Christopher Ellis explains that a single blood pressure reading is just a snapshot, inflated by talking, stress, or chest breathing. Nasal and belly breathing lowers it. Poor sleep spikes readings too.
Because at any given time, it's just a snapshot. I mean, you could just literally just talking will increase your blood pressure. Crossing your legs while taking your blood pressure will elevate it. Getting stuck in traffic on the way to take it. Well, you know, whatever stresses you out will definitely elevate it. How you breathe affects it. So if you're more of a chest breather, you're going to have higher blood pressure. If you're breathing through your mouth, it's going to be a higher blood pressure. So breathing through your nose and belly breathing is going to lower it. Several poor nights of sleep will artificially elevate it. So there's a lot to it. So definitely make sure that you know what's going on with your blood pressure before you just jump onto a medicine.
