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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...
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.
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Is it ok for u to drink Gatorade? I seem to crave that stuff.
Well with an Enlarged Heart and Meniere’s low sodium is a must. Take in to much and you know it, dizzy spells (Meniere’s) swollen hands, feet and legs on the heart end.
As a Thyroid patient NO Iodine NO SOY. So Natural Sea Salt which is pink, light grey or grey is what I use, I find it salter and use less. My worse experiences are those hospital stays where I get stuck on Liquid OVER SALTED diets which I can’t eat. So I drink juice and water, have to have hubby bring me bottle water as I don’t drink melted ice taste nasty.
So yes, the amount of salt you take in does MATTER if you have a heart or other conditions that are effected by it. Sea Salt is better for you as you use less. Same goes for Butter, it is better for you than margarine which is barely digestible and you use less. You might get away with a few more mgs than your doctor orders, but not by much. The 1,500 mg was to low, about 2,500 mgs is about right with an occasional tad over. Once you get use to it, the over salted stuff does not taste right.
Ditch the sodas and help your stomach.