Bryan > wrote:

>My doctor has never asked me to restrict salt. He has been
>adamant about never skipping a dose of BP medicine, and encourages
>weight loss and physical exercise. He is super-nerdy, and really
>stays up on the research, the ideal general practitioner.

I also have the ideal GP. When I first tested hypertensive,
he suggested a three-week salt-elimation diet, on the off
chance I was salt-sensitive. I was not, but it was a good move
to go through, since I might have been and that might point
to different treatment. More information is better.

Steve