Low Blood Pressure and Low-Carb?

I'm not on any medication or anything right now (this always comes
up), but I have low blood pressure (usually in the 85/45 to 95/55
range). I am wondering, has anyone with low blood pressure tried the
Atkins and/or any other low-carb diet?

Would it be considered safe?

thanks,
-ivyb

"wossoyi" wrote in message
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| I'm not on any medication or anything right now (this always comes
| up), but I have low blood pressure (usually in the 85/45 to 95/55
| range). I am wondering, has anyone with low blood pressure tried
the
| Atkins and/or any other low-carb diet?
|
| Would it be considered safe?
|
| thanks,
| -ivyb


My blood pressure before starting low carb was around 90/60. It is
now running 105/70, but that could be a fact of changing from
synthryoid to armourthyroid medication. The one suggestion I would
make is, I have trouble occasionally with dizzy spells. I use
morton's light salt.. half salt and half potassium. Some people are
on medication and should not use potassium, make sure it is safe for
you. My doctor recommended this prior to low carbing, so he had no
problem with it after I started also.

essense

(wossoyi) wrote:

I'm not on any medication or anything right now (this always comes
up), but I have low blood pressure (usually in the 85/45 to 95/55
range). I am wondering, has anyone with low blood pressure tried the
Atkins and/or any other low-carb diet?

Would it be considered safe?

thanks,
-ivyb

My b/p is being kept low by meds. I had trouble with dizziness for 2
months and kept waiting for my body to adjust, but it hadn't.

Yesterday was my 14th day of induction. The day before my b/p was
80/63 - sitting. I haven't been dizzy for almost 2 weeks. Maybe
coincidence, YMMV, etc.

The first 2 days of induction, I felt sluggish. You do lose fluids on
Atkins. I don't know how that affects "normal" people.

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:13:29 -0600, Pat wrote:


"wossoyi" wrote in message
om...
I'm not on any medication or anything right now (this always comes
up), but I have low blood pressure (usually in the 85/45 to 95/55
range). I am wondering, has anyone with low blood pressure tried the
Atkins and/or any other low-carb diet?

Would it be considered safe?

thanks,
-ivyb

My blood pressure today at the doctor's office was 92 over 60. It
usually
is 90 over 56. That's pretty much my range--and, no, I'm not taking
blood
pressure medication. It's called being an athlete. The doctors are
happy
about my blood pressure readings, and it has never caused a problem. Oh
yeah, once it did--during my knee operation, my pulse went down to 40 and
that amazed them. Then, the anesthetist saw on my chart that I was a
soccer
player and HIS blood pressure stabilized.

Pat in TX



Supposedly Miguel Indurain had a resting pulse rate in the mid to low
30s. Boris Becker's pulse rate was so low that doctors were afraid to
operate on him.