Comments on: Can Potassium Reverse High Blood Pressure?

By: High Blood Pressure Foods

High Blood Pressure Foods — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:35:01 +0000

Eating healthy food rich in vitamins and minerals and increasing the amounts of green leafy vegetables and fruits while decreasing consumption of fatty red meats can be helpful. Smoking and alcohol abuse also contribute to a rise in blood pressure and have to be shunned in order to achieve quicker results.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:33:36 +0000

I can’t remember exactly where I read it, possibly a USDA site or maybe it was the Dietary Guidelines for Americans report, anyway it was saying that the salt shaker accounts for a surprisingly small percentage of our salt consumption. Rather it is hidden salt content in all sorts of processed foods that bumps our sodium consumption up without us even realizing.

By: DR

DR — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:03:20 +0000

Thanks for dropping by Colin

BTW – nice legs!

By: colsnews

colsnews — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:58:03 +0000

thanks for the tips! I’ll be visiting regularly as I plan to post once a week on my blog about health food tips/steering away from processed foods. i’m http://colinlieu.wordpress.com/ keep up the good work!

By: A caveman diet you can deal with « Life’s tid bits

A caveman diet you can deal with « Life’s tid bits — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:52:11 +0000

[...] And to get your juices going. Remember: high potassium. It might even reduce your blood pressure levels. So that means celery. Celery smells and tastes gross, but Happy Juicer have a great recipe [...]

By: Mesothelioma Awareness

Mesothelioma Awareness — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:35:17 +0000

I am high salt consumer. I cannot help myself. Actually I do not enjoy the taste of food unless I mix more salt. In my studies I found that I sensed salt normal when I used anti-allergy tablet at night. I cannot use the tablet in the morning because it brings sleep.

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:40:16 +0000

duh… I mention 40-80 mEq above, but neglected to write “40-80 mEq of potassium.” My brain got ahead of my fingers.

-Steve

By: Steve Parker, M.D.

Steve Parker, M.D. — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:02:02 +0000

I read recently at UpToDate.com that supplementing the diet with 40-80 mEq (not mg) daily tends to lower blood pressure somewhat, but the effect is lost in people on a low-salt diet.

Higher dietary potassium would tend to shift the urinary sodium/potassium ratio in the direction recommended in your post.

It’s a complicated subject, and there’s plenty of debate about whether it’s a good idea for everybody to reduce salt intake to 2.3 grams/day. Here are some contrarian viewpoints:

http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004022.html

http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/hold-the-salt/?emc=eta1

-Steve