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Warning: These notes are just from comments that interested me. They are out of context, and hold no medical value whatsoever! They are intended simply to remind me about things I want to read up on.
Take everything here with a pinch of salt. Maybe not literally, the jury's clearly out on that one!
The post that I initially took these from is:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28345754
Moderate fasting, moderate physical activities, minerals (magnesium), and vitamins (especially B1, B3) help. The exception is a genetic form of mitochondrial disease which is generally incurable.
If you are eating an otherwise healthy diet, then higher salt intake doesn't mean much. If you are eating fruits and veggies, then your electrolyte intake should be balanced enough not to matter (with sufficient hydration and renal function). For example, if you aren't eating fruits and veggies, your magnesium and potassium levels could be out of whack and cause BP issues.
I watched a great Nature of Things episode called "Pass the Salt" [0] recently which disproved the myth that salt causes high blood pressure.
The only time sodium impact blood pressure is if you have sodium sensitive hypertension.Normally functioning kidneys can easily excrete excess sodium with no impact on blood pressure.
To anybody dealing with higher than ideal blood pressure, try supplementing magnesium. Magnesium deficiency is not often diagnosed by medical professionals, yet it's very common.
I'm taking a food supplement, primary herb is motherwart and I've gotten my numbers back to normal. Motherwort herb 290mg | Hawthorn leaf & flower 300mg | Passion flower herb 200mg | European Mistletoe leaf 100mg | African Snake Root 24mg
For potassium there is normally no need for supplements. It is enough to eat more vegetables. The general population, especially in USA, is likely to eat not enough vegetables, so they may have low potassium because of that.
I suspect that lower average nitric oxide levels are one of several factors behind the increase in hypertension rates. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator. Production is stimulated by sunlight exposure and exercise. Generally people are spending less time being active outdoors.
I got rid of my HBP that I had from 24 to 41 years of age through intermittent fasting and it never came back, even though I only fast sometimes these days. I am 43 now. 18/6 scheme works for me.