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<blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 7626882" data-attributes="member: 11520"><p>What others said is true on the stress front. If you are doing what you can with meds and exercise, stress and diet are what's left. Are you keeping your salt intake low and your potassium, magnesium and calcium high? Not everyone with hpb is sensitive to sodium. If you go super low on sodium for two weeks and your numbers don't change you don't have to worry as much about sodium. But if it does drop with greatly reduced sodium eating extra potassium and magnesium can help your body get rid of the excess sodium. Look into the DASH diet which is specifically targeted and lowering blood pressure. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/dash-diet/art-20048456" target="_blank">https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/dash-diet/art-20048456</a></p><p></p><p>How much caffeine intake do you average? That can spike bp too. </p><p></p><p>There are several vitamins and supplements that have some research supporting them for lowering. My personal opinion, and I'm not a doc or a chemist, is that the reason the research is not stronger is that we all get different levels of these vitamins and minerals in our diet so when they do a study they don't control for how much of the substance in question a person has already been eating. So some people in the study benefit from adding and others who already eat plenty don't. The only way to know which ones will work for you is to try them and see what happens. The research is further compromised by the fact that there is relatively little money to be made from things that can't be patented, so there is less money to do serious research.</p><p></p><p>Some are safer than others. Potassium can be particularly effective, but also dangerous, especially in combination with some drugs. Magnesium, Calcium and CoQ10 are all fairly safe and have some research to back them up. Omega 3 oils and garlic are also promising, but they are natural blood thinners, so use with caution if you are going to keep playing with chain saws. There are several others worth looking at as well. Cocoa, green tea, B-vitamins, Vitamins E and C, Melatonin, CLA, L-Arginine, red rice yeast and even olive oil. Most of these are going to result in small improvements at best, but that may be enough. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, hope you'll get caught up enough to join us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scotley, post: 7626882, member: 11520"] What others said is true on the stress front. If you are doing what you can with meds and exercise, stress and diet are what's left. Are you keeping your salt intake low and your potassium, magnesium and calcium high? Not everyone with hpb is sensitive to sodium. If you go super low on sodium for two weeks and your numbers don't change you don't have to worry as much about sodium. But if it does drop with greatly reduced sodium eating extra potassium and magnesium can help your body get rid of the excess sodium. Look into the DASH diet which is specifically targeted and lowering blood pressure. [url]https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/dash-diet/art-20048456[/url] How much caffeine intake do you average? That can spike bp too. There are several vitamins and supplements that have some research supporting them for lowering. My personal opinion, and I'm not a doc or a chemist, is that the reason the research is not stronger is that we all get different levels of these vitamins and minerals in our diet so when they do a study they don't control for how much of the substance in question a person has already been eating. So some people in the study benefit from adding and others who already eat plenty don't. The only way to know which ones will work for you is to try them and see what happens. The research is further compromised by the fact that there is relatively little money to be made from things that can't be patented, so there is less money to do serious research. Some are safer than others. Potassium can be particularly effective, but also dangerous, especially in combination with some drugs. Magnesium, Calcium and CoQ10 are all fairly safe and have some research to back them up. Omega 3 oils and garlic are also promising, but they are natural blood thinners, so use with caution if you are going to keep playing with chain saws. There are several others worth looking at as well. Cocoa, green tea, B-vitamins, Vitamins E and C, Melatonin, CLA, L-Arginine, red rice yeast and even olive oil. Most of these are going to result in small improvements at best, but that may be enough. Anyway, hope you'll get caught up enough to join us. [/QUOTE]
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