About a year ago, I decided to get into shape, and lose some weight. One of the side effects of losing weight and eating healthily was that my blood pressure dropped from around the 140/90 area down to 115/70 and below. During the last year I have done a lot of weight training and aerobic [...]
Low Blood Pressure
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Low blood pressure is given the medical term “Hypotension” (as opposed to hypertension which is high blood pressure). Low blood pressure occurs when the pressure in the blood vessels falls below normal limits. Although different sources have different criteria for low blood pressure, we can assume that anything below 90/60 is low. It is very [...]
Effects of decaffeinated coffee on my blood pressure
August 27, 2008 By 5 Comments
In these experiments, I used an upper arm cuff home blood pressure monitor to measure my blood pressure on an empty stomach, after drinking a large cup of decaffeine coffee. I used a filter coffee machine to prepare a large cup of coffee, made with decaffeinated ground coffee. The process was exactly the same as [...]
Effects of caffeine coffee on my blood pressure
August 27, 2008 By 4 Comments
In these experiments, I used a home blood pressure monitor (upper arm cuff), to measure my blood pressure in the morning, on an empty stomach, after drinking a large cup of caffeine coffee. To prepare for each set of readings, I sat down for 5 minutes before taking the first reading. The coffee used in [...]
Effect of lying down, sitting, and standing on blood pressure.
August 27, 2008 By 13 Comments
In these experiments, I used a home blood pressure monitor (upper arm cuff), to measure my blood pressure in the morning, on an empty stomach. To prepare for each set of readings, I got into position, and waited quietly for 5 minutes before taking the first reading. I then took a minimum of 3 readings [...]
Effects of smoking on blood pressure
August 27, 2008 By 6 Comments
In this blood pressure experiments, I used a home blood pressure monitor (upper arm cuff), to measure my blood pressure before, during and after smoking a large cigar. I took readings every 5 minutes or so, to see if smoking would cause changes to my blood pressure. Incidentally, I am not a doctor. These experiments [...]
Blood pressure variations during the day
August 27, 2008 By 3 Comments
In this first of many blood pressure experiments, I used a home blood pressure monitor (upper arm cuff), to measure my blood pressure during my waking day. The readings were not taken at specific intervals, and I have made no attempt to show on this graph when I ate food, did exercise, drank coffee, or [...]
Recommended Reading
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Further Reading The following books are related to high blood pressure and offer more information on this topic. Your Body’s Many Cries For Water – Dr. F. Batmanghelidj An amazing book which contradicts much of the common advise given to patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses. Dr. Batmanghelidj discovered the powerful healing properties [...]
Hypertension – High Blood Pressure
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Blood pressure is a measure of the outward force exerted by the blood on the arteries in your body. A healthy body has a blood pressure that is just enough to push the blood into all of the smaller blood vessels of your body, called capillaries. Blood pressure is created by a combination of factors [...]
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