@covals - what I noticed is that sugar seems to be the #1 cause of hypertension. I was diagnosed diabetic and then went on a strict diet of no sugar and within 2 weeks my BP was 110/70. Before my BP was borderline at 140/90. I used to be a superheavy weight power lifter weighing in at 322 lbs in this picture. Now I'm down to 248 lbs.

To me the other factors were rather minimal such a salt. Much overplayed. They demonized fat after the Framingham heart study, but I believe that the switch to a high carb diet post 1950 is largely to blame for the diabetes epidemic in the USA.

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