Am I slowly dying? .....

Question

low levels of potassium (2.3)

low chloride levels

low blood pressure

low sodium

(imbalanced electrocytes)

and i am underweight (5'3, 88 pds) 22yrs old!

how can i start to take care of myself?

Answer 1

agree w/ above, but would like to add that low blood pressure isn't bad.  my doc told me that i had the blood pressure of a 90 year old when i was your age.  i'm 6 years older now and have changed nothing but my blood pressure has steadily risen.  the doc told me that low blood pressure wasn't a problem unless i was losing feeling in my extremities or feeling faint often (not just when standing up too fast).

as far as putting on weight, i would suggest more protein and good-for-you fatty foods... almonds and avocados and fish.  snack on almonds or pumpkin seeds all day.  if you have no appetite or get full quickly, you can try drinking something acidic before a meal, like orange juice or grapefruit juice.  it will lower the pH in your stomach, which is what allows you to digest food.  if your pH isn't high enough, your body tells you that you're full.

hope that helps.

Answer 2

You are not doing good, but I would not say you are dying.  The good news is good nutrition can begin with the next meal.  First off, you need some serious daily gatorade.  Don't buy anything else but Gatorade.  It has the electrolytes, sodium and sugars that you need to balance that out.  Since it has the sodium, it can increase your blood pressure.  You also need to eat that banana and apple a day.  Both of those are huge, nutritious values and pack a wallop of goodness in a small snack.  Then you need to take a GNC vitamin named Solotron with iron.  IF you do this for a week, I guarantee you, you will have another body. Also, you need to stay hydrated.  Water really helps the natural balance of your body.