Posted on 05/22/2016 8:43:07 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A low-salt diet could damage hearts, according to a new study published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. However, that research is already under fire from medical investigators who take issue with the authors' methods and conclusions....
While our data highlights the importance of reducing high salt intake in people with hypertension, it does not support reducing salt intake to low levels.
(Excerpt) Read more at techtimes.com ...
My god. That’s a recipe for salt overdose!
I have moderately high blood pressure and take a moderate daily medication. I try to eat a relatively low-salt diet, but not extreme.
So I read this article with intense interest and I will now rate this article and this study in terms of adding to my personal understanding of the subject:
0.0
Having lived through two massive heart attacks, my heart doctor told me to lower salt, and if I were to use little salt to use ‘sea salt’....things have been great, HDL’s are great; Blood Pressure is great; my diet consists of chicken, fish, veggies (fresh) and fruits (fresh) no sweets, coffee, teas, sodas...milk, water...
WHAT KIND of SALT? Table salt is bad...Celtic Sea salt, Himalayan salt good for you. Table salt has had all the good minerals processed out and iodine added back in. Any study that doesn’t tell the KIND of salt is worthless.
Same here for me with moderate HBP which sometimes fluctuates and taking low dose lisinopril. Sometimes eating highly salted foods can spike the BP temporarily. Sometimes not drinking enough water is an issue too for me. Better hydration gives the kidneys more juice to regulate the sodium levels in the blood. Soy sauce I love but its concentrated with salt—sets me off too.
Here we go again!
-———”Studies now show” -———
I haven’t read the article yet, but again, I’d want to know who has an agenda this time.
There is a low salt soy sauce.
I was just diagnosed and given 10 mg linisopril. Bad reaction to it (alleged mental status, more than normal, heh!) and a pretty obvious rash. Now on 25mg of metopolol.
Yikes biker woman we are glad you survived the ticker attacks. Green smoothies seem to be helping with my health too. Out back I grow some herbs—parsley, rosemary, mint, also kale. I put that in a blender and add in some fruit (depends whats in the fridge) along with 3 tbs of organic apple cider vinegar and a tbs of protein powder plus filtered water. Strain and makes a pitcher full. Add more fruit if preferred sweeter or honey. Can get creative with what to blend up but I highly recommend it. I still eat meat, cheese, butter, cookies and ice cream so not a purist vegan by any stretch.
Four basic food groups:
Fat
Grease
Salt
Sugar
Sorry to hear about your bad reaction. Suckaroos having to take any meds. Hope the metopolol is a better fit for you.
I was walking around with very high BP and didnt know it until I went to the ER in 2011 for a kidney stone and they discovered it. Confirmed later on with a visit to the doc. The lisinopril low dose works ok for me— who needs a stroke or a heart attack. Any of you FReeps out there who haven’t had your BP checked in awhile please do it.
If I don’t get enough salt I feel ill. I have chronic low blood pressure. I love just eating a pinch of kosher salt. Smoked salt is yummy.
My only response:
yes there is--- many restaurants dont carry it surprisingly. Uggghhhhhhhhhhh..
A couple days later I ended up going to the emergency room at my local hospital. They did blood work on me. Found out that my sodium, magnesium, potassium levels were all very low, and that my electrolytes were all messed up. They admitted me to the hospital immediately, started me on IV's and I had to take massive doses of magnesium and potassium to get my levels back up. All those symptoms I had were because my chemical levels were so low. They kept me in the hospital for two and a half days. They told me to stop taking the prescribed diuretic and potassium tablet I'd been on for over 30 years. As they explained to me, since I wasn't taking the diuretic anymore, I shouldn't need the potassium, as too much potassium is as bad as too little. It took me a while to regain my strength after I came home from the hospital, but I've been good for a while now, and am at least aware now of the symptoms for low sodium, etc.
Must be the 'Big Salt Company's', all owned by D. Trump.
Interesting note, he recently acquired the controlling interest from the Bush family.
And if pour on, there might be a bit of flavor from it!
And all four, provide good eating and a balanced diet!
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