Blood pressure and DOT

[Big House]

1. Ditch extra salt by not adding any salt to your cooking at home. Stop eating 95% of all processed foods, including packaged deli meats. Look at EVERY label for the sodium content. Keep your daily sodium intake from all food sources under 1800mg. No more than 2000mg. Make sure you are getting at least 3500 - 4700mg of potassium per day from fruits, vegetables, and some fish. Tomatoes, spinach, sweet potatoes, bananas, avocados, tomato paste, butternut squash, pomegranate, beans, potatoes, dried apricots, beets, yams, FISH (tuna, halibut, salmon) and carrots. All are great sources of potassium. Eat whole foods if possible (meaning from scratch and not processed). I know it's not as convenient, but it is the most effective way to regulate your BP from a food point of view.

2. Before doing #1, consult your doctor for any concerns he/she may have with this. Take your BP medication as directed by them. Again, it is important to let them know exactly what you are trying to do by adopting #1.

3. Walk. A lot. Work your way up to 5,000 steps per day then 10,000 and then 15,000. Walk everywhere. Take the stairs instead of the elevator if you are only going 1-3 floors.

You can do it. If you just block the negative thoughts from your mind and do it no matter what, you will see results. Don't talk yourself into "it's too hard". You'll be amazed at what your BP settles out at in three months.

Thank you for this information

 

[Big House]

I'm good for another year.

 

[elwoodtrix]

I'm good for another year.

What did you do to help?

 

[Dmc707]

I'm good for another year.

Thats a relief

 

[XYZ]

For a very short period of time I was a school bus driver. My blood pressure was a little high the day I went in for my physical. The quack doctor told me next time to take an extra half of a blood pressure medication about an hour before coming in next time.

 

[Big House]

What did you do to help?

Diet and walking.

 

[tynyphil]

Eat a lot of Beets!

That would work on me. Keep me throwing up 24/7