Its not the relationship of carb to blood pressure, its rather relationship of high carb affecting blood sugar and then higher blood sugar to your blood pressure due to the AGEs production. Advanced Glycation Endproducts. You probably could read about "Wheat Belly" online where Dr. William Davis explains this phenomenon. The more AGEs you produce, the more damage you do to your arteries resulting in high blood pressure.Is there any information on whether a higher carb intake can raise blood pressure?
I just noticed, looking back over 9 years of medical information, that the lower my Hba1c, the lower my blood pressure.
This is also interesting about fluid retention, something I get.Hi @lucylocket61
This is an inverse answer to your question, but this study by Dr David Unwin shows that a low carb diet reduces blood pressure: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6695889/
See also Why We Get Sick by Ben Bikman re body holding onto fluid via the kidneys to deal with carbs hence the fluid loss and keto flu symptoms when people rapidly drop their carbs, lose fluids and minerals unless they add a little salt. Then the body adjusts and blood pressure comes down unless there's another cause for it. Hypertension is a well known symptom of metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance alongside type 2, fatty liver, visceral obesity and low hdl/high trigs.This is also interesting about fluid retention, something I get.
Interesting, thanks.See also Why We Get Sick by Ben Bikman re body holding onto fluid via the kidneys to deal with carbs hence the fluid loss and keto flu symptoms when people rapidly drop their carbs, lose fluids and minerals unless they add a little salt. Then the body adjusts and blood pressure comes down unless there's another cause for it. Hypertension is a well known symptom of metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance alongside type 2, fatty liver, visceral obesity and low hdl/high trigs.
I think doctors are trained to look for those individual issues and treat them as such.
Its not the relationship of carb to blood pressure, its rather relationship of high carb affecting blood sugar and then higher blood sugar to your blood pressure due to the AGEs production. Advanced Glycation Endproducts. You probably could read about "Wheat Belly" online where Dr. William Davis explains this phenomenon. The more AGEs you produce, the more damage you do to your arteries resulting in high blood pressure.
I was told 9+ years ago, after diagnosis, and every annual visit since, that I should be on bp medication, all diabetics must take them, and statins, to protect us. Even though for the last 8+ years my bp has been normal. Apparently its part of the trifecta of meds we should all be on forever. The third one is metformin.On the low carb forum it is quite common for people to be taking tablets for high blood pressure and to start going dizzy after a while so the advice is to reduce the tablets - it is advising on medical matters, but several people have had falls, one quite a serious one due to their BP dropping too low.
There are often reports of HCPs declaring that once on medication for high blood pressure it is for life, a similar attitude to the ongoing degeneration of type twos belief.
That BP is very dangerously high. I suggest ringing for some medical intervention asap.Just gone into Metformin for type 2 and my BP is 240/129 on BP medication but my doctor has said nothing about carb reduction.
I have this visualisation of your GP as that snake in Jungle book cartoon, singing 'trust in me, just in meee' - but I was told that I was a very bad diabetic at diagnosis - so I am living up to it and refusing all medication.I was told 9+ years ago, after diagnosis, and every annual visit since, that I should be on bp medication, all diabetics must take them, and statins, to protect us. Even though for the last 8+ years my bp has been normal. Apparently its part of the trifecta of meds we should all be on forever. The third one is metformin.
My GP has never tried BP or statins as my levels are fine. They are also more than happy for me to reduce my meds to zero if I canI have this visualisation of your GP as that snake in Jungle book cartoon, singing 'trust in me, just in meee' - but I was told that I was a very bad diabetic at diagnosis - so I am living up to it and refusing all medication.
So far I feel - well - wonderful, to be honest.
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