There is a lot of good advice in the response by "predicable" for all of us dealing with hypertension. I have found that since I changed my primary care doctor, who is more open to discussions, and who suggested I stop taking the Lisinoprol because it made me so dizzy. So now I only take 1 Atenolol 25mg daily. He suggested that under 140/90 is acceptable for a person of my age.

Since then I have been experimenting using pure ginger tea and dried ginger and now have added 2 1/4 tablespoons of pure beet juice (bottled) in the morning during the last couple of days. Yesterday the systolic range was in the 120's most of the day. I don't suggest anyone else try the beet juice and I did a lot of research on the Internet about the latest blind studies results that show positive results in using beet juice for hypertension although there can be some side effects that should be checked out (information on the Internet) before experimenting with beet juice.