Re: l-arginine and blood pressure

In article <1124678303.329061.185910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Curt James" <curtjames@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: (snipped here and there)
>
> I scribbled:
> > > Well, after seeing the 140/100. I renewed my
> > > efforts at keeping a regular date with the
> > > treadmill. And I purchased a Polar heart rate
> > > monitor as well.
>
> > > My what? I'm 17 and I have bangs. Oh, I'm 43
> > > and bald? Hnh. When'd that happen?
> >
> > <snort> I know exactly what you mean..... :-(
> > Seems like yesterday I was just graduating from college.
> > Now I'm 43 and having to really pay attention to my
> > health....
> >
> > My normal blood pressure for YEARS has been about
> > 110/60 but over time, it's been creeping up there.
> > When it hit 130/90, I decided to really concentrate
> > on the cardio and get stricter about low carb.
> > I do 30 to 40 minutes of cardio now 4 to 5 days
> > per week at the gym.
> >
> > Lifecycle.
> >
> > Last doctors visit it was 100/70.
> >
> > :-)
>
> Excellent news!
>
> > My resting heart rate is back down from 110 to
> > about 95. Still gotta work on that!!!!!!
>
> HA! No, not that your resting rate is 95, but I initially thought my
> heart rate monitor was BROKEN. The damn thing was reading 90 to 100 and
> I'm thinking, "Well, THAT's not right." Then I put my hand on my pulse
> and my eyeball on the second hand and discovered that my resting pulse
> rate was, yeah, 90 to 100. WTF?!
>
> Thanks for sharing your success story. I'll follow up with my bp drama.
> And if I see that old lady with the 22 pulse (okay, it's not that low),
> I'm gonna DROP HER! Just for general purposes.
>
> <g>

Good luck! I know how difficult (and scary) that kind of thing can be!
And David's advice on sodium intake was also spot on. I'd forgotten
about that as I've been following low sodium for so long, it's become
habit.

Worst sources of sodium:

Canned foods (unless the canned veggie says "no salt added" which is
getting easier to get), luncheon/preserved meats, pretty much any highly
processed or packaged foods, salad dressings, boxed meal preparations.

IOW, eat fresh or fresh frozen foods as much as possible. :-)

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
.

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