My resting heartbeat shot go from 58 to 67 yesterday

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My neighbour told me that many Taiwanese take medication (not supplement) to prevent high blood pressure even though they don’t have high blood pressure

They take medication to prevent high blood pressure

Is that true ?

Yes, but blood pressure medications need doctor's prescription (and no doctor will prescribe it to you for prevention alone, only for treatment), whereas blood pressure supplements (which don't need prescriptions) are not as effective as medications.

So if your blood pressure is normal (for elderly, 130+ is normal, no need 120+), supplements are enough. If your blood pressure is too high (ie. above 140), will need prescription meds (I can advise on the best blood pressure meds to take).

There are many supplements that help to maintain normal blood pressure or prevent high blood pressure. Too many for me to name, magnesium is one of them, medically proven. If you have a particular supplement in mind, specify it (or better stil, link it, eg. on iherb.com) and I can give my comments on it (if any).

Everyone should have at least 1 blood pressure monitor at home and take your daily reading. You can buy cheaply on Shopee. I have 3 monitors, and take blood pressure readings over 10 times a day, using the median (not mean) value of the 3 monitors for accuracy and reliability.

https://shopee.sg/search?keyword=blood pressure monitor