What is high blood pressure?
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a blood circulation condition with continuous increases in pressure. If blood pressure is pushed into the artery walls when the heart pumps blood, it can cause heart damage, stroke and lead to many other dangerous complications if not treated, stabilizing blood pressure promptly.
High blood pressure cannot be completely cured. However, you can control it by changing your daily diet and staying away from foods that are harmful to your health.
Salt
Salt increases the permeability of cell membranes and causes increased water in cell walls and mach walls, which increases vasoconstriction, increased peripheral resistance, which increases blood pressure and is not good for the heart.
People with high blood pressure should only consume a maximum of 1,500ml of salt per day. Forming a brisk eating habit will be better for your health.
Do not eat pickled and sour foods and prepackaged foods
Because salt has the ability to prevent food breakdown, it is often used a lot to preserve food. All types of pickled vegetables such as: green rice, melon, radish, carrots, ... are often soaked with a lot of salt. A piece of pickled melon can contain up to 390mg of salt.
In addition, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), up to 75% of the salt absorbed into the body is from packaged foods.
Therefore, people with high blood pressure should limit the use of pickled and sour dishes and canned foods such as: Sausage, frozen pizza, tomato sauce, ...
Hot and spicy foods and starches
According to medicine, spicy foods or foods containing a lot of starch that make the heart beat faster increase the risk of high blood pressure.
Energy-rich foods
Foods high in energy (m other sugar, glucose, etc.) are one of the causes of obesity. When you are obese, the sensory nerves are stressed, causing blood pressure to increase. Therefore, high blood pressure is more common in people who are overweight or obese.
According to the American Heart Association, women should limit their added sugar intake to six teaspoons (24g) per day. For men, a teaspoon (36g) is enough for one day.
Fat and cholesterol
Fried foods and fatty meats increase the risk of fatty blood, causing stiff arteries to increase blood pressure.
Drinks containing alcohol
Alcohol can make the heart beat faster, blood vessels constrict, and blood pressure increase.
On the other hand, alcohol also limits the effectiveness of drugs that treat high blood pressure. In addition, high-calorie alcohol must be metabolized in the liver and also leads to weight gain.
Thick tea
hard tea is also a drink that many Vietnamese people love. consists of many alkaline substances that can cause brain agitation, causing insecurity, insomnia, causing the heart to beat arrhythmias, and high blood pressure. Especially the dark pink tea, patients with high blood pressure need to abstain.
However, drinking green tea will be very beneficial for treating high blood pressure. Dilute green tea contains flavonoids, which are antioxidants, contributing to the prevention of cancer, preventing hypercholesterolemia, reducing atherosclerosis in people with high blood pressure.
Coffee
Coffee contains caffeine a substance that can stimulate the hearts heartbeat, causing high blood pressure.
