blood pressure and supplements?

[Juice_E]

alright so i'm in class right now and i don't have time to fully research this on my own. i was wondering if anyone here knew if L-arginine, animal pak, glutamine, bcaa's, or creatine raise your blood pressure.

from what i been looking at i found out for the most part that arginine helps lower it and with the things in animal as well?

i'm 18 and i just failed my physical exam with a first test of 186/100 and then a 158/100 for BP. i have never had high blood pressure until recently i guess? could this possibly be genetic, if anyone has any possible answers thanks.

[bulldawg_28]

What's your diet like? Have you gained a significant amount of weight recently? Have you been doing cardio lately? Have you cycled any?

[Juice_E]

my diet is just till about 3 days ago only consisted of... oatmeal, turkey meat, tuna, vegitables, bananas, egg whites, water and milk. fridays i would usually eat junk food.

i do cardio 4-5 times a week for 30 mins untill about 3 days ago i now do it for an hour.

as far as weight i put on like 20lbs in about a month and half and i have never cycled before.

[Bradly1234]

ummm you need to get urself cheked by ur doc, at 18yrs old or any age 186/100 is very high
my suggestion would be stop ur supps esp if your taking a prework out supp until u talk to ur doctor.

[bulldawg_28]

More than likely it's because of the weight gain that's causing your hypertension. That and you may have some slight water retention from the creatine.

What I would do is to up your potassium, and dietary fiber intake. Increase your cardio to at least 40 minutes instead of 30 minutes. I forgot to ask how much water are you drinking a day? Try to drink at least 1.5 gallons a day. If this doesn't help then shoot me a pm and we'll try work something out. I'm studying to be an RD so I can talk with other RD's and get their opinion on this issue.

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

Hawthorn Berry @ 2000mg ED
Garlic @ 2-3 times the suggested use
Fish Oil also helps

[Juice_E]

alright yeah i was just talking to my brother and he told me about those berries... i have no exact amount of water intake but i drink a decent amount of water everytime i pass a fountain and i use the restroom twice in about a 50min peroid.

as far as cardio i started to do 1 hour now... and my brother said another reason might because i'm 5'5'' and 173lbs. gold's gym BF scale thing said i was 19% but i'm sure its off a little... don't know if my stats will help.

oh and till about a month ago i was using no-xplode.. the effects of that might still be on me?

[Juice_E]

fish oil can be found in the canned tuna?

[XNathan]

No in salmon, dark tuna meat and other fatty fishs. You can always but it like supplement in pharmacy or healthy store.

I prefer flax oil over salmon oil...but good salmon steak is good supplement also

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

U can buy fish oil pills

and I just mix my flaxseed oil with my casein protein shake before bed