Blood Pressure

[Iwant2Grow]

Checked my Bp to day at shoppers .. i had a feeling it was high cause i was sweating more at work outs anyway

ran the test three time

1st time =158/87
2nd=130/86
3= 148/89

now im a little confused because there was so much variance in the numbers?? I suppose there a little high b/c i had to walk 3-4 blocks to get to shoppers to check but seems to me i have high blood pressure ??

when i search around every one recommend Hawthorne berry and q10
but i could find any solid doses

any recommendations on this or other ways to lower it

[tiramisu]

Did your arm fit in the sleeve? I have a tough time finding a drug store bp tester that isn't too tight. Most seem to be designed for 12" arms.

The variation in result might simply be a too tight cuff.

[gingerbreadman]

500mg niacin daily
less than 100g low glycemic carbs/day & around 2,400mgs sodium / day not much more
if on AAS an estrogen blocker like nolvadex or arimadex to reduce bloat

agree w/tiramisu lots of variation there likley due to cuff size

[Iwant2Grow]

Thank you for the responses
i don't know how but i fit my arm in there, it was pretty close lol

im on 500mg test prop a week right now and just started 50mg a day winny about 3 days ago.

[St]

Take 4 grams of Fish oil per day helps,plus a anti-estrogen would help.

[Iwant2Grow]

500mg niacin daily
less than 100g low glycemic carbs/day & around 2,400mgs sodium / day not much more
if on AAS an estrogen blocker like nolvadex or arimadex to reduce bloat

agree w/tiramisu lots of variation there likley due to cuff size

niacin that's a b vitamin right ?


Take 4 grams of Fish oil per day helps,plus a anti-estrogen would help.

thanks i'm adding about 10gs a day to my shakes


what about Hawthorne berry is it any good what about a dose?

[gingerbreadman]

Niacin is Vitamin B3. It will cause "flushing" feeling like you're going through meopause. Taking an aspirin with it will reduce or eliminate the flushing but aspirin nearly killed me I took too much of it so I just split the 500mg niacin into two doses and put up with the flushing

[Iwant2Grow]

Thanks bro im going to run down to the grocery store and pick some up any particular brand etc to look for and you don't suggest any hawthorne berry ?

[gingerbreadman]

Thanks bro im going to run down to the grocery store and pick some up any particular brand etc to look for and you don't suggest any hawthorne berry ?

never heard of it or read of it

[Iwant2Grow]

i was looking for a good study on hawthorn berry and BP but can't find one

[Iwant2Grow]

read this on wiki
would niacin slow fat loss?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niacin

Lipid-modifying effects

In pharmacological doses, niacin has been proven to reverse atherosclerosis by reducing total cholesterol, triglyceride, very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL); and increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL). It has been proposed that niacin has the ability to lower lipoprotein(a), which is beneficial at reducing thrombotic tendency.[15]

Niacin, prescribed in doses between 1000 and 2000 mg two to three times daily,[16] blocks the breakdown of fats in adipose tissue, more specifically the very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), precursor of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol. Because niacin blocks breakdown of fats, it causes a decrease in free fatty acids in the blood and, as a consequence, decreased secretion of VLDL and cholesterol by the liver.[17]

By lowering VLDL levels, niacin also increases the level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol in blood, and therefore it is sometimes prescribed for patients with low HDL, who are also at high risk of a heart attack.[18][19]

The ARBITER 6-HALTS study, reported at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Heart Association and in the New England Journal of Medicine[20] concluded that, when added to statins, 2000 mg/day slow-release niacin was more effective than ezetimibe (Zetia) in reducing carotid intima-media thickness, a marker of atherosclerosis.[21]

As of August 2008[update], a combination of niacin with laropiprant is tested in a clinical trial. Laropiprant reduces facial flushes induced by niacin. [22]

[Memo]

i take 9grams of fish oil + 6 pills of 500mg of hawthorn extract from NOW FOOD and my blood pressure great

[Big D]

i take 9grams of fish oil + 6 pills of 500mg of hawthorn extract from NOW FOOD and my blood pressure great

was your bp high before ?

[O-Train]

The machines at Shoppers won't read properly on arms over about 15''.