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Type 2 Blood pressure fluctuations

finsit

finsit

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Location
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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Just a quick one. Since i have started managing my BGs, my BP went from 140s/90s to 117/75 range. However, they day i eat outside particularly food cooked in vegetable oils or even small amount of bread, the next day i notice my BP creeping to 128/85. Does such foods affect BP this fast within a matter of hours? I don't see these fluctuations with salt. What are your observations. My target is to keep below 120. Thanks for reading and any help.
 
zamalik said:
Just a quick one. Since i have started managing my BGs, my BP went from 140s/90s to 117/75 range. However, they day i eat outside particularly food cooked in vegetable oils or even small amount of bread, the next day i notice my BP creeping to 128/85. Does such foods affect BP this fast within a matter of hours? I don't see these fluctuations with salt. What are your observations. My target is to keep below 120. Thanks for reading and any help.
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My doc told me to measure at the same time everyday, first thing when I wake. I guess to track under the same consistent conditions. I’m sure my BP is all over the place during the day, mood, stress, meals, exercise etc.
 
LaoDan said:
My doc told me to measure at the same time everyday, first thing when I wake. I guess to track under the same consistent conditions. I’m sure my BP is all over the place during the day, mood, stress, meals, exercise etc.
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Hi @LaoDan that makes sense. Probably i need to stick to a fixed time to understand the readings better. I use my BP readings and of course my BG readings as a measure of how my metabolic health is working. So any changes gives me an alarm that something somewhere is not right. for BGs, its easy to find a culprit (normally the carbs) but for BP, i am unsure if its a lot of pickles or the low quality vegetable oil in a restaurant, or the exercise stress maybe that is why i am keen to understand how other people see their BP readings change with the environmental factors. Now the day before my BP was 128/85, I had a strenuous 10 mile Thames walk with wet feet :) not sure if that can contribute as well?
 
My wife monitors her blood pressure so I decided that whenever she checks hers I will do mine and I have discovered that if she is high mine will be also be higher although mine is nearly always in the normal range and she is in the stage 1 range , Makes me wonder if general air pressure might play a part .
 
I know my doc was interested in my heart rate. I was on medication, but doc pulled it after I lost weight. I still print out two weeks worth of data from my Apple Watch before my visits.
 
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