oats and blood pressure

[Aldous]

Oat ingestion reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with mild or borderline hypertension: a pilot trial

Results: The oat cereal group experienced a 7.5 mm Hg reduction in SBP (P &lt.01) and a 5.5 mm Hg reduction in DBP (P &lt.02), while there was virtually no change in either SBP or DBP in the control group. In the oat cereal group, a trend was observed for a lower total insulin response to a glucose load, suggesting improved insulin sensitivity.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11978262/

[Miss Hepburn]

I JUST saw this on a youtube....I thought, "Oh great"...I have severe Low BP.

[Aldous]

120/80?

I saw another video before by a doctor questioning 120/80 and said some people have to take multiple medicines to get their BP down to 120/80 and often have side effects like fatigue and light-headedness. My BP used to average 135/85 and when my doctor saw it he wouldn't do anything unless it went above 140/90.

Why isn’t anyone addressing this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO1YMj2f3xI

Very strange
When Oreos outperform Statins in lowering Cholesterol, ft. Dr. Nick Norwitz and Dave Feldman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08IFnuWiltA

[Aldous]

low sodium and the DASH diet
1 mmol of sodium is 23 mg

Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet
Authors: Frank M. Sacks, M.D., Laura P. Svetkey, M.D., William M. Vollmer, Ph.D., Lawrence J. Appel, M.D., George A. Bray, M.D., David Harsha, Ph.D., Eva Obarzanek, Ph.D., +10 , for the DASH–Sodium Collaborative Research GroupAuthor Info & Affiliations
Published January 4, 2001
N Engl J Med 2001;344:3-10
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200101043440101
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.105...00101043440101

The body needs only a small amount of sodium (less than 500 mg per day) to function properly.
https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-liv...-i-eat-per-day

Primary aldosteronism: A consequence of sugar and western Diet?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...06987722000366

RAAS stands for Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System. It is a hormonal system that regulates blood pressure, fluid balance, and electrolyte balance in the body.

[Gem]

Originally Posted by Aldous

Why isn’t anyone addressing this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO1YMj2f3xI

When I was a trainer I noticed how blood pressure improves if you do hard things on a regular basis for an extended period of time. I have never seen a condition that isn't improved by moving heavy things and eating consciously.

I have low blood pressure and I'm tall, so I sometimes have dizzy spells getting up. I went to the doc who send me around town for tests, and nothing wrong, but he wanted to put me on statins (though that had nothing to do with BP). I declined for better or worse.

[Aldous]

Tips for extreme low sodium diet
https://www.reddit.com/r/LowSodium/c...w_sodium_diet/


Some low sodium foods I eat:

Garden of Eatin' Tortilla Chips, Unsalted, Blue Corn, 5.5 oz
0 mg sodium and 0 g sugar

dip: light sour cream with red pepper and chives (no salt)

unsalted matzos (like crackers)
0 mg sodium and 0 g sugar

Mom's Organic Market peanut butter (usually on matzos)
0 mg sodium and 0 g sugar

unsalted mixed nuts from Aldi's

unsalted pistachios from Aldi's

oatmeal with strawberries and blue berries
0 mg sodium and 0 g sugar

cream of wheat
0 mg sodium and 0 g sugar

[Aldous]

While in Shopper's Food Warehouse I found some Xochitl No-Salt Tortilla Chips.
0 mg sodium and 0 g sugar

[Aldous]

I found some Ezekiel low sodium bread at the Greenbelt Coop today. Under nutrition facts it says 0 mg sodium. It has to be refrigerated and I found it with the frozen food in one of the store aisles.

One amazon website its says it ships from Whole Foods Market. I went to a Whole Foods store today, but they didn't have the low sodium version.

Its recommended here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LowSodium/c...w_sodium_diet/

Safeway might have it, too.

[Aldous]

I checked the Safeway in Greenbelt, Maryland located at 7595 Greenbelt Rd. today. They have the raisin and cinnamon version (65mg sodium per slice) and the sesame version, but not the zero sodium version.

[Native spirit]

This is true that is why in Hospitals here you can choose porridge oats for breakfast



Namaste