A burst pipe in my kitchen
The Daily Well
Heart & Circulation
A Burst Pipe in My Kitchen Finally Solved My Blood Pressure Mystery
For four years my number climbed no matter what I gave up. Then a plumber said one offhand sentence that changed how I think about my own arteries.
148 over 92. The nurse called it "a little high," told me to keep an eye on it, and sent me home.
Same thing she said last year. And the year before that.
My numbers never budged.
I'm 54. I've watched that number go up every single year, no matter what.
I cut the salt. I lost weight. I go for a walk after dinner every night.
They call it "the silent killer."
But it was invading every moment of my life.
Checking my bp in the morning. Trying to find groceries that won't kill me.
After 4 years, I wanted to give up. I wanted to buy a bag of salty potato chips and crawl into a hole.
I thought I was doing something wrong.
But my wife let out a deep sigh every time I checked my bp. I couldn't let her down.
Then the pipes burst in my kitchen.
When we finally finished cleaning it up and throwing away the shoes that got soaked with dirty orange water, the plumber came over and accidentally solved my blood pressure mystery.
He took out the pipe. It was full of rust and sludge.
"Looks like my arteries," I said. He chuckled. My wife didn't think it was funny.
"Yeah, you just gotta keep the water flowing. The pipe explodes because it's not open enough. Kinda like your arteries, I guess."
And that's when I realized.
My problem wasn't salt. (That obviously didn't work.)
It wasn't exercise or healthy food. I was doing all of it, every single day.
But my vessels were getting tighter. Stiffer. "Rusty."
And then a woman at church gave me the most important advice I've ever heard.
Beets.
Those veggies that taste like dirt.
They're loaded with nitrates that your body turns into nitric oxide, relaxing your blood vessels, improving the flow, and giving my rusty pipes a break.
Studies found that beets lowered blood pressure in just 3 hours. By up to 8-10 points.
Why beets are nature's blood pressure secret.
Beets are one of nature's richest sources of dietary nitrates.
Your body converts those nitrates into nitric oxide, a molecule your blood vessels use as a signal.
That signal tells the vessel walls to relax and open, so blood moves through with less resistance. Keeping the flow soft.
But the taste was awful.
I tried.
Same thing she said last year. And the year before that.For 3 nights, I had beets for dinner. Beet salad. Beet soup.
Chicken with beets. A beet juice smoothie for breakfast every day.
It worked. But I couldn't bear the taste.
That's how I ended up with these little chews instead.
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I keep them in a candy bowl by the coffee maker so I don't forget to take them.
I am not going to tell you a candy changed my life overnight.
What I can tell you is that for the first time in years I do not feel like a passenger.
I am giving my body the raw material it uses to keep the flow soft, every single morning, in a way I can actually stick with.
My wife asked me last week why I seemed lighter about the whole thing.
I told her I finally felt like I was doing something that made sense instead of just giving things up and hoping.
I feel sharper. Focused. In control.
I still keep an eye on my number. But I don't feel doomed before the cuff even starts squeezing.
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Do yourself a favor. Try them out and "go with the flow."
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