High Blood Pressure Support Group
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Does anyone know much about salt and High BP.....I know its well documented that salt is bad for blood pressure but I was wondering if its possible to haev a low tolerance that can negatively affect BP. I have high BP am only 32, you will see from my previous post that have had every test going and no obvious cause. One thing that may and probably is related is my reaction to salt. For example if I eat a salty meal, I instant sweat on my face and my heart rate goes much much higher...surely this is also the route cause of my BP??? Any advice welcome.
The salt it is, without any doubt responsible of increased BP, but not because any intolerance, it will happen to all of us.
What I mean is that if you already have high BP, using any salt, will increase it.
The American Heart Organization recommendation is less that 1500 mgr of sodium/day for healthy people .... if you take 200 grs. of normal bread a day, you are already over that.
Jesus
The recommended amount for a normal (non-hypertensive) person is no more than 5 - 6 grams of salt a day. That is about 1.5g of sodium. We should be eating less.
You can get all the sodium you need from natural foods without added salt.
If you are sensitive to salt, you should definitely avoid ready meals, Chinese takeaways, Indian takeaways and pizzas as they almost all have enormous amounts of salt in them. Restrict your cheese -- if you want some, then Emmental is a lot lower in salt, as is cream cheese (Philadelphia). Bread is moderately high too, unless you make your own and don't add salt.
Of course, with any diet, there will be times when you need to break it (company Christmas meal, etc)
Some people are particularly salt sensitive. A diuretic may be useful for those people, if they can tolerate it.
John