Beets, fresh or from canned, have too much sugar. Not advised if you’re watching glucose.
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#56
FWIW
Review the paper below, you would get a idea how to replicate the measurments using any food or product.
Effects of a Typical Fast-Food Meal on Arterial Stiffness in Young Adults
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I only eat about 1/2 cup of canned (cooked) beets per day and it contains 4g of sugar.
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#58
And a paper on the equipment used to measure
Pulse Wave Analysis by Applanation Tonometry for the Measurement of Arterial Stiffness
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If there is a good reasonably priced piece of equipment one can get for this it would be helpful. I am thinking that the difference between systolic and diastolic BP gives an indication of arterial stiffness as well.
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RapAdmin
split this topic
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#61
As was posted above on this thread, the equipment/method for arterial stiffness measurements is
applanation tonometry.
From above posting
Equipment and Subject Recruitment
“Applanation tonometry is the hallmark noninvasive method for determining arterial stiffening, which is why I chose to use it for my research. It measures arterial stiffness via pulse wave analysis. A device called a tonometer is placed on the wrist and records the radial (wrist) artery pressure waveform. A formula called the aortic augmentation index (AIx) determines central arterial stiffness based on the tonometer’s measure of the pressure wave in the radial artery”
Also review
How to Measure Arterial Stiffness in Humans
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313132
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#63
There is more than one instrument.
Do not know the cost
Review
The Vicorder device compared with SphygmoCor in the assessment of carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity in patients with peripheral arterial disease
https://www.nature.com/articles/hr2012144
AnUser
#64
They should stay focused and stick to one thing right now, blood pressure. The other things can be measured with other devices. If they do blood pressure right they will become extremely rich, rightfully so. HBP is a terrible killer.
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Sun exposure to skin reduces blood pressure - “Whole body UVA irradiation caused a rapid, significant decrease, lasting up to 60 minutes, in systolic and diastolic blood pressure of healthy volunteers by 11±2% at 30 minutes after UVA exposure”
Opländer, C., et al (2009). Whole body UVA irradiation lowers systemic blood pressure by release of nitric oxide from intracutaneous photolabile nitric oxide derivates. Circulation Research , 105 (10), 1031-1040. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.207019
Summer is your friend as a natural factor lowering blood pressure. I think the nitric oxide expression due to sunshine on skin is the main factor. As well as other means such as eating more veggies with nitrates (beets, arugula, lettuce) from summer gardens. Other sunlight factors include higher vit d levels. Temperature is also aligned with higher or lower blood levels. Cold temperatures cause constricted blood vessels and hence higher blood pressure in winter. People are also more active and exercising in the summer which improves blood pressure.
Nice to think that simple lifestyle factors could eliminate or reduce the need to medicate away this risk factor.
I have been monitoring my BP for a week now, I measured every day 3x, morning, midday and evening. The average seems fine at 115/75. Systolic pressure seems quite constant (113-118) but my diastolic pressure seems to go up and down, from 60-89… quite some measurements above 80. How dangerous is diastolic hypertension? My husband (MD) thinks I am ridiculous about that, that my average is great and MAP as well. He said less salt. But I would not be me if I were not obsess for at least a while 
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Rather than less salt, I have found that the first line of action that works best for me is to increase potassium. This in effect alters the sodium/potassium ratio and basically does the same thing, but you seem like a pretty active guy and so I feel increasing potassium is number one, active people I feel need sodium. Just my two cents
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When it comes to Sodium supplementation I think it is always important to make sure that there is sufficient Potassium. Hence if you are taking NaCl also take at least 1/3 of the quantitiy of KCl. I don’t know of the limitations. It may be better to have similar quantities of NaCl and KCl, but I don’t know.
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LaraPo
#70
It talks about exposure to daily high dose for up to 3 years. What is high dose? If I’m not mistaken, Lasartan was recalled sometime in the past due to contamination. I started taking telmisartan, 20mg/day.
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CTStan
#71
In general, a “high dose” of telmisartan is considered to be a dose that exceeds the maximum recommended dose of 80 mg per day.
Telmisartan is available in several different doses. The most common doses of telmisartan are:
- 20 mg tablets
- 40 mg tablets
- 80 mg tablets
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I have been monitoring my blood pressure recently and it fluctuates so much based on time of day, activity level, perceived stress level, etc. I was listening to an episode of The Drive recently and Attia was talking about the challenges of monitoring blood pressure. I noted that he gets patients to check it 5x per day for 2 weeks. Makes me think about the best BP measuring protocol.
The bottom line is that in one day, I can see readings as high as 127/87 (lunch time) and as low as 107/74 (bed time). That’s a big swing. The truth is that in only happy with one of these numbers.
Curious to understand how other people approach monitoring BP and which results they choose to follow.
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Neo
#73
Finally a good, simple continuous blood pressure monitoring bracelet?
Approved in UK and EU:
FDA approval expected to follow.
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I think that measuring twice daily for a week or two and calculating average and MAP would be sufficient (reavaluating maybe every 6 months or so). If any of single measurements would be in hypertension territory (systolic over 135 and diastolic over 85) one would need to look more into it. But remember measuring BP you need to be seated down for few minutes before and not doing it soon after exercise or when stressed. If stressed is your way of being then you have a problem. 
