Been told salt and high blood pressure is fine for per neurologist. It's better to get blood to my brain with a bit of pressure than not get it there. Life is good!
Salt And High Blood Pressure.
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My doctor told me to add more salt too, I wanted to kiss her!
I was getting dizzy/light headed when standing. BP in control with the scripts I am on, she says eat more salt.
I was getting dizzy/light headed when standing. BP in control with the scripts I am on, she says eat more salt.
I remember my grandfather having to eat his foods without salt, because they said that sodium would cause him to have another stroke. When I reached the age to go get my physical and heart stuff, I asked about salt. He told me that salt was just fine, and that long term studies showed that medication and behavioral changes would bring down BP better than diets. I’d rather walk a few miles than eat saltless foods. Ha ha.
I've always been a salty person. (heh, heh) That's to say I favor salty food rather than sweet. When I was a kid in grade school me and my friends used to go to the feed store and buy rabbit salt licks, which look like a hockey puck with a hole in the middle. We'd put a string through the hole and wear them around our necks to school. (that didn't go over too big with the concerned adults)
Now I like to snack on mild salt a little now and then. I put a little in a bowl and keep it on the end table by my couch. I live alone now so no one gives me any shit about doing that, not even my doctor when I told him. Said, just don't over do it.
This is my current favorite salt, sea salt from Iceland with little bits of sea weed in it. Quite mild and savory.
Now I like to snack on mild salt a little now and then. I put a little in a bowl and keep it on the end table by my couch. I live alone now so no one gives me any shit about doing that, not even my doctor when I told him. Said, just don't over do it.
This is my current favorite salt, sea salt from Iceland with little bits of sea weed in it. Quite mild and savory.
If you are adding salt to already salty foods, that might be a problem. People who work outdoors in heat may actually need to up their salt intake to keep it balanced. Salt, eggs, coffee, and fats have all been through being seen as health hazards and then have been reconsidered.
I was lucky, my cardiologist told me not to add salt to prepared meals and not to exceed the recipe amount. I found a couple of different additives to add tang and flavor. I was a salt junkie for years. Took a bit of adjusting but, no sweat now days.
People always say to stay away from salt. I personally think sugar is far worse!!
Sugar in any amount over what a body needs to survive is definitely not efficacious. Fake or man made sugars are really bad. The body doesn't know what to do with artificial sweeteners so, turns them into fat.
To add to my post above, salt substitutes aren't. I haven't found one for a substitute. I've replaced salt with other things but, no such thing as a salt substitute. In my opinion anyway. Nothing tastes like or, is even similar to salt but ... salt.
What most of us, of an earlier generation, heard from our mothers is true today. "All things in moderation."
To add to my post above, salt substitutes aren't. I haven't found one for a substitute. I've replaced salt with other things but, no such thing as a salt substitute. In my opinion anyway. Nothing tastes like or, is even similar to salt but ... salt.
What most of us, of an earlier generation, heard from our mothers is true today. "All things in moderation."
I have a family history of high blood pressure, Dr never has told me to cut salt. cutting out sugar yes and I'm working on it salt no,
When I entered my late 40s, I started to notice how my diet influenced how I felt. I eventually invested in a heart monitor. One day I ordered 6 crab cakes from Long John Silver's on my way home from work, thinking it was a healthy option over other fastfood. That night I felt like utter crap, I took my BP and it was in the red (143/95). Turns out the crab cake contains up to 880mg of sodium, and I ingested up to 5,280mg. I've been trying to incorporate the Mediterranean diet into my eating habits, mainly raw garlic, olive oil, avocados, ect...my annual checkup last year yielded good results for my BP at the age of 50. Alcohol and tobacco are my only vices; as mentioned, moderation is the key. YMMV due to genetics. 
Trust me, waiting for your doctor to tell you may result in him ordering you to reduce salt. Take a hard look at your intake now, self-analyze and, if you are over indulging in salt, reduce your intake now. If you are being reasonable, celebrate your good fortune and smarts and over indulge, just this once. Well, if you wish!
I grew up in a family of salt lovers. Our dining table place settings used to include individual soy sauce servers !
But that was in tropical Malaysia.
If you perspire a lot, you need to replace salt loss.
At school cross-country runs, we were met at the finish line by our sports master handing out salt tablets and water.
Living in temperate Sydney, my salt intake has reduced considerably. Although it can get very hot here in our summers.
I always rehydrate with Gatorade or Hydralyte.
I still love my Vegemite - but this is an occasional treat than a regular breakfast item.
Some years ago I was on a reduced salt diet - self-imposed, or more correctly, spouse-imposed
We were having lunch at a friend's house when I complimented her on the delicious bread
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Turned out it wasn't the bread - it was the salted butter
If there is a history of high blood pressure or strokes, then LESS salt rather than NO. salt.
If you sweat heaps, then you need to replace, rather than cut down/out.
There are medical conditions where you need strict salt restriction, but these are pretty rare.
There are FEW uniform rules for everyone.
We are individuals.
And doctors should be aware of that and not hand out blanket advice.
But that was in tropical Malaysia.
If you perspire a lot, you need to replace salt loss.
At school cross-country runs, we were met at the finish line by our sports master handing out salt tablets and water.
Living in temperate Sydney, my salt intake has reduced considerably. Although it can get very hot here in our summers.
I always rehydrate with Gatorade or Hydralyte.
I still love my Vegemite - but this is an occasional treat than a regular breakfast item.
Some years ago I was on a reduced salt diet - self-imposed, or more correctly, spouse-imposed
We were having lunch at a friend's house when I complimented her on the delicious bread
.Turned out it wasn't the bread - it was the salted butter
If there is a history of high blood pressure or strokes, then LESS salt rather than NO. salt.
If you sweat heaps, then you need to replace, rather than cut down/out.
There are medical conditions where you need strict salt restriction, but these are pretty rare.
There are FEW uniform rules for everyone.
We are individuals.
And doctors should be aware of that and not hand out blanket advice.
I'm lucky I don't have that problem (yet, as I am young). I benefit from eating more salt instead. A teaspoon of salt a day in some warm water helps against dizziness and almost fainting when standing up. Although fainting is a surprisingly nice feeling, ha ha, but possible very dangerous.
I used to take a chunk of salt from our water softener and put it my mouth like it was Copenhagen and keep it all day.
The original Morton salt company is behind my property, deep wells are drilled then hot water is injected dissolving same and piped back to plant where retorts boil off the water result table salt. I am a heart patient with pace maker caused by plack in the major arteries. Don’t add salt to food but addicted to salty pretzels hand made in PA. My spring fed well water is so pure that it should be sold by the gallon.my mother in law is worried that our house will fall into a hole from the mine.
The problem with Himalayan salt is its lack of iodine, using it as your sole salt source can and often does lead to iodine deficiency and thyroid disease. Iodine is added to salt for a good reason, and is not unhealthy. If you are just eating just Himalayan salt you should at least be taking in supplemental dietary iodine, kelp or other seaweed works well.
Depends on where you live and what your diet is like. Iodine was added for the people in US because lack of iodine intake in US. If you are in Japan with diet that contains plenty of iodine, you won't need it. Kosher salt also doesn't have iodine.