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As I mentioned in another thread, my husband had a stroke almost 2 weeks ago.
On admission, his blood pressure was 212/113. They believe the hemorrhage was caused solely by the extreme BP.
He's also crossed the border into full-on diabetes, though not as severe as mine. Right now he's on Metformin, and I'm checking his numbers. He trends between 130-180.
The only BP diets I've heard of are low fat plus low salt. But I know the low fat thing does not work very well with diabetes ... at least, it doesn't for me. When my numbers went down, so did my BP. But then, I never had full-on hypertension.
QUESTIONS: Does anyone here plan their diets around both diabetes and hypertension? If so, do you have any tips as to how I can get us started? (If need be, I'll sneak off somewhere to up my own fat intake.)
Thanks!
On admission, his blood pressure was 212/113. They believe the hemorrhage was caused solely by the extreme BP.
He's also crossed the border into full-on diabetes, though not as severe as mine. Right now he's on Metformin, and I'm checking his numbers. He trends between 130-180.
The only BP diets I've heard of are low fat plus low salt. But I know the low fat thing does not work very well with diabetes ... at least, it doesn't for me. When my numbers went down, so did my BP. But then, I never had full-on hypertension.
QUESTIONS: Does anyone here plan their diets around both diabetes and hypertension? If so, do you have any tips as to how I can get us started? (If need be, I'll sneak off somewhere to up my own fat intake.)
Thanks!