What Do You Eat during a POTS Flare?
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- What do you eat during a POTS or chronic illness flare?
This is a common topic I discuss with my clients that have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, EDS or chronic fatigue. Many are not aware how much what we eat impacts our ability to rebuild our energy.
The common guidance one gets with POTS is to eat a high sodium diet to boost blood volume, oftentimes consuming highly processed foods. This can backfire as such foods tax the body more - driving inflammation, poor gut health, and blood sugar dysregulation.
So how do you eat to help your energy even when you are tired?
A few quick tips:
1. Let protein be king
2. Aim for whole food carb sources
3. Include healthy fats
4. Cook in bulk & freeze
5. Keep easy to cook proteins on hand
6. Buy things frozen & pre-chopped
More detailed tips to help you eat for better energy in my video!
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All of your information is a blessing thank you 🙏🌻
You're very welcome 🤗 My hope is to help others not struggle for as long as I did trying to figure things out
Also i know it shod be obvious but ill put it in here anyway. If your cooking for your family be aware of their dietary needs as well. Most people dont need a high sqlt diet like posties do so be mindful of that if your cooking for more than yourself. I also heard sea salt and pink himalayan salt are decent way to get the salt intake with added bonus of the nutrients those have
Yes great comment.
Keeping your own dietary needs in mind along with others at the table is important. I've found cooking a basic plain dish like chicken and everyone adding their own seasonings helpful - addresses taste preferences and wanting more or less salt or spice.
I started measuring out my salt by the tsp each day about 400 mg in a gram, 4 grams in a teaspoon) to sprinkle on foods.
Do you have a way you get your salt in?
@@thrivingwithpots I'm still trying to get my diagnosis so I'm not trying to overload myself with salt in case I don't have it. I do have ALL of the classic symptoms including a positive on the poor man's tilt table test (getting my first cardiology appointment within the next few days) but If I do need to increase my salt I was going to continue eating my favorites like picklesand olives and probably switching my table salt to a pink himalayan salt. I struggle a ton cause I'm currently homeless so my food intake is difficult since I can't cook (microwave and fridge occasionally)
@@jessicalingo4346yes waiting to get your diagnosis confirmed and guidance from your treating physician in sodium intake is important
@@thrivingwithpots it sucks super bad when your waiting to get the diagnosis cause you are in full effect of the symptoms that can be very difficult. Ya you can do research on what to do in the mean time but you don't want to change too many things cause if it's not the issue (like the salt intake) it can be damaging.