So, the AHA has just added 10’s of millions of people labeled hypertensive overnight. This is an organization that owes its existence to a $1.5 million donation from P&G in the 1940’s. Yes, the manufacturer of canola oil aka Puritan Oil and then Crisco and another brand, Sunshine margarine. Don’t forget their former ownership of Hawaiian Punch and Pringles either. The AHA was able to go national thanks to Big Food in the 1940’s and continues to support, and get support today, from high-glycemic Big Food. Thanks to AHA, Big Pharma should have a really good forthcoming decade too! As the renowned Cardiologist, Eric Topol states, normal BP is not established, so what is their justification for doing this? Hoping for good clinical data from Medtronic and Recor in their endeavors to control hypertension with renal denervation.
