Comments on: The Fat Girl’s Guide to Beating High Blood Pressure

By: Tee

Tee — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:16:29 +0000

Thanks, John, for the great tips – especially the low sodium V-8!

By: John

John — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:28:26 +0000

Actually, the regular flavor Tabasco sauce has about 35 MG of sodium per teaspoon. The other flavors have even more. However, Capsicum has been shown to lower blood pressure, so a little Tabasco probably won’t hurt.

I found that drinking 12 oz. of low sodium V-8 juice in the morning and 12 oz. at night can help lower blood pressure. The low sodium V-8 has more potassium than the regular sodium V-8 juice.

I also drink 24 oz of calcium fortified orange juice per day which gives me a full day supply of calcium.

Getting the proper amounts of Potassium, magnesium, and calcium really does help lower blood pressure along with reducing sodium intake to 1500 MG per day or less.

1000 I.U. per day of vitamin D is also not a bad idea, along with exercise (30 minutes of brisk walking is great) , and learning how to deal with stress. A good book I read is the blood pressure cure by Robert E. Kowalski.

By: Tee

Tee — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:04:30 +0000

Good point!

By: Jennski

Jennski — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:15:41 +0000

Also worth noting, as I experienced a similar situation, that if you have big upper arms then they should use the bigger cuff size. If the blood pressure cuff is the regular size, it cannot expand enough to get an accurate reading and so reads as a false high!

By: Tee

Tee — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:45:23 +0000

Yep, thanks for catching that. Fixed!

By: noodlehead

noodlehead — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:26:12 +0000

I think you meant to say tabasco sauce and not tobacco sauce!

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