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Does A Low-sodium Diet Reduce Blood Pressure?

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Posted on Wed, 9 Nov 2016
Question: I started a low sodium diet and was wonder how long it would take to bring down my B/P
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Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
can take up to 4 weeks,consider DASH diet

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

Reducing sodium should help lower you BP readings. Within 4 weeks, a decrease in blood pressure normally occurs.
On average, according to a medical study, it can decrease by 5/3mmHG

You should also consider the DASH diet. This stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, it is diet thought to help control blood pressure. Following this diet should help to reduce your blood pressure
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In addition to reducing sodium, the dash diet recommends: (1) increasing potassium, calcium, magnesium.
(2)eat foods low in saturated fat, total fat
(3)use fruits, vegetables,low fat foods

the diet includes whole grains, poultry, fish, nuts, low in red meat, low is sweets and sugared drinks

i hope this helps, feel free to ask another questions
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Does A Low-sodium Diet Reduce Blood Pressure?

Brief Answer: can take up to 4 weeks,consider DASH diet Detailed Answer: HI, thanks for using healthcare magic Reducing sodium should help lower you BP readings. Within 4 weeks, a decrease in blood pressure normally occurs. On average, according to a medical study, it can decrease by 5/3mmHG You should also consider the DASH diet. This stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, it is diet thought to help control blood pressure. Following this diet should help to reduce your blood pressure . In addition to reducing sodium, the dash diet recommends: (1) increasing potassium, calcium, magnesium. (2)eat foods low in saturated fat, total fat (3)use fruits, vegetables,low fat foods the diet includes whole grains, poultry, fish, nuts, low in red meat, low is sweets and sugared drinks i hope this helps, feel free to ask another questions