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Public release date: 13 January 2008
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Mediterranean Diet - For a healthy blood pressure
A diet low in salt was during almost 100 years the only possibility available to doctors to treat hypertension
or high blood pressure. But with the discovery of medications such as diuretics, the therapeutic treatment was
changed since patients and doctors alike welcomed this new pill treatment that made a low salt diet unnecessary.
However, as it usually happens in medicine, recent research has proved that diuretics have serious side effects.
Studies have shown that diuretics cause our body to lose, along with sodium and chloro, potassium, a mineral
basic in heart functions. This loss of potassium can cause an alteration in the cardiac rhythm as well as kidney
damage. In extreme cases, this potassium loss can lead to coma and a heart attack.
Diuretics can also alter the glucose metabolism, leading to diabetes type II. Not a pretty picture indeed!
Your doctor may prescribe you a diuretic that doesn’t affect the potassium balance but these medications will
also have side effects. And remember, once you start taking diuretics, chances are you will be taking them for life.
If you are already taking medication, by all means, don’t discontinue it. Just keep your sodium intake to a maximum
of 1,500 mg per day. As part of a healthy diet that includes fruits, vegetables and is low in saturated fat as the
Mediterranean diet, it will get you the best results in lowering your high blood pressure. This will lead to your
doctor lowering your medication which is your main goal along with lowering your high blood pressure.
Always remember that prevention is the best way to go. Keep your sodium (salt) intake low and check your blood
pressure periodically. High blood pressure does not have any symptoms, except in extreme cases, and it’s usually
detected in a routine visit to your doctor’s office.
Have a healthy and happy day today but low in salt.
Emilia Klapp
“Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet”
www.emiliaklapp.com
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