Jay Honeck wrote:

What I constantly see is a situation where it's 95% diet and 5%
hereditary -
and yet all of the 95% think they belong to the 5% - ie "it's not my
fault -
and nothing can be done about it"


Well, we're gonna have a serious go at discerning the difference. Day One
of my new diet is complete -- lots of fruit and vegetables, very little
salt, no red meat. I feel positively *burp* fruity...

I'm going to forego taking the meds for now, and go to my follow-up doctor's
visit in a month. We'll see if the BP is any different.

If it's not, after a serious month of dieting, I'll quietly take my
medicine, dammit.

I hope it works for you. It didn't for me. The good news is that the
ACE meds are very effective and, for me, have had no side affects, not
even the cough often mentioned.


Matt