This New High Blood Pressure Technology is Deadly (be warned)

If you are the type of person that cannot keep your hands off your smart phone or tablet, this warning is for you.

If you want your smart phone to be a healthcare help instead of a dangerous hindrance, recent studies can tell you which technology to use and which types to avoid.

It seems like there is a smart phone app to do almost anything these days. Health monitoring and improvement is no exception.

And why should it be?

You always have your phone or tablet with you, so apps seem like a foolproof way to measure and improve your health wherever you are.

Unfortunately, researchers do not agree and have raised serious warnings about the current state of mobile apps and the lack of regulation.

In 2014, a Boston-based research team published a study in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension in which they reviewed the top 107 mobile blood pressure apps that were supposed to measure blood pressure.

None of the apps that used “finger pressure” or other “non blood pressure cuff” methods could accurately measure blood pressure. And none had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration or by the US Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

Keeping in mind that even FDA approved home blood pressure cuffs are not always 100% accurate, so you absolutely should not trust a questionable blood pressure app for such an important test.

There is, however, room for mobile apps in your blood pressure management. For example, some makers of approved, home blood pressure monitors have their cuffs connect to mobile apps for long-term tracking. And some even send info directly to your doctor.

This is very beneficial, as one, two, or twenty readings don’t tell you much. But if you take your blood pressure three times a day, for a month, you’ll have a pretty accurate picture.

But you can do the same just with a normal blood pressure monitor, and a piece of paper.

The most important thing, however, is how you’re going to bring your blood pressure down. To do that, we have 3 easy exercises, guaranteed to drop your blood pressure below 120/80 – starting today…