Blood pressure - My Doctor is a putz.

Dr. Roizen if fairly well renowned, and you'll probably hear more from
him shortly (I think he's just released a new book).

He's the author of "Real Age - Are You As Young As You Can Be?"
Published 1999, HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-019134-1

The book is defenitely worth checking out:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...431908-0883235

The 'number of years' that various risk factors and indicators add or
take away from you life is a little 'gimicky' IMHO.

Seems now-a-days that you have to have some sort of gimick to sell a
health book. They just aren't 'sexy' enough to sell on their own.

But apart from that, the book does a great job 'prioritizing' which
things affect your health the most and least (for both better and
worse) and gives good tips on how to reduce risk, and improve health.

There is a Real Age website: http://www.realage.com/

As well as an electronic newsletter you can sign up for if you like.

Blood pressure is one of the bigest health indicators.

Some excerpts:
"Preventing arterial aging is the most important thing you can do to
reduce your RealAge..."

"The most important marker for arterial aging is blood pressure. By
keeping your blood pressure at the ideal level of 115/76, you can make
your RealAge as much as 10 years younger than if your blood pressure
were at the national median of 129/86"

"Atherosclerosis... is the second leading cause of arterial aging,
just behind high blood pressure"

"Nothing ages you faster than mistreating your heart and arteries"

"Blood pressure readings are measurements of the overall health and
wellbeing of our heart and arteries"

"89% of Americans have blood pressure higher than the ideal for
preventing again - 115/76"

"Nearly a quarter of all Americans (58 million) have blood pressure
above the American Hearth Association's danger zone of 140/90"

"The ideal blood pressure for maintaining youth and vigor is 115/76"



On 22 Jan 2005 03:57:08 GMT, Ignoramus13187
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:51:15 GMT, Renegade5 wrote:
What do you guys think about blood pressure of 115-125/70-75. 33 year
old male. The top number sometimes goes a bit over 120, which is too much
according to guidelines.

According to Dr. Michael Roizen (author of the 'Real Age' series)
that's about optimal. Congratulations! :-)


Thanks. Do you have some references to this Doctor's writings?

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"Ignoramus22756" wrote in
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Thanks. The website said that my real age is 3 years younger,
which I
have hard times believing.

It's a lifestyle monitor and does have a kook element. Eating right
makes you about seven years younger providing one is the correct
weight and one does exercise. One can tweak their system to show
oneself as much as eleven years younger than one's chronological
age. I have a friend who is a fitness fanatic and she consistently
shows up at eleven years younger. I suspect that Chris might, too.
I actually show up as older.

Moira, the Faerie Godmother