Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication

David 12 has the idea. SODIUM!!!! We Americans have way too much sodium in our diets. A general rule of thumb shopping is stay on the outside of the store, and stay away from the center aisle. Fresh fruit, produce, meats in moderation, dairy in moderation, frozen (not processed) are all on the outside of the store.

Highly processed foods, soups, canned (and preserved) foods, instant dinners (highly preserved) chips and snack food... all reside in the inner aisle.

Of course this is over simplified, and healthy food takes longer to make than pour, heat and eat, but sodium has the largest influence on blood pressure. Sodium is also very high in fast food and restaurant food. If you have a restaurant you frequent, ask the chef to hold the sodium and sodium intense additives. Do not eat fast food!

BTW, I am or have been on virtually all the meds discussed above. I am awaiting a heart transplant and my blood pressure is 68-72/42-45. Believe me I understand the feeling.

Only about half of us are sodium sensitive to the point it has much bearing on blood pressure from what I've read. If you're among that half, it's a total pain to try and keep your sodium intake as low as it should be if you eat anything out of a package or from a restaurant. I know it does influence my bp to a degree, as does too much meat and alcohol. Modern western lifestyles are a huge contributor to the epidemic of high blood pressure.

Hi Jadem,
Hope your feeling a little better and our family wish you the best!

Kind Regards,
Bob

Indeed Jadem, good luck with your impending operation. You are right, that not everyone is salt sensitive. However on a population basis, I am not so sure. A study on Amazonian Indians some years ago, found there BP's were about 90/70 and they did'nt fall over when they stood up. The suggested reason is very low salt intake, high rainfall in the Amazon basin washes all the salt out of the soil.
Incidentally, if you look at salt intake, consider Bread. It is packed with salt, why? It lasts 6 days on the shelf, not 2, simple economics for the supermarkets.