On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 7:25:04 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
> 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.
>
When I want to dis my endocrinologist, I call him a *gland hacker*.
Just kidding. I don't even have an endocrinologist.

--Bryan