I offer this post out of a sense of deep frustration in regard to treating my hypertension. With aging, it has crept up on me without respite.
You name it, I've tried it : magnesium, meditation, pomegranate, hawthorn, qi gong, synced heartbeat music and much more. Nothing really works and my doctor keeps uping my dosage of "prils" and Thiazides.
However, one thing has worked (finally!) to reduce my blood pressure to mostly normal. I went on a low carb diet and reduced my weight from 184 down to 169 (I'm 5' 10'). I understand that low carb diets can reduce hypertension for reasons not completely understood.
I offer no medical advice just my own repeated experience about high blood pressure rising and falling oddly relative to about 10 lbs. Since I'm fairly thin to begin with, people ask why I'm on a lowcarb diet. It just seems effective and I don't know why but thought I would share this oddity with others who may be stuck.