Increasing your fluid and salt intake to treat low blood pressure

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Increasing your fluid and salt intake

Dehydration can cause low blood pressure. This can be easily treated by increasing your fluid and salt intake. Ensuring you drink enough fluid will help by increasing the volume of your blood, which increases your blood pressure.

If you have low blood pressure, you may benefit from having more salt in your diet. Your GP can advise how much additional salt you need and whether you can add salt to your usual food or take salt tablets. Don't add extra salt to your diet without seeing your GP first.

Being a diabetes patient, Besides carbs, you should watch your salt:(by webmd)

Being a diabetes patient, Besides carbs, you should watch your salt:

People with diabetes have a bigger risk of having high blood pressure, which can cause heart disease. Too much salt can make your blood pressure high, and most people get way more salt than they need. To cut down on salt, eat fewer canned and processed foods. Use herbs and spices to flavor your food. If you want a snack, choose a piece of fruit or some vegetables instead of salty chips or pretzels. Limit your salt intake to 2,300 mg a day at most. That's less than 1 teaspoon, but salt adds up quickly, even if you don't sprinkle it on your meal.

Info source:

http://www.m.webmd.com/diabetes/rm-quiz-diabetes-and-food?ecd=wnl_dia_040114&ctr=wnl-dia-040114_ld-stry_1&mb=GULHw1r0yczQttMGkoWNR%40HnVev1imbCX2R%2fDNcXcrE%3d

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Processed food is probably the main source of your salt i.e. sodium intake

Processed food is main source of your salt i.e. sodium intake

Processed food is probably where you get most of your salt. Foods don't have to taste salty to be high in sodium. 

Some bread and rolls, soups, frozen pizza, and cold cuts are all high in salt.

 

Read labels. You may be shocked at how much sodium is in your food. Make sure you know how much one serving is. If you eat two servings, you'll get twice as much sodium.

 

If your blood pressure is even a little above normal, stick to 1,500 mg of sodium a day. That's less than a teaspoon of salt.

Info source: http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/rm-quiz-hypertension?ecd=wnl_day_082513&ctr=wnl-day-082513_ld-stry&mb=GULHw1r0yczQttMGkoWNR%40HnVev1imbCX2R%2fDNcXcrE%3d

Why taking more fruits and vegetables and take less sodium is important for your healthy bone?

Info source: http://urbanext.illinois.edu/osteoporosis/bonediet.cfm

In general, a bone healthy diet is consuming enough calories for adequate weight, and the optimal amounts of protein, calcium and vitamin D. Consuming the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables (2 ½ cups vegetables and 2 cups of fruit for a 2,000 calorie intake), and following the recommendation of no more than 1,500 milligrams (1.5 grams) of sodium per day also contribute to a bone healthy diet.