Just wondering, if there are any known issues with eating seaweed (dulse, kelp, etc.) while taking HCTZ diuretics? I have seen many praises for sea vegetables in the diet for helping maintain blood pressure, but I have not been able to find any interaction information.
tatoo,
I think there's no problem, in fact, seaweeds are a high potassium food and thus counteract the inevitable loss of potassium caused by thiazides.
While the diuretics go well with seaweed,I STRONGLY recommend a nice tempura instead for flavor! The pills are just too crunchy!
Very nice. I just ordered some dulce to put in soups and stews and salads from Maine Coast Sea Vegetables (www.seaveg.com). You should check them out if you are interested. They have a lot of cool stuff.
Oh, is seaweed low in sodium (specifically NaCl/table salt)? Obviously, that would be a prerequisite for my DASH diet.
I checked out the website you posted and for Dulse they say:
* Only 122mg of sodium/serving, yet "salty" tasting
Given that it's best to limit total daily sodium intake to under 2400mg (what does Dash say? It's stricter than that isn't it?), that's not too bad. Of course, it all depends on what they characterize as a "serving"!!
I was looking for that on their site thanks! I believe the DASH recommends 1800mg sodium as the max per day. A serving is about 1/4 tsp. according to their site, so you just mix that into a dish.
I always laugh at "diet" ice cream, when they say they have so few calories. Yea, low in calories if you only eat 1/4 cup. Come on, who only eats 1/4 cup of ice cream?
