In article
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Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
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> > I went low sodium about 16 years ago. Goal is less than 2,000 mg. per
> > day.
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> I think it's been longer than that for me. At the time, my doctor was
> very picky about the name. I said something about "low sodium" and he
> said, "NO!". He called it reduced sodium. I believe it was 2,000mg,
> versus the 1,000mg for low sodium. He reserved low sodium for people
> with major health problems, or who were very sensitive to sodium. For
> people like me, with high blood pressure, it was more like watching
> potato chips, pickles and processed canned and frozen foods.

I have a bad problem with fluid retention, mostly due to low thyroid
hormones. It's not raised my blood pressure so much as just making me
bloated and miserable.

I can lose 5 lbs. in a matter of hours with 30mg. of Torsemide.

I love my diuretic. ;-)
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