I reviewed the Aktiia blood pressure monitor to see whether it could help me reduce my own blood pressure from Stage 1 hypertension back into a normal range. For this experiment, I embarked on a 1000-calorie-a-day Huel diet, and then measured the effect with the Aktiia blood pressure monitor.
This is what I found ...
0:00 Introduction
0:48 I hate getting old
1:28 Blood pressure medication
1:56 Blood pressure and weight
2:22 The problem with weight gain (and loss)
3:07 The solution: Huel
3:43 The diet. 1000 calories per day.
4:09 Benchmark blood pressure reading with a Withings cuff and the Aktiia
4:32 How blood pressure cuffs work (the Korotkoff sound)
5:36 Using the Aktiia blood pressure monitor
6:04 How the Aktiia blood pressure monitor works
6:33 Calibrating the Aktiia blood pressure monitor
8:01 Night 1 of the Huel-only diet
8:59 Day 3 of the Huel-only diet
9:16 Day 25 of the Huel-only diet: First thoughts about the Aktiia monitor.
9:26 First thoughts after 25 days of blood pressure monitoring
9:43 The Aktiia App - readings by day, week and month
10:46 Something remarkable has happened
11:46 Aktiia gives you the bigger picture
12:16 How accurate is the Aktiia blood pressure monitor
12:26 Blood pressure measurement errors
12:56 Aktiia vs traditional cuff devices.
13:35 Blood pressure lowered, but why?
For more info:
aktiia.com
uk.huel.com
I have not been paid, bribed or otherwise coerced into recommending any products in this film, and the onions expressed are entirely my own.
With thanks to ‪@BorisFXco‬ for the use of its sfx software: in this film, I used a BCC Waterwaves transition.