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I have a blood pressure test in three days and I really need to lower my blood pressure… I’ve been doing my best so far keeping sodium intake under 2000 mg a day.. What will help to further lower sodium/ blood pressure?
Doctor said 2000 mg is how much sodium intake should be. I am overweight and I have been drinking plenty of water.
Not everyone is affected by sodium, but sodium can increase blood pressure in some people. Most Americans with healthy blood pressure should limit the sodium in their diet to 2,300 mg per day. African Americans, older Americans and people with high blood pressure should limit the sodium in their diet to 1,500 mg per day. Your doctor may tell you to limit your sodium even more.
Don’t add salt to your food. Check food labels for sodium. While some foods obviously have a lot of sodium, such as potato chips, you may not realize how much sodium is in food like bread, canned vegetables, soups and cheese. Also be aware that some medicines contain sodium.
Other measures:
# Reduce your weight if you are obese: High blood pressure and obesity are intimately related. High blood pressure is extremely common in fat persons.The greater the obesity, the higher the blood pressure.
# Cultivate correct dietary habits: A person with high blood pressure consume low-sugar, low-saturated fat, low-salt, and low-calorie diet. calcium and potassium have also been found to be useful in bringing down the blood pressure.
# Give up alcohol:If a person continues to drink, other measures to reduce blood pressure usually fail.
# Stop smoking :The incidence of high blood pressure has been found to be greater in smokers. Tobacco has two toxic elements ; nicotine and carbon monoxide.
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I think trying to keep sodium intake under 2000 mg a day isn’t good enough. What are you eating or drinking that contains so much sodium? You can eat very well with very little sodium content if you eat fresh food. Anything that is canned or boxed is high in sodium. Cured meat is high in sodium.
Some soft drinks are high in sodium as are tomato juice and V8 juice. You didn’t say if you’re overweight or not but if you are losing weight will help reduce your blood pressure as will regular exercise. You can’t make major changes in 3 days anyway, it will have to be a long term effort.
Good luck.
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potassium is a offset to sodium. i take one pill each day and eat smart. It really makes a difference.
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Not everyone is affected by sodium, but sodium can increase blood pressure in some people. Most Americans with healthy blood pressure should limit the sodium in their diet to 2,300 mg per day. African Americans, older Americans and people with high blood pressure should limit the sodium in their diet to 1,500 mg per day. Your doctor may tell you to limit your sodium even more.
Don’t add salt to your food. Check food labels for sodium. While some foods obviously have a lot of sodium, such as potato chips, you may not realize how much sodium is in food like bread, canned vegetables, soups and cheese. Also be aware that some medicines contain sodium.
Other measures:
# Reduce your weight if you are obese: High blood pressure and obesity are intimately related. High blood pressure is extremely common in fat persons.The greater the obesity, the higher the blood pressure.
# Cultivate correct dietary habits: A person with high blood pressure consume low-sugar, low-saturated fat, low-salt, and low-calorie diet. calcium and potassium have also been found to be useful in bringing down the blood pressure.
# Give up alcohol:If a person continues to drink, other measures to reduce blood pressure usually fail.
# Stop smoking :The incidence of high blood pressure has been found to be greater in smokers. Tobacco has two toxic elements ; nicotine and carbon monoxide.
References :
An Internist
Sodium does not cause high blood pressure - it regulates the blood pressure.
The three most important substances that sustain life are, in order, oxygen, water and salt. These are also the most abundant - water and salt make up 75% of the tissues, 85% of the brain and 94% of the blood. If salt is as bad as the medical community is trying to convince us that it is, we should all be walking coronary cases.
When doctors tell you to cut back on salt, they do so because what they see as "excess salt" is really concentrated salt - salt that was left behind when the body borrowed water from the blood to inject into dehydrated cells.
This is how high blood pressure develops.
You people need to think for yourselves. Putting blind trust in someone just because they have a medical degree isn’t the smart thing to do. Taking control of your own health is 99% common sense.
The link below will explain how there is a direct relationship between water, salt and every cell in the body. Nearly every health problem that isn’t inherited or injury-relates is caused by dehydration. You don’t have to believe me. just check out the link below and see for yourself.
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http://watercure.com