The cause of high blood pressure isn’t medication deficiency. The underlying cause is what you eat and how you live. As we discussed earlier, the ideal blood pressure, defined as the level at which lowering it further yields no additional benefit, is probably around 110/70.96 Can you really get it that low without medication? Remember, this was the average blood pressure of men more than sixty years old in rural Africa on no treatment other than their traditional, plant-based diets and lifestyles.97 In rural China, we find similar results: 110/70 throughout life without any
