Food that causes BP to spike?
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Has anybody read about or experienced any food item that causes BP to spike higher within 24 hours?
?I ask because I seem to have one myself, and it's - cheese! Now, I know cheese generally has a lot of fat and a lot of salt so I'd expect it might have some long-term effects if you eat it frequently, but I'm talking about a cheese sandwich today, and my BP twenty points higher tomorrow. It seems to be just a short-term effect, but I've seen it a number of times now.
?Now, it is also possible that a milk-based product somehow neutralizes one of the BP meds, so it doesn't cause BP as such, but it blocks the med. This is certainly known to happen with some other drugs and nutrients. But as far as I've noticed, either fresh milk or ice cream, does not seem to have the same effect.
?Thanks.
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Anonymous111 jx41870
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Cheese contains tyramine which can cause a hypertensive crisis in people taking MAOIs (google the cheese effect).
jx41870 Anonymous111
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Ben, THANK YOU for posting this! Ten years going to doctors for BP, and none ever mentioned this. I take some turmeric/curcumin, which among its other properties is a mild MAOI. So it's not my imagination. I mention the turmeric/curcumin to doctors, but of course they just give me the fish eye and shrug.
AlexandriaGizmo jx41870
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I have just googled it and I know they say don't, it came back with some interesting and scary information, my MIL is on citalopram and often complains of increased HR now I know why, so I will be passing this info on to her and I suggest you drop the cheese, well done Ben for highlighting this interaction
Anonymous111 AlexandriaGizmo
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The only MAOIs still used are Moclobemide (occasionally for depression) and Selegiline and Rasagiline (both antiparkinsonian drugs).
AlexandriaGizmo Anonymous111
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Anonymous111 AlexandriaGizmo
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AlexandriaGizmo Anonymous111
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david_41738 jx41870
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I know milk as in full l fat is very good for DEIDRATION specially in the summer months.
Concerning food cause BP SPIKING i will get back to u later, I’m on Ward 2day so I’ll speak to couple of consultants and doctors , hopefully I’ll have a overall view
Cheers
David
AlexandriaGizmo david_41738
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That would be good, you could ask there opinion on statins too LOL I'm fed up with the controversy regarding them
jx41870 david_41738
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Thanks David. We'll see what they say, but at least in the US any diet or nutritional approaches tend to be outside of what doctors know much about, beyond very basic diet information it falls under "alternative", which is maybe one step above witchcraft. I'm more interested in individual experience first, and only then in any science behind why it might work.
david_41738 jx41870
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Spoke to 2 doctors who agree salt intake can cause this plus sugar
SALT Is the main one, so reduce salt and same for sugar
Cheers
Dai
david_41738
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I’m on STATINS and help me, there b so much bad press about these but I’ve been advised to carry on with them , u got to remember that most of nearly all MEDS have got types of side effects
If u still have problems with u BP spiking what I would do is do u BP 6x a day as in 3 morning then devide the 3 to get u best average and then the same in the evening and do the same, do this for a couple of days then show to u doc the results
If u haven’t got a BP machine u can buy one say amazon
Hope the above helps cheers
jx41870 david_41738
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I can eat a bag of potato chips and it doesn't spike the BP, in fact the chips with sea salt seem to lower my BP short term! All that potassium, I guess.
jx41870 david_41738
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Yes, I have a BP meter, and generally do use it at least twice a day, sometimes more often, that's exactly how I know what the effects of this or that food or drug really are.
david_41738 jx41870
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Do u suffer from SLEEP ANAPIA or do u snore a lot , this can cause SPIKE in your BP
cheers
jx41870 david_41738
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