Good news! Success story!
My BP is moderate and I do take a medication for it but plan to continue my walking regimen when I get home which does lower it. I have been walking an average of 14,000 steps per day here on holiday in the Netherlands. I will lower salt intake and modify my diet which is high in veggies but it's going to be even higher. No more homemade soups. They need to be salty to taste like anything. I need to reduce portion size, eliminate carbs at each meal, lose weight.. .maybe 30 pounds which I know will lower the BP. My cholesterol is normal. Big Pharma lowered what it deemed 'normal' to such a low number that half of American men 65 - 74 are on statins. It seems that all my friends are on statins.
The documentary on the Nature of Things with Dr. David Suzuki (on YouTube) reveals research by several eminent, Canadian cardiologists that only a man in his forties who has had a heart attack should be on statins. It is especially dangerous for seniors causing muscle weakness and memory loss. Thank God I don't need it but if a doctor told me I did, I would not take it. I just read that 61% of people prescribed statins are non compliant after 3 months.
Pill takers Beware!