DH had a health check at our doctor recently. They measured his blood pressure and it was quite high. They said this could have been related to being nervous because of the examination and told him they would measure it again in some weeks and would have to medicate him if it stays as high.

We borrowed a blood pressure monitor to measure his bp at home to see if his high numbers are related to being nervous at the doctor, but he measures at about 150 over 80 quite frequently even at home.

What bothers me is that he is at a normal weight, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink and does about one hour of sports daily, more on weekends. He's really an athlete. He should be healthy when I look at his lifestyle. We eat basically the same (my bp measurements are at about 100 over 60), a lot of vegetables, no sugar, mostly organic, real whole food cooked by myself.

The doctors seem not to be used to treating people that really live a healthy lifestyle and most of the tips we got regarding high bp seem to be targeted at unhealthy, not very active people.
I looked at the "DASH" eating plan that is designed to lower your blood pressure (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/publ...h/new_dash.pdf), but the plan really doesn't offer any improvements over our diet - we already do what this plan suggests and more. I will try to use even less salt (but it's not very appealing to eat food that tastes empty without salt to be honest).

I worry what will happen if DH can't lower his blood pressure. I'm not sure if the medication he will be put on will allow him to ride his bike and do sports as he did before. I'm not sure if there are risks when doing a lot of endurance sports while on bp medication? (And I'm not sure if the doctors will be aware of those risks when I think of the advice DH has gotten so far?)

Until now, I was sure that we do the right things regarding our lifestyle, but now I'm not so sure anymore. The thought that DH may be putting himself at risk while doing sports makes me feel really bad. I'm even asking myself if he puts himself under even more stress by trying to be active.
And I am at a loss what he could do to avoid bp medication. He said he will stop drinking coffee which he did until now and I will cook without salt as much as possible - but that doesn't seem a lot (especially when I think about the many things that obviously couldn't keep his bp at a normal level).

There are so many women here that lead a healthy active lifestyle and may have a different point of view than doctors that don't seem to be used to treating athletes. Do you have any advice?