Welcome Rick, I too came upon this way of eating in order to control hypertension.

I am a firm believer in measuring things to know if the process is working right, scales to see if the weight is falling off, a glucose meter to see if the blood sugar is under control and a blood pressure cuff to see if B P is under control.

An investment of around $100 in your health with these devices compared with the cost of one doctor visit.....With these devices you can see for yourself if your diet is working and pro-actively discuss with your doctor the need for changes in BP medications.

One other aspect of self measurement with hypertension is that there is such a thing as "white coat" hypertension associated with the visit to the doctors surgery, by taking the measurements at home you avoid this possible distortion.