----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: Re: CS>Salt
> Theoretically salt intake can increase blood pressure temporarily. If you look at > the physics of osmosis than if the salt content of the blood increases suddenly, > two things will happen. First you will get thirsty and drink something. This is the > body's way of quickly decreasing the salt concentration in the blood. Second, water > will be drawn out of the cells. You can see this effect by putting salt on a slug, > it will basically desiccate it. Both of these increase the amount of fluid in the > circulatory system, with a resulting increase in blood pressure. But the kidneys > will rather quickly remove the excess salt, and you should be back where you > started after a short time. > > Marshall hello marshall, does it follow then, that if you are thirsty, or perhaps dehydrated in a more general basis, that you could expext blood pressure to be higher? i am searching for all knowledge i can find about causes of hbp, and yes i am googling on it all the time for new info.... i wonder if anyone knows of a list that has the expertise of this one, that may be dedicated to it? ross > Garnet wrote: > > > Salt has never caused high blood pressure. When I was in grad school in > > the late 70's it was known that it would lower high BP to lower salt > > intake, but that it was not the cause. Anyone who tells you it is must > > not be looking at the raw data. <smile> > > > > Garnet > > > > On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 00:45, Wayne Fugitt wrote: > > > bodies by taking 1 gram of salt and 1 gram of vit C at > > > >the same time.....12 times a day.....and they have > > > >some pretty remarkable pictures on the > > > >website......waiting to hear from you. > > > > > > I read most of it and looked at the pictures. Fantastic ! > > > > > > I wish I could get some pictures that good with my microscope. > > > > > > In addition, I was delighted to find some support for my ideas on > > > salt. Even Adelle Davis was in favor of more salt. > > > > > > She stated that it was a mistake to take glaucoma patients off > > > salt. She said that in every case, they improved when salt was added back > > > to the diet. > > > > > > The Water Cure doctor, Batmanghelidj stated we need 2000 or 2500 mg of > > > salt per day. > > > I weighed out this amount, put it in small vials, and keep salt in my > > > truck, backpack, and range box. > > > > > > I have never been able to ingest as much as he suggested. > > > > > > I believe that we have been told many lies about salt by the > > > mainstream. I suppose it is too cheap to be considered a medicine. Yet I > > > think it is valuable to some people. > > > > > > All the crap about salt and blood pressure is a lie ! > > > > > > I have read that salt can have a bad effect on 50 % of the people. So, > > > what about the other half? maybe it has a favorable effect on many functions. > > > > > > I have experienced that salt will remove pressure in the eyes in seconds. > > > > > > While I have not had a true headache in years, at rare times, I feel a > > > pressure in the eyes. > > > not severe by any means, but it reminds me of the days when I had an > > > occasional headache. I sure don't want one of those again. > > > > > > I have not researched this a lot, but the salt will relieve the pressure > > > within 30 to 45 seconds. > > > > > > We need to research this more. I would try the salt and vitamin C for a > > > time, but I don't know what I would accomplish, other than prove it is not > > > harmful. > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > / > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.574 / Virus Database: 364 - Release Date: 1/30/2004
