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> If you want the fittest person on earth to mow your lawn, look no further
> than the Yanomama Indians of the remote rainforest of Brazil and
Venezuela.
> They are the world's most salt free society with an estimated intake of 6
> mmol/day and a 24-hour sodium excretion rate of less than 1 mmol (one
> millimole). Most of the 6 mmol is lost in faeces, sweat and lactation,
> leaving virtually none for the urine. >
You gotta love them Yanomamas!
But, my experience is a little different:
Prior to my starting a low-carbohydrate diet:
2/98/99 bp: 122/80
started low carbing 12/25/98:
2/19/99: bp: 110/80
10/19/99: bp: 110/72
My sodium intake (gm)
Jun 2.81 gm/day ave
Jul 3.09
Aug 3.19
Sep 4.13
Oct 2.76
I was taught in school that 80-120/60-80 are the averages. You may have been
taught slightly different numbers, but by these numbers, my bp has actually
improved to well within normal limits.. This, in spite of a sodium intake
that I would never have dreamed of doing previous to low carbing. (By the
way, I'm not intentionally eating a lot of salt, it just seems to happen,
e.g. pork rinds, peanuts, etc- I just don't worry about it)
> The learning curve of GPs about salt doesn't move until they begin to
> measure intake by 24-hour excretion. Before that neither the patient nor
> the GP have the faintest idea how much salt is being eaten-the blind are
> leading the blind. Some people who have sworn that they neither cooked
> with salt nor added it at the table, and have avoided salty foods
> religiously and kept no salt in the house, have actually passed over 200
> mmol of sodium in a 24 hour urine collection.
It is certainly true that, prior to my getting and using a software package,
I had no idea what exact amount of salt I was eating. However, I do firmly
believe that it was far less than I am doing now.
Mark R
Protein Power since 12/25/98
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