils and sugars in their products. Let their customer service department know that all the extra added salt, oil and sugar is not necessary or desired and is causing health issues. Reduce or eliminate highly processed food from your diet if you can. Go vegan for your health, whole food plant based. Go vegan for the animals. Go vegan for the planet. Go vegan and be healthier and happier. A lower risk of heart disease and cancer for you and a better planet for everyone, human and animals. Eating healthy is not a diet it is a healthy life style. Go out and look around. The vast majority of people you see are obese or al least over weight. People do not need to be fat shamed BUT being over weight is not healthy and leads to a host of illnesses. When you look around you can see all the unhealthy people without taking a blood test or a fitness test "NORMAL" for the average American is "UNHEALTHY" The health of society is in decline.

[@greenlady43]

My husband takes bp meds…and always lords it over me that his bp is better than mine. I eat mostly wfpb….hes a carnivore. Each individual is different

[@betzib8021]

This is 20:48 nonsense. I have had very hbp for years. I have always eaten mostly wfpb diet. I did eat nonfat yogurt. I never have eaten salt unless it was in mustard or plant milk..all foods i bought had one ingredient...except for mudtsrd and almond milk. 20 years ago when i learned dairy was bad and found out i had hbp i dropped yogurt and added one handful of nuts. Years later...bp still high ( systolic easily 150 or greater) and i had developed athersclerosis and calcified aorta..which causes higher systolic pressure and lower diastolic pressure. I developed afib. I guess my bp damaged my arteries bec my tc was never above 148. My ldl has always been 70. I don t drink. I have very little caffeine. I am skinny. I dont eat sugar. Exercise has not lowered it...all this and i take 80mgs of ARB. Dropping nuts and seeds did regress some plaque ...but bp still very high. And...i never ever ate oil.

[@Kayte...]

This is interesting. To never have had salt or oil is incredible unless you parents didn't permit it and then to continue into adulthood without it is truly amazing. And no sugar. Not many people 40 yrs ago were eating no SOS. Vegan and vegetarian yes, but excluding SOS must have been difficult with prevailing choices then even if they were healthier than today.

[@betzib8021]

@Kayte... well...when I said never I was referring to my adult years when I made my own choices. I should not have said NEVER. You are right. I should have said for the last 40 years. I guess it seems like never....I'm sure that before that I trashed out like everyone else.

[@HarlemGreatest]

This was useless rambling garbage

[@DC-pp8xf]

The same could probably be said about you. 😒