Re: [gardeners] peanut butter
Rosemary Carlson (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:00:17 -0400
George: Try increasing your intake of potassium. If you maintain about a 6:1
ratio of sodium to potassium, that often helps blood pressure.
Rosemary
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] peanut butter
> And some folks, like me, take calcium blockers to lower their BP. I take
> so much BP meds I'm beginning to wonder if they're not cancelling each
> other out. I'm trying to eat better, lose a lot of weight, drink lots of
> water and exercise more. Probably should have started this regime when I
> was 44 and in pretty good condition and not at 64. Getting old is fun if
> you're healthy.
>
> George
>
> "T.L.Miller" wrote:
> >
> > Sun, Apr 27, 2003 9:21 AM gshirl@bellsouth.net George Shirley said:
> >
> > >I haven't used salt in years and salty food tastes bitter to me now. My
> > >BP is always high, partially due to arterial blockage and partly due to
> > >being overweight. Strangely enough my BP hasn't come down even though
> > >I've lost 35 lbs in the last 7 months.
> >
> > 20 years ago on CNN they had a report that some people were better able
> > to reduce their BP by adding more calcium to their diets rather than
> > reducing salt intake. Of course my memory could be faulty and I don't
> > remember any further reports of these results.
> >
> > Tom Miller
> > .........................................
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