Re: [gardeners] peanut butter
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:06:53 -0500
Docs say my potassium is right where it should be and too much would
interfere with some of my meds. I'm currently taking 9 separate
prescription drugs, four of which are for HBP.
George
Rosemary Carlson wrote:
>
> 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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