Atkins and Blood Pressure

Peggy said:

I did google this subject, but didn't quite see the below situation.

A co-worker of mine had trouble with her blood pressure while she was
pregnant and really bad when it came time for delivery. After she had
the baby, her blood pressure went back to normal after awhile. That
was a year ago. She is not on BP meds that I know of.

At the end of last week she started doing Atkins. After cutting carbs
for a couple of days, her blood pressure shot up "because of all the
protein she was eating". Then when she ate "normal", her BP came down.

I don't understand this. Do you think that it was a temporary thing
and would have subsided after awhile? Her BP was so high it was giving
her a headache.

Can anyone relate or give some insight?

Peggy

My blood pressure has decreased, although I've also lost about 60 pounds.
I guess her blood pressure could shoot up due to water loss, but that
effect is very temporary.

--
Bob in CT
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Peggy said:

At the end of last week she started doing Atkins. After cutting carbs
for a couple of days, her blood pressure shot up "because of all the
protein she was eating". Then when she ate "normal", her BP came down.

I don't understand this. Do you think that it was a temporary thing
and would have subsided after awhile? Her BP was so high it was giving
her a headache.

Can anyone relate or give some insight?

Who says one is necessarily the result of the other?

Peggy wrote:
:: I did google this subject, but didn't quite see the below situation.
::
:: A co-worker of mine had trouble with her blood pressure while she was
:: pregnant and really bad when it came time for delivery. After she had
:: the baby, her blood pressure went back to normal after awhile. That
:: was a year ago. She is not on BP meds that I know of.
::
:: At the end of last week she started doing Atkins. After cutting carbs
:: for a couple of days, her blood pressure shot up "because of all the
:: protein she was eating". Then when she ate "normal", her BP came
:: down.

Who says it had anything to do with all the protein she was eating? Unless
she is eating lean cuts of meat, it is likely she is eating a lot more fat
than protein. Also, what else was she eating? It is difficult for one to
say why her BP shot up and speculation is not at all helpful.

::
:: I don't understand this. Do you think that it was a temporary thing
:: and would have subsided after awhile? Her BP was so high it was
:: giving her a headache.

It is normal for people, when they start doing Atkins, to have the side of
effect a headache, as well as other things. Those are part of the adaptation
phase to LCing. My guess is her BP being high was due to her not feeling
well due to the withdrawal from carbs.

You know, she can skip induction and just start at 30 tp 40 g of carbs per
day. It is very possible to lose weight with that approach, though it is
not really part of Atkins.

Did she actually measure her blood pressure or did she translate her
headache into high blood pressure?

In news:[email hidden],
Peggy <[email hidden]> stated
| I did google this subject, but didn't quite see the below situation.
|
| A co-worker of mine had trouble with her blood pressure while she was
| pregnant and really bad when it came time for delivery. After she had
| the baby, her blood pressure went back to normal after awhile. That
| was a year ago. She is not on BP meds that I know of.
|
| At the end of last week she started doing Atkins. After cutting carbs
| for a couple of days, her blood pressure shot up "because of all the
| protein she was eating". Then when she ate "normal", her BP came down.
|
| I don't understand this. Do you think that it was a temporary thing
| and would have subsided after awhile? Her BP was so high it was giving
| her a headache.
|
| Can anyone relate or give some insight?
|
| Peggy

MU said:

Peggy said:

At the end of last week she started doing Atkins. After cutting carbs
for a couple of days, her blood pressure shot up "because of all the
protein she was eating". Then when she ate "normal", her BP came down.

I don't understand this. Do you think that it was a temporary thing
and would have subsided after awhile? Her BP was so high it was giving
her a headache.

Can anyone relate or give some insight?

Who says one is necessarily the result of the other?

I would be concerned about the symptomatic elevations in BP. Her doctor(s)
should be informed.

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Quoted message said:

I did google this subject, but didn't quite see the below situation.

A co-worker of mine had trouble with her blood pressure while she was
pregnant and really bad when it came time for delivery. After she had
the baby, her blood pressure went back to normal after awhile. That
was a year ago. She is not on BP meds that I know of.

At the end of last week she started doing Atkins. After cutting carbs
for a couple of days, her blood pressure shot up "because of all the
protein she was eating". Then when she ate "normal", her BP came down.

I don't understand this. Do you think that it was a temporary thing
and would have subsided after awhile? Her BP was so high it was giving
her a headache.

Can anyone relate or give some insight?

Peggy

My apologies for the second post on this coming out today. I hit "post
message" on this one yesterday and it gave me an error....so, thought
it didn't go through.

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Quoted message said:

Did she actually measure her blood pressure or did she translate her
headache into high blood pressure?

I'm not really sure. She just said it was her blood pressure. I
figured she ought to know how it feels since she had such trouble with
it before. I was just curious about it in general. I don't think I'll
be talking her back into Atkins any time soon. She is probably super
cautious about such things because of her previous experiences. I
understand about the headache. I've read about that many times on
here. I've been on Atkins for 2 years now. I don't remember a
particular problem with that in the beginning.

Peggy

Well, I have had high blood pressure for years and have never "felt" it. I
have heard people say they could "feel" their blood pressure rise and I
never believed it. They always say it in circumstances where someone has
angered them. I suspect they are associating the feelings of an adrenalin
dump with a rise in BP. In general, people find that LC lowers their BP
over time, but BP can fluctuate a great deal. You may have heard of "white
coat syndrome" where people's anxiety at going to the doctor causes their BP
readings there to be higher than they usually are. I have never heard
protein consumption associated with high BP. Salt can raise it, though, and
maybe she is consuming more sodium. However, you really can't begin to
figure anything out about blood pressure without a good measuring device.

In news:[email hidden],
Peggy <[email hidden]> stated
| "FOB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
| news:<[email hidden]>...
|| Did she actually measure her blood pressure or did she translate her
|| headache into high blood pressure?
||
|
| I'm not really sure. She just said it was her blood pressure. I
| figured she ought to know how it feels since she had such trouble with
| it before. I was just curious about it in general. I don't think I'll
| be talking her back into Atkins any time soon. She is probably super
| cautious about such things because of her previous experiences. I
| understand about the headache. I've read about that many times on
| here. I've been on Atkins for 2 years now. I don't remember a
| particular problem with that in the beginning.
|
| Peggy