where do i get oat barn is that a cereal

ray

you can find oat bran where the oatmeal is. It sort of tastes like oatmeal. I was eatting a bowl every morning, but now I started making muffins out of it. Oat bran has soluble fiber which is suppose to be great at lowering your cholesterol.

i hope it helps you,too. =)

Diet has a lot to do with my blood pressure too. Sodium is the nasty.
I take 2.5 mg of enalapril in the evening and mine is usually 116/60.
It does get higher when I am anxious though. I don't think I will ever go off of it. You are doing great bmason. Have you lost weight also.
I lost around 8 more pounds and that sure helps with the BP.

Oh, forgot to mention. My cholesterol is 125. I haven't eaten meat in 5 years and eat lots of grains.

ive lost 6 pounds in the last 3 weeks, just by not eatting sugar and simple carbs. im hopeing my cholesterol will be good when I get retested in 2 months. barley and oatbran is supose to help lower it so Im eatting that plus promise activ which contains plant sterols and of course lots of veggies. I dont know about my cholesterol but it is helping me lose weight and helping my blood pressure.

Hi Bmason

Diet really does have a huge impact! I changed my diet totally about a year ago. I used to be on blood pressure medication but I take none now. I eat no junk food, low carb, high in vegs and fruits. I feel great but one thing worries me. My blood pressure is now a bit too low I think. This morning it was 98/54! It tends to be around the 100/60 level mostly. I measure every day.

I take no medications at all, I do half an hour's exercise daily and my weight has stabilised at 10 stones, I lost 3 stone over the past year due to far better diet. I know the potassium content of my diet is having a powerful effect and I never feel dizzy or anything.

Is it safe though for bp to often be 90/60 or thereabouts?

By the way, once I changed my diet for the better and lost weight I decided to come off my bp tablets. I asked the doctor to supervise me and he did. I felt that since my bp was now nice and low, why continue with drugs? I think if I had stayed on the drugs too all this time I would now have dangerously low blood pressure! I simply did not need them any more.

I would recommend any of you on here talk to your doctor about coming off pills if your diet is now doing the trick for you. Never come off by yourself without the doctor knowing though please. I just wanted to omit the side effects of the pills and get my health naturally balanced.

miss milly..... my husband's blood pressure runs low like that too. The docter says its fine. He said just wait a moment from sitting down position to standing, and to eat a little bit of salty snacks if he feels its to low. I think low blood pressure is fine unless it causes you to feel dizzy.I still take bp meds, but have cut the does. I am hoping to lose 10 more pounds and then I will hopefully being going off them. last week I had an anxious day and my bp only went up to 140/80 which is awesume because usually anxity will make it spike to 170/90. you bp without meds is like my bp now (except Im still on meds). I changed my diet for cholesterol reasons, I didnt know it would have such a effect on my bp. congeats on getting off the meds.