High blood pressure (in athletes)

[Susan]

Thank you for your input.

He really works at a desk job, and as far as I know a sometimes quite stressful job too, but there's not so much he can do about this. Of course he can make an effort to stand up and walk around more often.

Beware of not getting enough salt. That's a chronic issue for me. I hadn't even been trying to cut down and kept bouncing off mild hyponatremia until I started making sure to drink electrolyte drinks instead of plain water. (Once I even wound up in the ER on IV saline.)

Thank you for pointing this out. From what I've read so far, it seemed to me that less salt is always better. The mentioned DASH plan recommends about 2/3 teaspoon of salt per day, which seems not much if you want to prepare 4 meals and take into account that some foods like bread already contain salt (but maybe I'm overestimating the amount of salt I normally use, I will have to watch it more closely).
We also drink plain water only.

Nice to hear that taking medication doesn't affect your DHs ability to ride, Crankin. I will tell DH that he may have to make it clear how much exercise he does, so that the doctor can prescribe the right medication for him.
My mum is on beta blockers and does not do very well on them, it's one of the reasons that I am concerned about DH taking bp-meds.