Lemons2lemonade Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I realized last night that during my first undiagnosed pots flare up, i started eating a lot of garbanzo beans. There was just something in them that i craved. I had some last night and within 20 minutes was bouncing around the house not even thinking about pots. It was shortlived but i am definitely going to incorporate this into my diet again. I looked up the nutrition online last night and they are full of all kinds of good minerals like phosphorus,manganese, potassium, magnesium etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliegee Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Yeah, I have learned that taking magnesium supplements (aside from my MCAD meds) is the single most helpful thing I take. It has helped control my POTS and improved my vasospasms tremendously. I usually end up hospitalized with Reynauds in the winter- with magnesium, so far all of my digits are pink!!! Good stuff (but big chalky pills- hard to swallow ) Hummus is a whole lot yummier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxie Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I just tried hummus for the first time a few weeks ago! I got it from Whole Foods. It was Kalamata and artichoke hummus. I loved it. Especially with salt, then it really came alive!I agree with Julie, mg is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heissovereign Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 interesting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serbo Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Yeah, I have learned that taking magnesium supplements (aside from my MCAD meds) is the single most helpful thing I take. It has helped control my POTS and improved my vasospasms tremendously. I usually end up hospitalized with Reynauds in the winter- with magnesium, so far all of my digits are pink!!! Good stuff (but big chalky pills- hard to swallow ) Hummus is a whole lot yummier Hi JulieWhat does a vasospasm feel like? It sounds scary! Good to hear the Mg is working for you.Just bought a big pack of pumpkin seeds to get my hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beggiatoa Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 There could be a logical explanation for this. Garbanzo beans are rich in molybdenum. http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?dbid=58&tname=foodspiceMolyb. is a cofactor for the enzyme xanthine oxidase which according to one study, "These results suggest that xanthine oxidase accounts for a putative source of oxyradical generation that is associated with an increasing arteriolar microvascular tone in this form of hypertension." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I have spent 8 years trying to work out why some foods can set off POTS and others improve it. I can never seem to find a hard and fast rule. A guy from Norway told me to eat lots of onions. Seemed to help for a while but soon I felt worse. Another lady told me to eat soup made from silverbeet every night and again I thought it seemed to help heaps but then I crashed. Ive even tried the low NO and high NO diets, etc.Im glad youve found something that seems to help. Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 you know some beans contain levadopa a precursor of dopamine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliegee Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Aaron for me a vasospasm is when my fingers and toes turn dark blue/purple/black. The blood supply to them is completely shut off no matter what i do. I have even tried sipping wine in a super hot bath tub- actually prescribed by my vascular surgeon -and NOTHING has worked as well as daily magnesium.Beggiatoa, I seem to get the same effect from the magnesium, itself. Good stuff as i can't tolerate any traditional Reynauds treatment. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogini Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 They are high in sodium too if you buy the canned kind. I roast them with olive oil til they r crunchy and add a little salt. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemons2lemonade Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Oooh that is a good idea yogi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anna Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Lots of studies going on in the sports medicine front in the UK focusing on beetroot. This article is quite interesting:http://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/news/title_145007_en.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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