Commonly used arm positions can overestimate blood pressure readings: study

In my experience in the US, nurses at primary care practices don’t really care and have no passion for their profession and the younger doctors are Anki flashcard veterans who could be replaced with a LLM and probably have the same outcome. Even DOs act like MDs these days- I guess it is easier to just write a prescription than advise traditional diets.

120/80 is an ideal blood pressure based on studies that show an association between elevated readings and an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. More than half of humanity has a higher blood pressure than that. I believe most would have much lower readings if they stopped eating the trash food that capitalism has produced.

I jog, cycle, other light sports, work is walking a fair bit, and i eat well - zero trash, and even with meds I'm still way above 120/80. Heredity seems to play a part (my guess).