Don't forget to check your BP this New Year. Older brother had a

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:12pm

@MissAmericanPie :
Good reminder.
That salad looks delicious!
Did you make it?

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:20pm

MissAmericanPie : Good reminder. That salad looks delicious! Did you make it?

@CC1974 : Yes I eat one like that everyday if possible. I never tire of it, I crave it. I make my own olive oil vinaigrette, sans all the chemicals in the bottled ones. I use multiple greens, spinach, spring mix, arugula, romaine and rotate all kinds of veggies. This one had red peppers, olives, carrots, banana pepper rings and cucumber. ðŸ¤¤

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:22pm

@MissAmericanPie :
Mine was 116/77-61
Your salad looks delicious. I don't know what I want for lunch. I've been eating to much fiber this week and need to slow down a little. I want blacked peas and a salad. But it may need to be grilled cheese.

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:24pm

Per my cardiologist, a good BP for seniors is now 130/80 and anything under. Yours looks quite good. Prolly the good diet ?

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:25pm

MissAmericanPie : Mine was 116/77-61 Your salad looks delicious. I don't know what I want for lunch. I've been eating to much fiber this week and need to slow down a little. I want blacked peas and a salad. But it may need to be grilled cheese.

@Gingersnap : Great numbers! Is there such a thing as too much fiber?? ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚
If there is, I don't know it yet lol

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:28pm

@MissAmericanPie :
It's either that or I ate something that was bad. I have increased my fiber this week. I didn't realize I could get to much.

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:29pm

Per my cardiologist, a good BP for seniors is now 130/80 and anything under. Yours looks quite good. Prolly the good diet ?

@billcherie2 : You know, the fact that they keep lowering that acceptable range irks meâ€¦.I can't help but suspect they want everyone on BP drugsâ€¦I'm not against people taking them. When my father was fighting high high BP (he eventually had a horrible stroke), the number for normal was your age plus 100. Think about that. I was told by his docs that everyone's BP rises naturally with age. I guess that now is no longer the current truth?

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:31pm

@billcherie2 : My mom's said the same thing.

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:32pm

Is there such a thing as too much fiber??

@MissAmericanPie : No, but if you haven't been eating much fiber you do need to ease into increasing the amount.

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:33pm

MissAmericanPie : It's either that or I ate something that was bad. I have increased my fiber this week. I didn't realize I could get to much.

@Gingersnap : Won't hurt to take a break! Sometimes a lot of fiber can strain digestionâ€¦

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:34pm

@HappyHerself :
True!

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:34pm

@HappyHerself :
Yes you do. ðŸ«£ðŸ˜‚

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:36pm

@MissAmericanPie :
I afraid to take a break because then I'll have my usual problem.

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:43pm

Don't forget to check your BP this New Year. Older brother had a huge spike in his into stroking out territory. He's already on BP meds, a lot of it daily, so now the investigation begins as to why this just came on so fast. I stopped to check mine and was happy it has maintained good numbers. But attribute that to a diet rich in beautiful colored veggies!

@MissAmericanPie : That salad is beautiful!

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~ 1 year, 1 mo ago Jan 5, '24 12:44pm

Don't forget to check your BP this New Year. Older brother had a huge spike in his into stroking out territory. He's already on BP meds, a lot of it daily, so now the investigation begins as to why this just came on so fast. I stopped to check mine and was happy it has maintained good numbers. But attribute that to a diet rich in beautiful colored veggies!

@MissAmericanPie : Nice looking salad! I also am a big vinaigrette fan. My numbers today:

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