Roy wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 8:03:50 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > >
> > > >
> > >> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >> > John Kuthe wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > >> >
> > >> > > On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 2:35:41 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
> > >> >>> Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > >> > > >
> > >> >>> > On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 12:32:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk
> > wrote: >> >>> > > Cindy Hamilton wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > >> >>> > >
> > >> >>> > > > On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 4:54:21 AM UTC-4, John
> > Kuthe >> >>> > > > wrote:
> > >> >>> > > > > You a nurse too? I know about HTN and dietary salt.
> > >> >>> > > >
> > >> >>> > > > Please present some statistics on how many
> > hypertensives are >> >>> > > > sensitive to salt.
> > >> >>> > > >
> > >> >>> > > > Thanks,
> > >> >>> > > >
> > >> >>> > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >> >>> > >
> > >> >>> > > I just posted a link to where some of it started. See,
> > the >> USA >>> > > doesnt really 'study' this, they just know a
> > segment are >> salt >>> > > related.
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > I really hoped Kuthe would do his own homework. Ah, well,
> > ever >> >>> > the optimist.
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > > The actual testing Don and I had done validate that many
> > will >> >>> > > have hypertension (HTN which John tried to be cute
> > about not >> >>> > > translating). It also showed clearly that it
> > is not >> 'universal' >>> > > which John probably does not know.
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > I eat a metric boatload of salt, and my BP is fine. I
> > probably >> >>> > add more salt to my morning oatmeal than some of
> > the salt >> nannies >>> > eat in an entire day.
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > > It's in the excerpt that it's safe to reduce salt for
> > all of >> us >>> > > and that it was too expensive to conduct
> > detailed studies. >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > Well, sure. It wouldn't hurt me to reduce my salt intake,
> > but >> it >>> > probably wouldn't do any good, either.
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > Cindy Hamilton
> > >> > > >
> > >> >>> Exactly Cindy. Unless you have a condition that salt may be
> > >> related >>> to, a normal salt diet is fine. If you do have a
> > >> condition such as >>> hypertension (BP issues) then it doesnt
> > harm to >> try a reduced salt >>> to see if it lessons.
> > >> > > >
> > >> >>> --
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Unless you switch to and eat a lot of "salt substitutes",
> > namely >> > > the ones substituting Potassium Chloride for Sodium
> > Chloride, >> > > which my father who had HTN did years ago, them
> > when his MD ran a >> > > blood test and found his potassium levels
> > very high, MD told my >> > > father not to do that!
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Know what high potassium ion (electrolyte) levels in your
> > blood >> > > can do? I do, because I'm an RN and I know stuff like
> > this!! >> > >
> > >> > > John Kuthe...
> > >> >
> > >> > John, you may tell us you are an RN but guess what, you know
> > less on >> > healthy diet than Julie does.
> > > >
> > >> I have spent countless hours studying diet, starting with back
> > when I >> became a vegetarian. I wanted to make sure that I was
> > eating a >> balanced diet. And due to my various medical problems,
> > I tend >> towards vitamin and mineral deficiencies which I always
> > try to >> address first with diet, then supplements because that
> > isn't enough. >> I've been having stiff knees so am eating more
> > celery. Why? The >> sodium.
> > >
> > > Could be shrimp, shell on, might be a better solution?
> >
> > I would never eat shrimp. Just doesn't smell or look appealing.
> > Endo. thinks it is because I am not on a high enough dose of
> > thyroid med. Because I now have no thyroid at all, I have to be
> > super careful about taking my med. The surgeon was rather treating
> > me like someone that only wanted to know the simple stuff and
> > that's not me. Thankfully my Endo. realizes this. He gave me a
> > copy of the labs from the other Dr. I told him that had I seen
> > those labs, I would have known that the TSH was off. I was at the
> > upper end of the range. I won't get too much into the thyroid
> > stuff because people without a thyroid problem likely won't care.
> > But with thyroid labs, a high figure means hypo (low thyroid) and a
> > low figure means hyper (high thyroid). And the labs are really
> > just a piece of paper. The range is rather wide and if a person is
> > still having symptoms then they are not on the right dose of med
> > for them. I left the paper in the car so I can't tell you exactly
> > but I was close to 5.0 and he said I need to be closer to 1.0. So
> > he upped my dose a bit. I know from past experience that it can
> > take a few days to feel better on a new dose.
>
> Julie, does your endocrinologist know that you refer to him as "my
> Endo"? Not very good form to familiarize his profession status in
> such a way. If I were to refer to my Thoracic surgeon as "my
> Thoracic guy", it wouldn't go over too well with his peers, I am
> sure. By the way, confidential consultations with your "Endo" should
> remain just that...CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET. Relating his conclusions
> and your rebuttal to them are not our business either...PLEASE
> remember that. If he were to hear of your behaviour in this regard,
> he would ream your ass out, but good. ====

Get real. Endo is a common short form. No endocrinologist is going to
get upset over it. They use the same term for themselves.

Also any patient is always welcome to self discuss what they found from
their own discussion with their own Doctor if they so wish. Its the
Doctor revealing it to others that isnt kosher.

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