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High Blood Pressure Help?
- Thread starter bluemarlin04
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Tip: Do not mock those that know what they are talking about.
Just because something is legal for the general public to injest does not mean it is legal for an Aviator w/o permission of Flight Doc. The Flight Doc does not regulate - the Aviator does - with support from the Flight Doc.
As an aviator you can't even take Motrin for a headache without a flight doc prescribing it. Self medicating is a no-no.
draad
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Paleolithic will help. Paleolithic with extremely limited nuts/seed and fruits is even better. Nuts and seeds have lots of sodium, and fruits have lots of fructose, which spikes insulin (which is one of the biggest goals of paleo-eat things with a low glycemic index and avoid spiking insulin), which contributes to high blood pressure.
So much bad gouge on this thread it is scary...
I have first hand experience with this problem and am currently on a hypertension waiver.
Go with the medically and scientifically approved and established methods. Unfortunately, genetics plays a huge part in hypertension.
Don't do self medication or fad diets. They are going to get you in trouble and don't read well in mishap reports.
If it continues to be a problem, just ride it out until wings and then you can explore various approved medications with your flight docs help. I am taking the minimum dose of lisinopril and it has made a huge difference in my readings.
I have first hand experience with this problem and am currently on a hypertension waiver.
Go with the medically and scientifically approved and established methods. Unfortunately, genetics plays a huge part in hypertension.
Don't do self medication or fad diets. They are going to get you in trouble and don't read well in mishap reports.
If it continues to be a problem, just ride it out until wings and then you can explore various approved medications with your flight docs help. I am taking the minimum dose of lisinopril and it has made a huge difference in my readings.
So just eat meat? Yeah, that will do wonders for your long term health.
10 years ago this whole paleo craze was called Atkins. How did that work out for everyone?
Yes, I know there are differences, but there is a reason that fad diets are fads...they don't work long term.
There is also a lot of good gouge in this thread. Limiting sodium intake, good diet, exercise and weight management, tracking BP for reference, and working with your doctor on all of the above, are all proven ways to help with BP. Genetics does play a huge role for some people, some people aren't sodium-sensitive, and some people do need medication...but that doesn't always need to be the first resort, either.
I worked with a 'special' Army Captain that was doing the paleo diet, he was not 'Green Beret special' but 'short bus special'. The best part about it was he would describe in detail how the paleo diet had affected his bowel movements. Pure awesome. After that no one else wanted to try it, just because of him.
There was an Approach article specifically addressing the paleo diet, in which the pilot on this diet got dizzy and weak feeling in flight.
MasterBates
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I never had problems with being dizzy in flight when the Nutritionist at Portsmouth put me on paleo due to diverticulitis.
My blood pressure also dropped, but I was under a doctor's care for that diet.
I felt pretty damn good on it, but trying to stay on it underway is hard, as FFV plays a huge part in it.
It was not like Atkins in that it was carb restrictions. Just more of a "no overly processed crap and grains" thing.
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My blood pressure also dropped, but I was under a doctor's care for that diet.
I felt pretty damn good on it, but trying to stay on it underway is hard, as FFV plays a huge part in it.
It was not like Atkins in that it was carb restrictions. Just more of a "no overly processed crap and grains" thing.
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The crossfit/paleo crowd that I have seen have eaten a ridiculous amount of meat in their diet. I understand the whole non processed thing and I agree that stuff should be limited in the diet. I just see a lot of variations lately like the "low carb paleo" diet and other silly things. Sure, if a nutritiounist is monitoring you, then obviously that is legit.
MasterBates
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Yeah.. My macronutrient profile was a bit protein heavy, but nothing like Atkins. Probably about 1/2-2/3 of my calories from meat/dairy, and the rest from veggies.
I ate a lot of salads with meat on them, or veggies with meat vice potatoes or rice. Pasta, cereal and breads are the devil as far as my gut is concerned.. Had to eat that way either living on the road, on a boat, or on an oil rig though.
I ate a lot of salads with meat on them, or veggies with meat vice potatoes or rice. Pasta, cereal and breads are the devil as far as my gut is concerned.. Had to eat that way either living on the road, on a boat, or on an oil rig though.