Low Blood Pressure & Primal Hydration page

[studiostasi]

Hi!

I'm relatively new to the primal scene. In December I started doing 80%/20% primal, then decided that eating gluten made me feel worse when I cheated so I cut that out completely. I'm looking to go full primal, but trying to make some transitions slowly.

Anyway, on to my question. I have something called dysautonomia, where my blood pressure & heart rate have issues being regulated by my autonomic nervous system. I was instructed by my doctor to drink Gatorade and eat a lot of salt to raise my pressure to help keep from passing out. I know a lot of people use coconut water for hydration, but I feel as if it doesn't have enough sodium in it.

Does anyone know of a recipe or maybe a drink out there that has quite a bit of sodium in it that can replace gatorade? Eating primal also means less sodium due to the natural unprocessed foods so I need to find ways to work it in and stay hydrated. Thanks!

[sjmc]

I'd imagine you could sprinkle some salt into any kind of broth. I've never made bone broth (someday!!!) but what I like to do is boil some veggies, keep the water, and add salt, pepper, garlic, splash of olive oil and drink it. Seriously, kicked-up salty broccoli water is delicious.

[Drumroll]

Drink the juice that comes from truly fermented veggies. Rich in sodium and has tons of good probiotics. But remember, a little goes a long way!

[cori93437]

It might be worth it for you to look into getting a powdered electrolyte blend like athletes use...

Then just stir a bit of that into any liquid you want...

That and plenty of salt should easily keep you in good balance.

[cori93437]

It might be worth it for you to look into getting a powdered electrolyte blend like athletes use...
Then just stir a bit of that into any liquid you want...
Or a tablet like this... Amazon.com: Nutribiotic - Essential Electrolytes, 100 veggie caps: Health & Personal Care
Then just pop one a couple of times a day, easy peasy.

That and plenty of salt should easily keep you in good balance.

I also have a medical issue and have to supplement electrolytes... but in my case it's NO salt, and lots of potassium and some mag.