Subj : Reduced salt [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Mar 11 2024 14:20:11
Hi Dave,
DD> So, I hit the stupormarkup and bought him a shaker of Morton's Nu Salt
DD> (potassiuim chloride) and a couple shakers of Mrs. Dash to help him
DD> get some "safe" flavour in his grub.
DD> I did the same thing for myself after my cardiac ablation and
DD> pacemaker implnt. Nu Salt works OK - but it gets bitter when you
DD> over-do.
RH> I did similar when I was diagnosed with hypertension. Tried all kinds
RH> of low/no salt alternatives and found they did nothing to reduce the
RH> blood pressure. Turned out it was kicked in by one of my asthma meds
RH> and something called hyperaldosteronism. One of the side effects was
RH> that my potassium levels kept bottoming out and I'd end up in the ER.
RH> Once that was diagnosed and treated, the blood pressure went down.
RH> In the meantime, I went back to using real salt, tho in smaller amounts.
DD> Ain't it a b ...ear when your medicine tries to kill you? I had to go
DD> to Bing and look up "hyperaldosteronism". I've already got damage to
DD> my
DD> kidneys I can do without having a problem with the adrenal glands.
I've no idea what brought that on but I'm glad we finally figured out
what was going on. They couldn't tell which gland it was coming from (or
both), usually if they can tell, the "offending one" is taken out.
Otherwise, as in my case, it gets controlled by a single med, once a
day.
DD> I have since gone back on using real salt and it doesn't seem to
DD> affect my BP nor make my feet swell or any of the other gotchas. But,
DD> all cases are their own deal. What works for me may not for others.
DD> Bv)=
RH> Agreed, that's where having a good doctor, one that's willing to listen
RH> to you and work with you is so important.
RH> Meanwhile, a new Indian restaurant opened up in town recently and Steve
RH> had been wanting to try it. We finally did, last night--got butter
RH> chicken, whole wheat roti and lentil soup to go. I was less than
RH> impressed with the soup but the chicken and roti were really good. The
RH> chicken came with white basmati rice but the sauce pretty much
RH> overpowered any taste to the rice. We'll probably go back there, don't
RH> know when.
DD> We have a bunch of Indian places here. The best I've tried is a place
DD> in a strip mall named Flavor of India. They have a most excellent
DD> lunchtime buffet where I have tried many "new to me" foods. The first
DD> time my
DD> friends and I visited we were the only non-Asians in the place - which
DD> speaks well for the authenticity. I've discovered many new foods there
DD> as well as my favourite find - Mango Ice Cream. Yuuuuuummm.
We didn't get the ice cream this time, maybe go back and do a sit down
meal there, with ice cream for dessert. When we first moved to WF, we
found a good Indian place in Raleigh, with a buffet. They either closed
or moved after a few years, don't know which. One of the tows on the
west side of Raleigh has a significant Indian population with a cricket
club, all sorts of restaurants, etc but it's a good bit out of our way
for just a meal so we're going to go back to this place and try another,
just curry place that opened up in WF a couple of years ago.
DD> This (or maybe it was goat) was on the buffet one time. Good stuff.
