http://www.dietdoctor.com/new-study...t-heart-failure

Thanks, Janet. Daughter's FIL is a retired radiology tech, and, of course, wouldn't listen to me. I'm female and he can't understand me that well, anyway.

But he'll listen to a cardiologist; I just texted her, suggesting that she tell him to ask his cardiologist about the study, and to tell FIL that it was published in the JACC.

The opinion on salt is slowly changing, but changing it is. Many elderly who have been the recipients of anti-salt preaching suffer the consequences of dehydration, fainting, and other health issues due to self-induced low salt levels. Even those who have targeted salt as the cure for HBP and CVD are starting to back off recently due to current information. With all the recent refutations of nutritional guidelines from the past 30 years, it's beginning to sound like that Firesign Theater album, "Everything You Know Is Wrong!"

Rob, totally agree I enter the real world and see the opposite of what we read here. Is it me? Or them? Harvard Medical offered their weight loss "special report" yesterday...I stopped after the first two tidbits from it:

1. Eat foods that are filling and low in calories. That means, as often as possible, your meals and snacks should include whole grains, such as brown rice, whole-wheat bread, and oatmeal, as well as legumes, such as lentils and other beans. And don't forget to fill at least half your plate with fruits and vegetables.

2. When you eat meat, cut out fat and cut down portion sizes. Choose lean cuts of meat and modest amounts — about 3½ or 4 ounces per serving (which is roughly the size of your palm).

(Even Walter Willett doesn't think we should cut out fat completely...did anyone ask him before this went out? Sure they would suggest reducing salt down too, but I saved $20 by not ordering).

I wonder if it is the salt restriction per se that's at fault here, though.

http://heartfailure.onlinejacc.org/...ticleid=2479143




Mild salt restriction hasn't really been shown to be all that effective. Salt restriction here is defined as aiming at under 2500 mg of sodium a day. Maybe in this case, the nutritional intervention of decreasing salt, when it's done instead of an effective drug therapy, results in an increase in hospitalization.

Last night I had some palpitations, normally I get them occasionally but they last for a few seconds, last night I got them and they lasted for 2 hours!
I am going through the menopause and have been suffering with awful hot flushes and night sweats, they are so bad that my clothes are soaked with sweat and a towel that I have with me at night gets soaked too.
I am obviously losing a lot of electrolytes and am wondering if just taking more himalayan salt will fix it, I did resort to licking some off my hand last night

The only medication I am taking is Karvea 75mg I got this description off the web:
Karvea belongs to a group of medicines known as angiotensin-II receptor antagonists
Not sure if that will agravate anything.

That's just exactly the sort of drug that might affect something. Anything involving angiotensin-II will have effects on electrolyte balance.

Angiotensin II inhibitors decrease production of aldosterone;



This stuff is used to lower blood pressure--but sometimes it's given to treat other conditions. Many of the low carb books I've read warn that people on blood pressure medication should work with their doctors, because it might be necessary to wean them off the medication.

I got terrible palpitations with my early menopause. Drinking caffeine or booze made it much worse. The good news is it went away after 1 or 2 years. Bad news is, it took 1-2 years for it to go away!

Do you take magnesium? Or how about an electrolyte formula such as this? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...034578ZJNBZRF8V

Or even Smart Water. I was advised to drink that (or Gatorade) when I had chemo and it helped a lot.

Dr. William Davis has an electrolyte recipe. I'll find it in my journal if you're interested.

I would appreciate the recipe!

Here you go:
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2015/...y-total-health/

Thank you!
I do have a question though, what it seltzer?
I'm in Australia and have no idea what it is!

Here's the whole thing, from the Total Health book:

Electrolyte Water per Dr. Davis

1 quart water
4 oz unsweetened coconut water
4 oz magnesium water*
1/2 tsp baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)

*Magnesium Water:

1 liter seltzer (not club soda)
1 and half TB unflavored milk of magnesia

Further tips on making the mg water here: http://www.afibbers.org/Wallerwater.pdf


The Difference Between Club Soda, Seltzer And Tonic Water

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/..._n_1434891.html

TRY to tell someone who went off LC and is now coming back that the weakness they have is probably because of low salt and referenced this thread.

They do not want to "blow up" and think they will pee more??? They salt food "liberally" (we all know that is not enough).

Please hold me back from saying something not very nice....

Water with carbonation. I can it fuzzy water.