Barbara_Ann
01-07-2007, 08:37 PM
I'm trying to concentrate better on my diet.
I'm consuming way way less red meat per week, having oatmeal w/cinnamon and walnuts for breakfast & orange juice, banana mid morning, lunch is now consisting of homemade stir fry w/chicken & oriental vegetable medley, - dinner may be a turkey sandwich - something light. I'm using lil to no salt, lots of garlic and consume one (1) cup of lima beans per day. Oh yes, I drink only water (lots of it) - occassionally some green tea during early evening.
I'm interested in what others are doing with their diets that they can say "for sure" is having a positive impact on lowering their blood pressure.
I don't know the impact this is having yet - don't have a monitor - no doctor's appt. until Jan. 30.
I'm trying to achieve two things, lower blood pressure, and lower bad cholestrol a few more points.
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I'm consuming way way less red meat per week, having oatmeal w/cinnamon and walnuts for breakfast & orange juice, banana mid morning, lunch is now consisting of homemade stir fry w/chicken & oriental vegetable medley, - dinner may be a turkey sandwich - something light. I'm using lil to no salt, lots of garlic and consume one (1) cup of lima beans per day. Oh yes, I drink only water (lots of it) - occassionally some green tea during early evening.
I'm interested in what others are doing with their diets that they can say "for sure" is having a positive impact on lowering their blood pressure.
I don't know the impact this is having yet - don't have a monitor - no doctor's appt. until Jan. 30.
I'm trying to achieve two things, lower blood pressure, and lower bad cholestrol a few more points.
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Love and War
01-07-2007, 11:58 PM
All I have been doing was elimating as much sodium from my diet as possible. Also, I never salt anything. I eat a lot of onions too. My diet helped lower my BP 20 points.
tfkeel
01-08-2007, 01:10 PM
I'm trying to achieve two things, lower blood pressure, and lower bad cholestrol a few more points.
Sure sounds right, what you're doing. Lowering my salt intake has had about
a 10-point decrease in my BP. I eat a little garlic and onions, too.... but I am not sure of the effect this has, versus the salt, since I pretty much refined my diet at the same time.
Sure sounds right, what you're doing. Lowering my salt intake has had about
a 10-point decrease in my BP. I eat a little garlic and onions, too.... but I am not sure of the effect this has, versus the salt, since I pretty much refined my diet at the same time.
ravadelia
01-08-2007, 06:40 PM
You might want to ask your doctor about the benefits of taking magnesium supplements to control blood pressure and lower cholestrol.
It has helped me.
It has helped me.
Barbara_Ann
01-08-2007, 09:31 PM
You might want to ask your doctor about the benefits of taking magnesium supplements to control blood pressure and lower cholestrol.
It has helped me.
I am striving to get away from so many pills - I take thyroid meds, bp med, very good and inclusive multi-vit, omega 3 fish oil, selenium. I'm only interested in foods that work and that people have experienced proven success with.
It has helped me.
I am striving to get away from so many pills - I take thyroid meds, bp med, very good and inclusive multi-vit, omega 3 fish oil, selenium. I'm only interested in foods that work and that people have experienced proven success with.
Granny Fran
01-08-2007, 10:26 PM
I was in the same predicament - high cholesterol, high blood pressure. My doc put me on toprol and lipitor, then switched the lipitor to tricor 3 months later when my cholesterol went way down, but trigs shot up sky high. I went on the low-fat, low-bad-carb, low salt diet for about 6 months, and lost 17 lbs. I decided to go off the toprol on my own when my bp was consistently staying around 89/45. (my dr. was on sabatical, so I couldn't ask/tell him). I've been off toprol for 2 months now, and my bp is staying about 100/70 pretty consistently. I'm not sure how much is due to the diet or the weight loss, but I think the diet contributed a lot.
I eat red meat about once a week, and am not as strict about the diet as I was the first 6 months, but still use all natural foods, whole wheat pasta, make my own bread, etc. and try to make sure I'm eating more vegies and fruit. I do take magnesium/potassium supplements. I get tested for the cholesterol this week, so we'll see if that's getting better.
Hope it works out for you.
I eat red meat about once a week, and am not as strict about the diet as I was the first 6 months, but still use all natural foods, whole wheat pasta, make my own bread, etc. and try to make sure I'm eating more vegies and fruit. I do take magnesium/potassium supplements. I get tested for the cholesterol this week, so we'll see if that's getting better.
Hope it works out for you.
thyme2b
01-17-2007, 09:15 PM
If I have even a little bit of caffeine, it raises my blood pressure. A single can of diet coke will raise my bp 20 points both systolic and diastolic. It stays up for quite a while, too. My whole family is like this. No one had any idea they were so sensitive until I accidentally uncovered it since I was taking my bp before exercise and some days it was much higher than others. Finally traced it to the coke. Tea will do it, too.
Machaon
01-18-2007, 09:57 AM
I started a high fiber diet in 2004 because of out of control, hard to treat high blood pressure. I had fairly good results, but not good enough, so I started a strict diet, starting Dec 2004, that targeted Insulin Resistance, created by Sheri Barke, MPH, RD of the UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center, 2002.
The link is: www.snac.ucla.edu/pages/Resources/Handouts/HODiabetesandInsulinResistance.pdf
I thoroughly track my blood pressure results to track the results of what I try, or what my doctor prescribes.
For 2003, my average blood pressure, for the entire year, was systolic 151, with a standard deviation of 14, and diastolic 96 with a standard deviation of 8, based on 1032 readings.
For the entire year of 2004, mainly as a result of my high fiber diet, my average blood pressure improved to Systolic 146 (14), and Diastolic 91(9), based on 2065 readings.
For 2005, 139(12) / 86(8), based on 2526 readings.
For 2006, 136(12) / 79 (7), based on 3269 readings.
As can be seen, mainly because of diet, my average blood pressure improved by 10 points Systolic and 12 points Diastolic, based on thousands of readings. The standard deviations also decreased, reflecting lower high blood pressure peaks, IMHO. It's interesting to me that my "difficult to treat" high blood pressure improved gradually over two years of the diet. In my case, it wasn't an instant success, it took years of diet control. I've got significant heart disease, so perhaps that is why it was so difficult for me to get my blood pressure down to healthy levels.
The link is: www.snac.ucla.edu/pages/Resources/Handouts/HODiabetesandInsulinResistance.pdf
I thoroughly track my blood pressure results to track the results of what I try, or what my doctor prescribes.
For 2003, my average blood pressure, for the entire year, was systolic 151, with a standard deviation of 14, and diastolic 96 with a standard deviation of 8, based on 1032 readings.
For the entire year of 2004, mainly as a result of my high fiber diet, my average blood pressure improved to Systolic 146 (14), and Diastolic 91(9), based on 2065 readings.
For 2005, 139(12) / 86(8), based on 2526 readings.
For 2006, 136(12) / 79 (7), based on 3269 readings.
As can be seen, mainly because of diet, my average blood pressure improved by 10 points Systolic and 12 points Diastolic, based on thousands of readings. The standard deviations also decreased, reflecting lower high blood pressure peaks, IMHO. It's interesting to me that my "difficult to treat" high blood pressure improved gradually over two years of the diet. In my case, it wasn't an instant success, it took years of diet control. I've got significant heart disease, so perhaps that is why it was so difficult for me to get my blood pressure down to healthy levels.