High Blood Pressure
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Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »I personally feel best when using white real sea salt... The no additives kind.
The pink salt about makes me sick (edema--swelling--BP through the roof)... And won't touch the regular table salts with added corn syrup.
Good luck.
What table salt are you using that has corn syrup? I've used multiple cheapo store band/basic iodized table salts and none had corn syrup in them.
I keep lite salt, table salt, sea salt and coarse kosher salt in the house.
It's listed as maltodextrin/maltodextrose... Dried modified corn syrup. It's in almost every plain white table salt sold in America.
Okay, so my table salt and lite salt have dextrose in them, kosher and sea salt, nope.
"Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt."
I can't be fussed about 40 milligrams of dextrose per 100 grams of salt, when a salt serving is what, 1.5 grams by weight? So a serving of salt has 0.6 milligrams of dextrose.
Not an issue that concerns me. Now, I'll definitely be avoiding the sugars in the cheesecake my son requested for his 17th birthday, lol.
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »I personally feel best when using white real sea salt... The no additives kind.
The pink salt about makes me sick (edema--swelling--BP through the roof)... And won't touch the regular table salts with added corn syrup.
Good luck.
What table salt are you using that has corn syrup? I've used multiple cheapo store band/basic iodized table salts and none had corn syrup in them.
I keep lite salt, table salt, sea salt and coarse kosher salt in the house.
It's listed as maltodextrin/maltodextrose... Dried modified corn syrup. It's in almost every plain white table salt sold in America.
Okay, so my table salt and lite salt have dextrose in them, kosher and sea salt, nope.
"Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt."
I can't be fussed about 40 milligrams of dextrose per 100 grams of salt, when a salt serving is what, 1.5 grams by weight? So a serving of salt has 0.6 milligrams of dextrose.
Not an issue that concerns me. Now, I'll definitely be avoiding the sugars in the cheesecake my son requested for his 17th birthday, lol.
I agree. This is so small it’s completely insignificant.0 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »I personally feel best when using white real sea salt... The no additives kind.
The pink salt about makes me sick (edema--swelling--BP through the roof)... And won't touch the regular table salts with added corn syrup.
Good luck.
What table salt are you using that has corn syrup? I've used multiple cheapo store band/basic iodized table salts and none had corn syrup in them.
I keep lite salt, table salt, sea salt and coarse kosher salt in the house.
It's listed as maltodextrin/maltodextrose... Dried modified corn syrup. It's in almost every plain white table salt sold in America.
Okay, so my table salt and lite salt have dextrose in them, kosher and sea salt, nope.
"Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt."
I can't be fussed about 40 milligrams of dextrose per 100 grams of salt, when a salt serving is what, 1.5 grams by weight? So a serving of salt has 0.6 milligrams of dextrose.
Not an issue that concerns me. Now, I'll definitely be avoiding the sugars in the cheesecake my son requested for his 17th birthday, lol.
I agree. This is so small it’s completely insignificant.nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »I personally feel best when using white real sea salt... The no additives kind.
The pink salt about makes me sick (edema--swelling--BP through the roof)... And won't touch the regular table salts with added corn syrup.
Good luck.
What table salt are you using that has corn syrup? I've used multiple cheapo store band/basic iodized table salts and none had corn syrup in them.
I keep lite salt, table salt, sea salt and coarse kosher salt in the house.
It's listed as maltodextrin/maltodextrose... Dried modified corn syrup. It's in almost every plain white table salt sold in America.
Okay, so my table salt and lite salt have dextrose in them, kosher and sea salt, nope.
"Morton® Iodized Table Salt contains 0.04 percent dextrose or 40 milligrams per 100 grams of salt."
I can't be fussed about 40 milligrams of dextrose per 100 grams of salt, when a salt serving is what, 1.5 grams by weight? So a serving of salt has 0.6 milligrams of dextrose.
Not an issue that concerns me. Now, I'll definitely be avoiding the sugars in the cheesecake my son requested for his 17th birthday, lol.
It's not the amount I have issue with, it's that it's not a needed additive.
In the 90s they started putting gmo corn syrup in every single product on American shelves. And most don't realize how much of it they consume on a daily basis, just because it's in everything. The food in US got corrupted, then almost everyone is on at least one prescription of something, usually for life. Same with soy, they started putting soy in everything, I started avoiding soy.
My avoidance is just off principle.1 -
"But the main reason “dextrose” is added to iodized salt is to stabilize the iodide. The sugar prevents the added potassium iodide from breaking down into iodine. And the reason why sugar is added in the form of dextrose, is because dextrose comes from corn, and corn is subsidized."
