Thanks for that John. I don't normally use salt and then it's Himalayan if I do, but I don't always eat so well and I know they put loads in processed foods. I have always been wary of supplementing with minerals because some - such as potassium and selenium - can be dangerous if in too high amounts. My kidney reading did suggest there was something out of whack with the electrolytes though. I've started eating sweet potatoes and have been having coconut oil for ages, but my bp was 173/95 to start with but has been 168/76 since. I just have to knuckle down and lose a stone or more I guess.....Dee
Sent from my iPad > On 9 Nov 2015, at 14:11, John Popelish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 11/09/2015 08:50 AM, Dee wrote: >> Great to hear from you Neville, and glad that you are doing >> so well. I have just been diagnosed with some kidney >> trouble, possibly due to high blood pressure. I am not going >> to take any meds either but try and lose weight and eat >> better. > > Are you using salt substitute (potassium salt) on your food? > Doctors have been preaching low sodium for high blood > pressure, for so long, they don't even think about it. But > it is beginning to look like high blood pressure is caused > more by a relative lack of potassium than too much sodium. > > So it may be more effective to > correct that imbalance by adding potassium than just by > reducing sodium. And the added potassium has lots of other > health benefits (I.e. reduced muscle cramps and better brain > function) than just lowering blood pressure. > > I wonder why all salt is not made with the optimum ratio of > sodium to potassium rather than just pure sodium salt, > just because that is how it comes out of the salt mine. > > I just dump one of those little blue shakers worth of salt > substitute into the box of salt, when it is partly used and > shake it up, and get about the right balance of sodium and > potassium without having to think about it. > > I also add a pinch of salt substitute and a quarter teaspoon > of MSM to each bottle of wine and feel much better on that. > > My pressure is usually around 110 over 70, or so. > > -- > Regards, > > John Popelish > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > >
