Diets for High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure means your blood pressure is consistently too high and means that your heart has to work harder to pump blood around your body. Blood pressure readings naturally go up and down throughout the day and night, and it’s normal for it to rise with movement. However, sustained high blood pressure can cause a devastating heart and circulatory diseases. There are many ways to mitigate the risks associated with high blood pressure. One unlikely way to lower BP could be to eat dark chocolate.

The findings confirmed the hypothesis. Dark chocolate showed a reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

“If you want to make changes to your diet to help your blood pressure and your waistline, it’s best to cut down on salt and increase the amount of fruit and veg you eat. 

Dietary changes should also be accompanied by an exercise to reduce high blood pressure. 

The health body recommends aerobic activity as a great way to control blood pressure. Any physical activity that increases your heart and breathing rates are considered aerobic activity, it says, including:

• Household chores, such as mowing the lawn, raking leaves, gardening or scrubbing the floor
• Active sports, such as basketball or tennis
• Climbing stairs
• Walking
• Jogging
• Bicycling
• Swimming
• Dancing

An ideal healthy reading is more than 90 over 60 (90/60) and less than 120 over 80 (120/80).

To know more about the topic you are requested to attend the conference "3rd Annual Conference on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Diseases"

Date: October 09-10, 2019

Venue: Madrid, Spain

Difference between heart attack and broken heart syndrome

Broken heart syndrome, also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, can strike even if you’re healthy. (Tako tsubo, by the way, is octopus traps that resemble the pot-like shape of the stricken heart.)

Heart attack and broken heart syndrome: What’s the difference?

Some signs and symptoms of broken heart syndrome differ from those of heart attack. In broken heart syndrome, symptoms occur suddenly after extreme emotional or physical stress. Here are some other differences:

• EKG (a test that records the heart’s electric activity) results don’t look the same as the EKG results for a person having a heart attack.
• Blood tests show no signs of heart damage.
• Tests show no signs of blockages in the coronary arteries.
• Tests show ballooning and unusual movement of the lower left heart chamber (left ventricle).
• Recovery time is quick, usually within days or weeks (compared with the recovery time of a month or more for a heart attack).

Major causes of Hypertension

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common cause of high blood pressure because the kidneys do not filter out the fluid. This fluid excess leads to hypertension.

Other risk factors which increase the cause of Hypertension include:

• Age: Hypertension is more common in people aged over 60 years. With age, blood pressure can increase steadily as the arteries become stiffer and narrower due to plaque build-up.
• Ethnicity: Some ethnic groups are more prone to hypertension.
• Size and weight: Being overweight or obese is a key risk factor.
• Alcohol and tobacco use: Consuming large amounts of alcohol regularly can increase a person's blood pressure, as can smoking tobacco.
• Sex: The lifetime risk is the same for males and females, but men are more prone to hypertension at a younger age. The prevalence tends to be higher in older women.
• Existing health conditions: Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and high cholesterol levels can lead to hypertension, especially as people get older.
• A family history of high blood pressure and poorly managed stress can also contribute.

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