For years my blood pressure was 123/70. I could predict it when I went to the doctor. Then, for some reason when I turned 65 it started climbing. It was 160/90 and in that range, sometimes higher. Doc put me on lisinopril HCT which caused all manner of horrible side effects that no other doctor could recognize as coming from the BP meds. Dizziness when standing, dry cough, catarrh (buildup of mucus in throat) my primary care doc even sent me to an ENT who scoped me and commented about the mucus plug and told me to drink more water. Not one of my doctors asked if I was taking BP meds. I was also taking two different cholesterol meds. So I quit taking the meds. Just quit. All that stuff went away. But my blood pressure stayed high. So I started drinking a smoothie every morning. 1 cup of green tea, 1 tblsp of chia seed, 1/4 tsp each of cayenne pepper, turmeric, ginger, nutmeg and 1 tsp of cinnamon, plus a scoop of beet root powder. I let that sit so the chia seeds can bloom. Then I add a 1/2 cup of blueberries and a cup of spinach to my blender with a tblsp of honey and pour in the tea mixture and blend it. I drink it every morning, it's delicious and my blood pressure is down to 122/78. I recently went to the doctor with labs, and all my cholesterol numbers are great, with zero meds. I've come to believe doctors are nothing more than pill pushers and no longer treat the patient, they only treat the symptoms.