On Monday, Dec 20, 2004, at 03:47 Asia/Tokyo, Adrienne Smith wrote: > I hope someone out there can help. Have any of you paleos seen an > improvement in blood pressure since going paleo? My non-paleo hubby > (50, > normal weight, exercise fanatic)just came back this morning after being > rejected for a blood drive because of elevated blood pressure. This > has > never happened before. The reading was 132 over 104. Has this been a problem in the past? If it is usually low, it could just be the result of a poor night's sleep, or an oncoming cold, or if he did a hard workout the day before. BP goes up and down quite a bit, plus the inaccuracy of the machines varies a lot. Have him get it retested when he is relaxed and well rested and see if it is still high.