Re: l-arginine and blood pressure


"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> "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.

That was Ari's advice. It was as correct as my usual brilliant advice.

> 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.

As Ari pointed out, only if he has sodium-responsive hypertension. Most
people with hypertension do not.

It's worth finding out, as low-sodium foods taste like ***.

David


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