I had bp of 110/68 the other day and was told it was “excellent”.
I know age plays into it as well… tends to rise a bit as you get into your 40’s and up. (I was 110/65 consistently through my 30’s… then it started being more like 125/85)
I agree that the change in “standards” is probably related to a push by big pharma. I will *never* go on cholesteral or bp medicine unless there is a specific underlying condition they can thoroughly explain. (They still can’t explain *why* high cholesteral is bad – just the statistical risk.) Fortunately, my cholesteral tends to be low, also.
