Safe Sodium Level

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.










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