Is it safe to eat brined turkey if you have high blood pressure?

Question

I want to prepare a turkey using the Good Eats Turkey recipe (Alton Brown/Food Network), which starts with brining the turkey in a salt solution (plus other stuff). However, I'm taking an Rx for high blood pressure. With the Rx, my blood pressure is now normal. I exercise and try to eat a balanced diet. Does the turkey absorb so much salt that it'd be unsafe for me to eat? I haven't been instructed to stick to a low sodium diet.

Answer 1

A little bit once in a while (which means a little bit once in a while) will not hurt you. Keep off heavily salted things as much as you can for whole body benefit and especially as you have high BP.

Answer 2

When I was diagnosed with high blood pressure about 14 years ago the first question the doctor asked me 'what age did your parents die'. They were both still alive at the time, my dad was 88 and my mum was 78. I have never ever taken salt with or on my meals, it is something I have always done and yet I have high blood pressure, so I really do not think that salt has anything to do with it. I could be wrong of course as I am not a medical person, all I know is that I never take salt with anything. I have to take tablets for the rest of my life now and I have to be honest I do not feel any different on the tablets or off them.

Answer 3

For most people salt has little or no effect on blood pressure. Doctors still advise against salt because of research long ago that showed a relationship. But this was a statistical relationship and only focused on one factor. So you probably would be just fine. If you are one of the people for whom it has an effect, it is temporary and short term. Eating a little more salt for one or two days is not going to have a lasting effect.

Answer 4

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