Hi Dee, Two Brazil nuts a day will supply all the selenium folks need. As a supp.-pill-popper, I like this! Be well, Léna On Nov 9, 2015, at 10:15 AM, Dee wrote:
> 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 <jpopel...@gmail.com> 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:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html >> >> Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> >> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> >> >> >
