Brand loyalties
sf wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:06:38 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 2/14/2012 11:21 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, I take a BP med. I also test. Early in the game, I established
>>>> that salt did not affect my BP. I wonder how many people it DOES affect?
>>>> I wonder how many people are told to lower the sodium in their diets for
>>>> some generic reason, without being tested?
>>> My MIL had very low blood pressure, actually prone to fainting
>>> now and again. Naturally they told her to reduce sodium in her
>>> diet.
>>>
>>> I guess they just hate sodium.
>>>
>>> nancy
>> That is VERY odd. A newsgroup friend was fainting, and that was
>> the finding in her case too. This was understandable, because she
>> doesn't LIKE salt.
>
> And my neighbor had the opposite diagnosis after passing out. She
> needed *more* salt! Her body wasn't metabolizing the salt in her diet
> properly. She was on an IV for two weeks and sodium tablets after
> that. Her body is functioning properly now so she doesn't have to
> take supplements anymore.
>
No, that's the same diagnosis.
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Jean B.
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