On 08/04/2016 09:01, michael adams wrote:
"Andrew" wrote in message
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According to the self-bp machine at my local surgery, my BP drops from 115/90 to 99/67
so it definately works for me. *

ISTR you posted about the above, before.

All the figures you quote above, fall well within the normal range.
Enviously so, to many people, I'd imagine. Information
which is widely available on the web.

Why anyone with normal blood pressure should subject
themselves to drinking beetroot juice, unless they actually liked
the stuff, or should be visiting their doctors surgery to monitor
its effects on their BP, suggests only one thing to me.

Whatever the effect of beetroot juice might be on people such as
yourself with normal blood pressure, it certainly doesn't seem to
be doing much for your hypochondria.


michael adams


Bear in mind that GPs are obsessed with prescribing blood pressure
pills, and they get very heavy handed if you try to reduce the dose. The
drugs are presumably cheap, so why wouldn't they keep you on them?

Last time I called a doc out I was undergoing a violent stomach episode.
First thing out of his bag was the blood pressure monitor. Later, in
hospital, when gastro consultant was told I had high bp, he said "Well
he would have wouldn't he?". A bit of common sense helps