Why Do More Heart Attacks Happen Before Breakfast Than at Any Other Time of Day?
Your blood pressure spikes every single morning, and a standard doctor’s visit can miss it completely. That morning blood pressure surge is when heart attacks and strokes cluster most, yet most people never know theirs is dangerously high because office readings look fine by mid-morning.
In this episode, I explain why high blood pressure in the morning is so commonly overlooked, and what researchers call masked morning hypertension. We talk about why the hour you wake up predicts cardiovascular risk better than the clock, what a non-dipping pattern and undiagnosed sleep apnea have to do with…
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