Your blood pressure is one of the most common indicators of your overall health, including your heart health. knowing the best way to do it can save your life and help detect early warning signs While visiting your physician to check your numbers or just doing it at home is the most common way to measure your blood pressure.
The first essential step, per Dr London, is to keep a blood pressure cuff at home and check one’s blood pressure. He suggested, “If you can’t do that, find a friend who has a blood pressure cuff and take it on a regular basis. Doing it once at your primary care visit is not enough.
On September 4, Dr Jeremy London, a board-certified heart surgeon, posted a clip from his podcast interview with Dr Mark Hyman on Instagram explaining the ‘best way to measure your blood pressure’. In the video, Dr London stressed that just checking your blood pressure once in a while is not enough; one should follow two key steps: ‘the 7-2-2 rule and the waist-to-height ratio’. What is the 7-2-2 rule?
Because it’s not a problem until it’s a problem, it’s really the silent killer for a reason.
It means ‘for seven days, twice a day, two measurements, record them, and take an average’, according to Dr London. Here’s what you have to do: “That’s what your physician really wants to know and what they need to know to be able to come up with an accurate number,” Dr London highlighted.
He cautioned that you don’t want the number to exceed 0.5. Lastly, Dr London highlighted that 50% of Americans have high blood pressure, and many Americans don’t even realise that they have it. Meanwhile, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), an estimated 200 million adults in India suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension). Dr Jeremy London is a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon with more than 25 years of experience.
Dr London’s next suggestion was to find out your waist-to-height ratio. Stressing that your weight is not always an indicator of your health, Dr London explained that it’s the distribution of your body fat that matters. And that’s why he recommends that people check their waist-to-height ratio. He suggests getting a tape measure and being honest about where the fat is and measuring it. Usually, it should be around the belly button. It is an indicator of the amount of intra-abdominal fat: “that visceral fat functions as an endocrine organ. Those are two very simple places. You don’t have to go to a physician’s office,” he added. Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition. This report is based on user-generated content from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them. He has an MD from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, and his focus is on the intersection of lifestyle, preventive medicine, and evidence-based longevity.
But according to Dr London, it’s the most modifiable cardiovascular risk factor that we have.
