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Why won't my diastolic pressure go down?

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marina95523
marina95523

Hello,

I have been dealing with HBP for the last five months. I am a 53 year old healthy woman with no previous history of HBP. I have been trying to address the issue with diet and exercise and have seen some improvements.

Recent readings have been in the range of 135- 150. However, even at the lower end of the scale my diastolic number is never lower than a 100 ( apart from once when it was 99) Does anyone have any ideas why this may be?

Thanks in advance

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  • infraction
    infraction marina95523

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    i had this problem, mine would never go below 90 and often over 100.

    diet, exercise(20plus hrs intensive a week), no effect.

    then when i was mistakenly diagnosed diabetic i went on strict low carb diet and in one month it was down to 80.

    since being undiagnosed a diabetic i relaxed the low carb diet and its gone back to 90.

    anyway thats my experience.

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