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Re: Safe Sodium Level
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Re: Safe Sodium Level
by Nancy__0__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By Nancy on July 14, 1999 at 09:51:48
Recently when I had my Holter monitor results read, which turned out to be OK, thank goodness, the cardiologist raised some concern about my BP which was 140/100. It has never been 100 before-last year it was 90. He said to cut out salting my food for now. I'm obese and he said before I begin strenuous exercise, he wants me to do a cardiolite stress test.
Now, I did not ask him what level of sodium I should aim for. Can you give me some guidelines? The problem is, I don't salt my food or salt when I cook. I've had the same box of salt in the cupboard for 2 years, so not salting my food won't help me. However, my Mom had high BP and told me to also check labels. I know alot of the quicky soup mixes (Cup of Soup, etc) have at least 600 mg of salt each and I eat those quite a bit.
Once I know the level to aim for, I can plan accordingly. I've read people like Dr. Ornish drop their folks to 2 to 5 grams per day, is that necessary? I assume that's eating just fresh fruit and veggies. Thanks for your input.
Recently when I had my Holter monitor results read, which turned out to be OK, thank goodness, the cardiologist raised some concern about my BP which was 140/100. It has never been 100 before-last year it was 90. He said to cut out salting my food for now. I'm obese and he said before I begin strenuous exercise, he wants me to do a cardiolite stress test.
Now, I did not ask him what level of sodium I should aim for. Can you give me some guidelines? The problem is, I don't salt my food or salt when I cook. I've had the same box of salt in the cupboard for 2 years, so not salting my food won't help me. However, my Mom had high BP and told me to also check labels. I know alot of the quicky soup mixes (Cup of Soup, etc) have at least 600 mg of salt each and I eat those quite a bit.
Once I know the level to aim for, I can plan accordingly. I've read people like Dr. Ornish drop their folks to 2 to 5 grams per day, is that necessary? I assume that's eating just fresh fruit and veggies. Thanks for your input.
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2 gms a day is difficult but can be done for people with severe heart conditions. For someone just starting to control their salt I would recommend less than 5 gms with the aim to less than 3-4 gms. Weight loss and exercise will also help tremendously. Really work on this because the benefits are well worth it.
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