Blood Pressure

[OceansEve]

Finally got DH to go to a physical today! problem is, his blood pressure was 150 something / 90 something. Dr wants to put him on meds if it's not down w/i a month. DH is 28! This is not a logical option for me. What can I do naturally to get his BP down??

What I've been told so far -

#1 get him rededicate to the diet and workout regiman we have fallen off of the last two weeks (birthday celebrations tend to do that ya know )

#2 eliminate all salt from diet at home

#3 the dr told him something about needing more protein?? Can someone explain that one to me?

[BellinghamCrunchie]

I'm not sure that more protein is exactly what the doctor meant. He/She probably meant a reduced carbohydrate diet, which results in increased protein as the calories have to come from somewhere.

A healthy diet is no more than 40% carbs, and at least 30% fat and 30% protein.

To correct a problem like the one your DH has, you want to aim for even lower carbs. No more than 20% carbs would be a good start. (This includes carbs from beer and alcohol).

[tanyalynn]

DH's blood pressure goes down when he supplements magnesium, but through trial and error we figured it needs to be at least 2x/day. Don't know how variable that is person-to-person.

Cool book--The Calcium Lie, talks about health problems that cluster that are related to imbalances of minerals--too much calcium RELATIVE to magnesium and other minerals. It's DH's family history to a T, including the hypertension.

Look into the salt issue--some people are salt sensitive, some aren't. DH's family doesn't seem to be, but I don't know all the reasons that are involved for people that are salt sensitive, maybe a sodium-potassium balance issue?

[JaneS]

Ditto magnesium, I would seriously up the minerals in his diet.

It's not salt to avoid... it's processed salt. Read about unrefined Celtic sea salt, its low in sodium. https://www.drbrownstein.com/bookstore_Salt.php