Old reply but telmisartan is strong for me and I have similar issues if I take 40-80. I only take 10 but I may change to just nattokinase as it does similar effects, reduce blood thickness, blood pressure and removes plaque build up. If you use extra virgin olive oil, nattokinase or blood thinners if could cause issues if you take telmisartan as well
Ya u don’t need any meds for BP. Ur on the right track tho with the K2/ nattokinase stuff. Getting enough k2 in ur diet is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system, as well as possibly reverse cardiovascular issues. I’ve heard great things in regards to nattokinase, as far as having concentrated effects that intaking K2 can. Basically sounds like K2 on steroids
As far as maintaining a healthy BP goes, here’s a reply I sent to someone on here. It covers a lot of the things I think are important to maintain a healthy BP, and a lot of the things I personally do to maintain a pretty perfect BP. I’m a nurse, and check my BP all the time since I’m around BP machines daily, and I usually run around 110/70. Here’s the reply I sent to that other guy with the tips
It’s all about doing everything u can to keep ur blood vessels flexible and relaxed. So ya, magnesium is a huge one. I personally use Remag. It’s a high quality liquid magnesium chloride. I put it in my water and sip on it throughout the day. So I’m slowly getting magnesium in my system all day.
-A huge thing when it comes to BP is hydration. I personally only drink mineral water. And then throw in some Celtic sea salt, for extra electrolytes, and the magnesium, every time I open one. So i recommend everyone drink mineral water, with some added electrolytes. That has helped a ton, in regards to keeping my BP in a perfect range
-haven’t messed with high dose vitamin E. It’s usually not good to megadose anything. The body works in a balance system, so usually megadosing something will cause an imbalance somewhere else. For example, vitamin E and vitamin K have an inverse relationship. So too much of one can deplete the other. I do take a vitamin E supplement tho. Barry tan’s Annatto-e supplement. Just one cap per day
-but speaking of vitamin K, K2 is an extremely important vitamin in regards to cardiovascular health and keeping the blood vessels nice and relax. K2 helps guide calcium to the parts of the body that it should go to. Like nails, bones and teeth, for a few examples, opposed to going to arteries where it can increase a persons risk of atherosclerosis (build up plaque in arteries that can cause narrowing of blood vessels) which can result in blood pressure increasing, since the same amount of blood has less space to fit through
-the other main thing is to keep ur fasting insulin levels as low as possible. Aka be as insulin sensitive as possible. Being insulin resistant will make ur blood vessels stiff and brittle, and have a huge impact on BP, obv in a negative way. Anytime cells are insulin resistant, insulin has less of an effect, and blood sugars stay elevated longer in the blood than they should. This does two main things. Sugar in the blood makes the blood thick and sticky. Think of things high in sugar. Honey, syrup, high fructose corn syrup, etc. U want ur blood thin and viscous. The other thing elevated blood sugar in the blood does is turn ur blood vessels hard and brittle. Consequently the blood vessels don’t flex as much, and cause blood pressure to increase. And on a side note, when elevated blood sugar levels cause the blood vessels to become brittle and stiff, they’re subject to crack. Think of an old rubber band. When it’s new, it’s super flexible and stays in one piece. When it’s old and brittle it doesn’t stretch as much, and when u try to stretch it, it causes it to have a bunch of cracks. When this happens in the blood vessels, cholesterol then comes to fill in these cracks, which then cause plaque buildup, which then can cause narrowing of the blood vessels and blockages overtime
-Then u want to decrease inflammation as much as possible. The main offenders are usually pasteurized/ grain fed dairy (basically 99% of dairy people consume/ have access to), gluten and unhealthy fats/ oils.
-there’s obv other things u can do, like optimize sleep, and minimize stress. These will also have huge positive effects on BP when optimized
-but overall, u want to do ur best at optimizing everything I mentioned above. It’s hard to list them in a tiered manner, just because they’re all so important, if optimizing BP is the goal. But I would recommend someone just try to at least implement on recommendation at a time, let it become a habit to do, and then add another recommendation, and so on. And if u need help optimizing ur diet and becoming as insulin sensitive as possible, I can definitely help u out with that as well
-Oh, and ur potassium to sodium ratio is also important. Most people dont get enough potassium. So making sure ur intaking enough potassium everyday will also help decrease water retention, which can help lower blood pressure
