Supplmenets and Sodium - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

cartner · 09-20-2005, 05:08 AM

Hello all,

I brought some Supplements, Nature Made Brand, like Zinc, Magnesium, B Complex, Vitamin C and Potassium. I found that all of them contains something called : Croscarmellose Sodium, Sodium Citrate and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (but this one in another brand 'Walgreen').

I wonder if those raise blood pressure because of the Sodium??? how they put something that raise blood pressure in supplement that said to lower blood pressure???
Thanks,
Michael

Lenin · 09-20-2005, 06:30 AM

The amounts of sodium in these pill fillers is VERY small. Not to worry!

Palamedes · 09-20-2005, 06:39 AM

True, there is going to be some sodium from those. However, I doubt you'd get more than a couple mg from it.

Hmmm... "Sodium Lauryl Sulfate". This one is interesting. That is basically soap.

Pal

cartner · 09-20-2005, 07:04 AM

I think I will get a lot of Sodium because I take 5 different supplements: Vitamin C 500, Zinc, Magnesium, Potassium and B Complex. I guess I have to take only 1 or 2 supplements daily instead of 5. I like this forum so much and thanks to all of you

Michael

Lenin · 09-20-2005, 07:48 AM

I think the SLS is used to make the stomach lining "Squeaky Cean" and "manageable!"

It's the most used synthetic detergent (think shampoos)and can be VERY irritating to some people. Check your toothpaste...it's EVERYWHERE. The proportion of sodium in the SLS is teeny.

Jesting aside, I think it's used as an emulsifier to disperse the contents of the pill more readily and maybe to allow it to slip down our gullets. I've often wondered why some of the horse-sized-tablets seems slippery if they stay in the mouth too long. Now I think I know.

I've never had one LATHER UP THOUGH!