CateAussie

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Salt restriction to reduce high blood pressure.
I have managed to get my BP down from hypertension stage 2( >160/90) to "normal" (<120/<80 in only one month of salt restriction (<1600mg per day) on the advice of a Cardiologist. I have an enlarged Ascending Aorta (it's 3.9cm, instead of 2.4) He did not give me a figure for the sodium, but I decided that <1600mg per day…
Extra motivation thanks to myfitnesspal!
Hi, I'm Cate. I joined this site today & I'm so impressed with how it works. It has really given me the extra motivation that I needed to shed some excess weight that has re-attached itself to my body. I shed 36kg(in 28 wks) in 2007 but 9kg has found it's way back stealthily. I use the word shed, rather than lost, as I…