Hypertension And Lowering Blood Pressure Diet
Statistics have extremely worrying results: about one quarter of the American adult population has a high blood pressure and need immediate help, to prevent the risk of kidney failure, stroke or heart attack.
Against the risk of hypertension and the complications derived from it, a healthy alimentation represents one of the most powerful weapons, because the attack of hypertension is annihilated and the blood pressure lowers.
The recommended diet is based on the increase of the amount of vegetables, fruits and aliments without fat or with low fat content and the decrease of the amount of salt, states the American Heart Association (AHA). This recommendation is the first one made by Nutrition Committee of AHA that associates the fruit with vegetables and low-fat aliments to the reduction of salt in the Diet for hypertensives.
Further, the importance of potassium, magnesium, calcium and low-fat foods in emphasized by the Nutrition Committee, that also advises to avoid the consume of sodium, products that increase cholesterol and fats.
A diet based on all these recommendation lowers blood pressure and neutralizes the effect of high blood pressure on other organs.
More room should be made in a hypertensive diet to dietary products, fruits and vegetables that have a rich content of vitamins, electrolytes and minerals, says dr.Kotchen, the one that made the report. Potassium is another vital element in controlling hypertension, which can be found in potassium, bananas, raisins and dates and it is proved by the studies to lower blood pressure.
The result of the Nutrition Committee’s study indicates a decrease by 15 % of the risk of stroke and by 6 % of that of heart attack, in case diastolic blood pressure is reduced by 2 units.
The most important of the above recommendations, the one that should be absolutely followed, is the one referring to the decreasing of the salt amount in a hypertensive’s alimentation.
In addition, weight should be kept strictly under control, and the alcohol consumption avoided or dramatically reduced, as the Nutrition Committee recommends.
Sebastian Bunten
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March 9th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
How do you lower blood pressure through lifestyle choices?
I heard and read about drug companies promoting their products for hypertension and bribing/influencing panels to lower standards for what is considered high blood pressure. These drugs have extreme side effects for some people. The older and cheaper diuretics are more effective for most people and have fewer serious side effects, but physicians are over prescribing the newer drugs.
Hypertension is a side effect not a disease. For most people is the result of lifestyle choices. Many people can prevent hypertension through diet, exercise, stress reduction, and other lifestyle choices.
For some people, drugs are important. For most people, a lifestyle choice would be better. For most people, the side effects of newer drugs are more harmful than the benefits. In many cases, life expectancy when using these drugs is reduced, despite what the honorable Dr. Oz (corporate sellout) claims.
What are your recommendations for lowering blood pressure through lifestyle changes?
My claims are supported by the book:
"Selling Sickness: Pharma Industry Turning Us All Into Patients"
by Ray Moynihan, a health journalist, and Alan Cassels, a policy researcher
The DASH—Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension—diet was developed for a US government agency. Sadly, the US government has earned a reputation as being biased toward large corporations. I don’t trust a word of this study, especially the support of the dairy industry lobby. Dairy is not the best source of calcium. In addition, dairy in the US has genetically modified growth hormone and antibiotics.
March 9th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Hoe do you know docs are overprescribing? You have statistical evidence based on reliable studies? You just have a nutty bias.
You can try the DASH diet which does work. Exercise, lose excess weight too.
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March 9th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
reducing your salt intake is THE first and foremost step.
exercise …. doesn’t have to be strenuous, walking is fine.
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March 9th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
no salt, no alcohol, no caffeine,low fat foods, exercise.
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March 9th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I have the gene for high blood pressure.
No salt
no deep fried foods for sure or fried foods.
No shell fish.
eat the White meat of chicken.
lean pork once a week, if at all
beef twice a week
no organ meat
no cat fish.
No fat
Watch the caffeine
low sugar
no junk food
low fat dairy products or no fat
eat fresh or frozen veggies and fruit.
no packaged food
no alcohol
no smoking
laughter is the best medicine
no white flour
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