Hypertension & the Sodium Myth

May 22, 2003

There is a problem with substituting KCl for NaCl as table salt.

Japanese studies have confirmed that Chloride rather than Sodium is the

trigger for the hypertensive response in salt sensitivity. This has

been shown both in animals and humans. The solution shown in the

Japanese studies is pharmaceutical grade Chitosan, which binds chloride

ions (and other toxins) preventing uptake into the blood from the gut.

Blood pressure spikes were completely eliminated by taking a few

capsules of Chitosan prior to any meal containing chlorides.

Also, apparently KCl is used intravenously to stop the heart from

beating. Potassium is abundantly available in all vegetables and

fruits, so an inorganic source is in no way helpful for achieving a

healthy cardiovascular support diet.

Dr. Glen

www.wizardofeyez.com

> Potassium chloride 1,500 to 3,000 mg (use NuSalt or NoSalt salt

> substitutes to achieve dosage)

May 23, 2003

Overdoing potassium is probably a greater health risk than table

salt, NaCl. In severe burn victims, the burn causes a lot of cells

to rupture allowing the potassium (K is more concentrated inside the

cell) to be released into the bloodstream. Elevated blood levels of

potassium then cause the person to go into a coma.

In the diet potassium should exist at a ratio of 2:1 with sodium.

Sodium is important but it should be gained from food rather than

salt. From a video presentation by Dr. Morter he told of a study in

which NaCl, table salt, caused high blood pressure. But then when

sodium in a different form was given it did not have the same

results. And, when chloride in a different form was given, it did

not cause the problem. It was the NaCl in the form of table salt

that caused the problems. There is a place for NaCl in the diet but

in low amounts.

Chloride is important too. The minerals in our food are absorbed

after the chloride from stomach acid, HCl, binds with the mineral.

For example the iron in the food is acted upon by HCl to produce iron

chloride which is then taken up in the duodenum.

All the best,

Jim

Gettingwell , Emary van Merlin <emary@t...>

wrote:

> There is a problem with substituting KCl for NaCl as table salt.

> Japanese studies have confirmed that Chloride rather than Sodium is

the

> trigger for the hypertensive response in salt sensitivity. This has

> been shown both in animals and humans. The solution shown in the

> Japanese studies is pharmaceutical grade Chitosan, which binds

chloride

> ions (and other toxins) preventing uptake into the blood from the

gut.

> Blood pressure spikes were completely eliminated by taking a few

> capsules of Chitosan prior to any meal containing chlorides.

>

> Also, apparently KCl is used intravenously to stop the heart from

> beating. Potassium is abundantly available in all vegetables and

> fruits, so an inorganic source is in no way helpful for achieving a

> healthy cardiovascular support diet.

>

> Dr. Glen

> www.wizardofeyez.com

>

> > Potassium chloride 1,500 to 3,000 mg (use NuSalt or NoSalt salt

> > substitutes to achieve dosage)

May 24, 2003

Thanks for the warning about potassium as I have a bottle and I take one

when my heart rhythm gets " weird " . I learned potassium would help my heart

when I was in the hospital for 3 days with giardisis and they pumped

potassium into me as fast as they could. I have since been diagnosed with

CFIDS (the unrecognized neglected illness that you can catch but the CDC

does not want anyone to know this) and the CFIDS Chronicle recommends that

those of us with it take lots of extra salt to increase our blood volume and

blood pressure so we don't pass out. I don't buy the sodium theory of high

blood pressure at all. Its just more AMA garbage like cholesteral causing

heart attacks. Rebecca

> " thmicom " <clements

>Gettingwell

> Re: Hypertension & the Sodium Myth

>Fri, 23 May 2003 17:40:32 -0000

>

>Overdoing potassium is probably a greater health risk than table salt,

>NaCl. In severe burn victims, the burn causes a lot of cells to rupture

>allowing the potassium (K is more concentrated inside the

>cell) to be released into the bloodstream. Elevated blood levels of

>potassium then cause the person to go into a coma.

>

>In the diet potassium should exist at a ratio of 2:1 with sodium.

>Sodium is important but it should be gained from food rather than

>salt. From a video presentation by Dr. Morter he told of a study in

>which NaCl, table salt, caused high blood pressure. But then when

>sodium in a different form was given it did not have the same

>results. And, when chloride in a different form was given, it did

>not cause the problem. It was the NaCl in the form of table salt

>that caused the problems. There is a place for NaCl in the diet but

>in low amounts.

>

>Chloride is important too. The minerals in our food are absorbed

>after the chloride from stomach acid, HCl, binds with the mineral.

>For example the iron in the food is acted upon by HCl to produce iron

>chloride which is then taken up in the duodenum.

>

>All the best,

>Jim

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May 26, 2003

Bronson a vitamin seller, sells Vitamin C powder containing Calcium,

Potassium and Magnesium.

Albertson's, a grocery store sells two types of " Sea Salt " that still have

all the trace minerals.

Might be something there.

Lorenzo

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Rebecca Wells [Rebecca47]

Friday, May 23, 2003 6:31 PM

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