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Jessicasinterest
Jessicasinterest Posts: 4 Member
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I just started this woe to help with :-|POTS. I'd be very interested in any easy recipes you can share.

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Good group with some recipe threads is here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group. Good for general information on switching to low carb too, and people with open diaries.

    I used to read a lot of paleo food sites, but not recently and I really don't recall how low carb they were, but they might give you ideas. https://stupideasypaleo.com/ and http://nomnompaleo.com/

    Lots of low carb food blogs too, although I don't really use them much yet so don't know the best ones to recommend.
  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,411 MFP Moderator
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    Jessicasinterest wrote: »
    I just started this woe to help with :-|POTS. I'd be very interested in any easy recipes you can share.

    So there is some anecdotal evidences that either gluten/lactose free may help, but there isn't any testing to prove these out. They didn't help, nor did paleo work for my wife and she has a pretty bad case.


    What did help:

    Medical Intervention
    Beta blockers; before we got pregnant, she started Systolic which was working great; metoprolol worked well, too
    Sodium Chloride Infusions (1L bag) - She gets this every week and has been the best thing for her condition

    Diet
    10,000mg of sodium a day
    Frequent meals

    Supplements
    Prescription potassium
    Supplement with magnesium - Life Extensions is highly rated from labdoor.com

    Training
    Weight training (increases blood flood); particularly, I train my wife with the core 4 lifts (Squat, Deadlift, OHP, Bench (incline because she can't lay flat)).


    What didn't improve things:

    Gluten Free
    Lactose Free
    Paleo


    We still have to try low carb, but that will be postpartum

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