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The doctor told me I will be Dead in a year...
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bones1435 said:
your thread: Juice and Hep C. You were looking for advice on an internet forum about what to do about your boyfriend. mentioned wanting to juice him up a bit more.
this thread: high blood pressure. He's seen a doctor and on meds. Looking to hear other's experience.
clear?
I dont get it stilleto.
juiceddreadlocks said:
maybe if you showered once in a while, you would.
Mountain Muscle, I just got back from the docs. The diovan did bring my blood pressure down to ALMOST normal. It was 140 over 80, but I have a horrible cold and took cold medicine, so that may have effected it.
He's keeping me on the diovan, which costs a fortune.
Not sure if I mentioned it before, but the best supplement to take is Coenzyme Q-10. It not only will help prevent heart failure, but it also lowers your blood pressure. Just make sure you start out with 30 mg daily for a week, then double it, etc. until you're at 100-200 mg daily. It can cause some severe stomach upset if you go straight from 0 mg to 200 mg daily.mountain muscle said:
A diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables and low sodium is key. It will not only control your blood pressure, it will also reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, etc. independent of the blood pressure reduction.
Despite what many people think, there is clear evidence that our diet does in fact affect our bodies. Poor diets during childhood and early adulthood predispose us for developing a myriad of diseases, and sometimes those diseases cannot be corrected even by correcting our diets once the disease process starts. Blood pressure, however, is not one of them. It is highly doubtful you will completely eliminate the need for medicine given your blood pressure was so high, but you can at least improve it by eating lots of fruits and vegetables. Simple low fat doesn't lower blood pressure. So if you're eating lots of protein but little vegetables, chances are it won't help your blood pressure.
Finally, be careful of chicken. Canned chicken is known to have a lot of sodium, but even fresh chicken is often injected with broth to make it more moist. This introduces a lot of sodium. It's hard to find chicken that's not been injected, but it is available (and expensive). What's worse is that the government doesn't require manufacturers to list the amount of sodium once they inject the chicken. Rinsing it prior to cooking will help remove some of the sodium, but not all.
MM likes salty man gravy
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stilleto said:
That's good news Stilleto. The BP not the cost of the meds.
I don't think the sinus infection is gone yet. It is getting annoying. They took my temperature and it was at 95.8 I think I am one of the undead now.
mountain muscle said:
Oh, then you must feel as crappy as I do. I'm coughing whenever I speak, and I have a fever too. I was in the doctors office with sweat dripping down my forehead. The nurse said my temp was 99.4, but it felt higher to me. that was after 3 tylenol.
anyway, I have to restrict my salt a bit, which isn't easy. apparently, i love salt.
I haven't read the rest of this thread- did you get your BP down?
