Comments on: Hypertension: Low Carb and High Blood Pressure

By: Steve S.

Steve S. — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:56:52 +0000

112/68 is not too low

By: Otha

Otha — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:30:27 +0000

Excellent site. Good work.

By: Joe Matasic

Joe Matasic — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:38:42 +0000

I’ve been on blood pressure meds since I was 18. Cholesterol too. Now I’m about to turn 35. I quit my cholosterol meds about 2 years ago after reading the great cholesterol con and doing some research. I’ve lost a bunch of weight through low-carb and am sure that the severly reduced carb intake has gotten to levels my doctor call perfect. I still look only at triglycerides and hdl while my doctor looks at ldl. She complained for a while but I kept showing her studies and she can’t refute the numbers.

I was on 3 different meds for blood pressure. Max doses for at least two possible all. Norvasc, Lotensin HCl and Toprol XL. I started to get lighted headed when I would get up from laying down or sitting on the floor. My doctor evetually agreed to cut back on them. It went away. Now I’m down to 1/2 the Lotensin HCl and the Toprol XL. My goal is to get off those also. Though I think its going to take another 50 pounds and possible some luck as it runs in the family also.

By: Jamesina Goulbourne

Jamesina Goulbourne — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:59:18 +0000

I reckon it was the low carb diet that brought the pressure down. The fact that you continued on this diet could be the reason it has dropped too low. We do need a measure of carbs and the right kind.

Why not get as much information as you can on carbohydrates and how they function in the body. You will be amazed at learning how much of an impact on health, our dietary habits, can cause, especially in connection with carbohydrates and weight.

Wishful thinking on your doc`s behalf that he thinks it`s the meds doing their stuff, but why not ask him still to lower your dose on a trial period and see how you get on.

It is now official that home blood pressure monitoring will help doctors get a better idea of a patients overall pressure, so I would suggest keeping an eye on your own, if the doctor agrees to lower your meds.