Be aware that low potassium or high sodium can certainly cause elevated blood pressure, but it is not the only possible cause. She should be very careful if trying to get off the meds, it should be done slowly and monitoring the pressure many times a day.
My wife went on the Atkins diet in June, and in 2 months was completely off her diabetes medicine. She had to get off it, the medicine was about to kill her giving her hypoglycemia daily once she started the diet. But she backed off slowly, going from 4 pills a day to 1/2 pill a day before stopping completely. And she monitored her blood surgar as well. It is now normal without any diabetes meds. I am hoping she will be able to do the same with her high blood pressure medicine, but as of yet she has not been able to cut down on it, even though she has been taking potassium for the last 3 or 4 months. The potassium along with calcium and magnesium and drinking lots of water though has helped her leg cramps. Marshall mamapug wrote: > Dear Christine,Have her take Potassium. High BP is caused by an > imbalance between Sodium (NA) and Potassium (K) intake in the food. > (No more potato crisps!)There`s a great book called "The K Factor" > which explains it. Hopefully you can find it at your library, or if > all else fails, on Amazon.MarshaleePS, I`m 51, and am heavy. My BP is > good because I take Potassium, and my blood sugar is good, as I take > Vanadium! Amazing what the docs don`t know... > > Hi My mother is taking two lots of tablets to help control > her high blood pressure. I think she's been on them for > about two years now and it's not really improving. Would CS > help with high blood pressure? Christine Wyndham-Thomas >
