V8 Juice

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Would someone please explain to me the benefit of V8 juice in relation to Afib

and why it is a benefit ? I think I got the tail end of that thread.

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> Would someone please explain to me the benefit of V8 juice in

relation to Afib and why it is a benefit ? I think I got the tail end

of that thread.

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Low Sodium V-8 is a great source of dietary potassium (470 mg/8 oz

glass) with very few calories. You can review the chart of potassium

content per calorie of various foods at:

http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/table3.html Most other foods are

hard to eat to get that much potassium or also contain a lot of

vitamin k which we affibers want to keep at a stable level. To

compare, a whole baked potato has about the same amount of potassium

but it's much easier to drink a couple glasses of V-8 than two baked

potatoes, and far fewer calories in the V-8. The MDR for potassium is

about 2.5 grams/day but some feel about double that is good for the

heart, arthritis, etc.

The reason for low salt is that some people feel that you should take

in more potassium per day than salt. Salt isn't good for blood

pressure for most.

This information is primarily for those of us who feel that extra

taurine, magnesium and potassium help with afib and/or ectopic beats.

Gordon

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Thank you for your reply. I have some V8 but I didn't see any brand that said

low sodium. Maybe I was looking in the wrong place or something.

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> Date: 2006/05/01 Mon PM 12:55:08 EDT

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> Subject: Re: V8 Juice

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> Thank you for your reply. I have some V8 but I didn't see any brand

that said low sodium. Maybe I was looking in the wrong place or

something.

It comes with the same label but with a light green stripe across it

that says low sodium. I get mine at Safeway or Albertson's in CA.

Knudsen also makes a low salt veggie juice.

If you have a Trader Joe's around, they have low sodium vegetable

juice that tastes better for about a third less cost.

Gordon

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A word of caution with taking high amounts of potassium. If you are on an

antihypertensive in the ACE group (ramapril, lisinopril, benazepril etc) or an

ARB (losartan, valsartan etc), or spironolactone...these medications inhibit the

kidneys from getting rid of extra potassium and hyperkalemia (high potassium)

can be just as toxic as low potassium...this holds true if you have renal

insufficiency even if you aren't on one of these medications.

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isparrow@... wrote:

Would someone please explain to me the benefit of V8 juice in relation to Afib

and why it is a benefit ? I think I got the tail end of that thread.

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