So all iodized salt has a minute amount of sugar added. It serves an actual scientific purpose.
I'll keep using it, you keep on not @Emmapatterson1729 and we should both be satisfied
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I expect most processed stuff is kind of a wild card. What is actually in home grown foods can be a wild card too.0
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My Redmond Real salt sticks together so much that I have to smack the shaker before every use. A trace amount of dextrose has a purpose.1
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »My Redmond Real salt sticks together so much that I have to smack the shaker before every use. A trace amount of dextrose has a purpose.
I'll stick with smacking the shaker, lol. For some folks trying to recover from various bowel issues, dextrose can be a nightmare even in small amounts.2 -
And I'm not telling others not to use products with no dextrose. Because it's literally in everything, I do end up consuming some no matter how hard I try to avoid it... It's even in my Stevia mix.
But because I'm old...I remember before it was in everything. I remember when they started replacing cane sugar with corn syrup and adding it to all products. And then came the commercials promoting corn syrup... Backed by the government (I interpreted this as a bad thing).
And all the research results I'd read through previously on corn syrup disappeared and were replaced with a blanket statement.
If in America though, it's impossible to avoid.
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I'll spend more for dextrose free products like Redmond salt. I've also read the cheaper salts have plastic particles in them from the processing.3
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I guess dextrose isn’t a big deal but I support Redmond salt since it’s from the USA and is supposed to be quality stuff.0
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I was getting chest pains from amlodipine so I quit it and started eating high calcium foods like milk and cottage cheese because it’s a calcium channel blocker. I’m quitting all my other meds this next week after tapering off them. I’m supplementing electrolytes to lower the pressure and a mostly carnivore diet.2
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Chest pains went away. I've changed from carnivore to a moderate carbs diet, so more fruit, nuts, seeds, and cocoa! I'm still on 2 blood pressure meds, which I found out are still necessary.2
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So I decided to up the magnesium, salt, and potassium chloride and seem to be doing well on half dose blood pressure meds. I will be switching to 1/4 dose soon and then hopefully none. I'm getting chest pains still but not very much. I have a loose xiphoid process. Does anyone have info on that causing chest pain?1
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I'm back on the meds because electrolytes weren't enough. I guess as a complete last resort, exercise may be needed. I'm letting my chest heal so no bench pressing or chest exercises for a while.0
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TheDevastator wrote: »I'm back on the meds because electrolytes weren't enough. I guess as a complete last resort, exercise may be needed. I'm letting my chest heal so no bench pressing or chest exercises for a while.
Weight loss and regular brisk walking or cardio resulted me getting off BP meds back in 2014.
My husband has never been over weight but had high bp and tried a few different bp meds. He started walking a couple miles a day for health and no longer takes bp meds. His bp is fine and has been the last 5 or 6 years.
Maybe exercise will help you too. Give it a shot.4 -
TheDevastator wrote: »I'm back on the meds because electrolytes weren't enough. I guess as a complete last resort, exercise may be needed. I'm letting my chest heal so no bench pressing or chest exercises for a while.
Weight loss and regular brisk walking or cardio resulted me getting off BP meds back in 2014.
My husband has never been over weight but had high bp and tried a few different bp meds. He started walking a couple miles a day for health and no longer takes bp meds. His bp is fine and has been the last 5 or 6 years.
Maybe exercise will help you too. Give it a shot.
Thanks for the feedback! I do need to exercise. Just walking and light weightlifting is a start. Also magnesium deficiency could have been part of my problem with chest pains because they really improved with daily magnesium.4 -
I'm trying lysine treatment too because Linus Pauling recommended it for heart disease. Also I previously tried to go off blood pressure meds without exercise or weight loss and I think that's a bad idea for anyone unless you are sure of what you are doing. I thought I was going to have a stroke.0
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I'd report my BP through MYCHART. My doc monitored it and systematically reduced it. I think I started on 20 mg of lisinopril with hctz. The hctz was dropped then the mg of lisinopril was reduced.
I never really felt any ill effects when BP was high but when it became low before meds were adjusted or stopped, I'd get light headed.0 -
That is the proper way of getting off the meds. I tried to quit them with electrolytes, very little exercise, and/or weight loss. Not a good plan. I’m trying to get health insurance that will allow me to go to the doctor more and then I might be able to do what you did.
3-6 grams lysine and 3-6 grams vitamin C a day and my chest pains have really reduced to almost none. I’m also taking magnesium and high doses of vitamin E. I’m still worried that I could have a heart attack even though it seems like I’m doing much better.2
