The Glade 4.0

So I was diagnosed with Hypertension (yes, runs in my family...)

Low sodium diet is HARD

Goodbye anything bread like, except in small doses!

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What medicine did they give you? I'm on Bystolic. I wonder how they determine what to put you on. Everyone I speak to that has high BP is on something different.

edit - spelled it wrong

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“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.” - Pearl S. Buck

I think doc's have their favorites, and then they try different ones if they don't get the results they want. So many different ones with slightly different actions. Good luck keeping the BP under control!

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Am I the only one here that never adds salt to food anymore?

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The Dude abides.

Lisinopril 12.5mg

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Hmm, my prescription was only 10, the major known side effect is a persistent dry cough. I had that and stopped taking it, cough went away.

Bye bye processed meat, ALL fast food, most ethnic food, especially Mexican, Indian, Chinese, heck anything from southeast Asia. Canned foods, well, just read the labels. Frozen foods, also, read the labels.

Say hello to water, only safe thing to drink anymore it seems. Tea is okay, coffee probably not so. Soda, especially diet, right out. Juices have too much sugar.

Fresh veggies are good, grill your meats without BBQ sauce, fresh fruit, read the nutritional information whenever you eat out.

No more pocky.

Once you have your blood pressure under control you can work with your doctor on the types of foods you enjoy and want to reintroduce to your diet.

Remember, you are the person at risk. You are the one likely to keel over with cardiac arrest or stroke if you don't take care of you.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Maybe. I never added it much to food to begin with, compared to my friends. Stopped entirely after the high blood pressure demon was discovered.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Oh man...no wonder I have a persistant cough...Lisinopril, 40mg AND hydrochlorothiazide 25mg...methinks my doctor likes to prescribe too many meds!!

My mother had high blood pressure so I grew up not using salt in foods...now I only use a very light dust of seasalt on certain foods, like meat. Most food, even raw, has sodium in it, so you don't need much if any to enhance the natural flavors. I prefer to use garlic instead of salt anyway.

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

we use NoSalt at home. Lisa has issues with too much salt and excess water retention.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Nope! I never use salt. VERY RARELY. Even less now, though, now that I'm trying to eat healthy(er).

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Ron Paul 2012

http://www.sargento.com/reducedsodium/

I am now in heaven!

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RIP Crimsonsun

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

On a side note - since Ive done this huge diet change, im now down 13.3 lbs

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