High Blood Pressure: Causes, Symptoms, What to eat

High blood pressure is a condition when the force of the blood is flowing through the blood vessel is too high. Over time, increased blood pressure can cause health issues such as heart diseases. High blood pressure is common but early detection is important. It can be treated by both prescribed medication and lifestyle changes. The best way to know whether you have high blood pressure or not is to get a regular blood pressure reading.

Causes:

There are two types of hypertension:

Primary Hypertension: Most people have primary hypertension in which blood pressure increases slowly. Genes, physical changes, and environmental changes are the factors of this type of hypertension.

Secondary Hypertension: This is serious because blood pressure increases quickly and becomes more severe. The conditions that cause secondary hypertension are kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea, thyroid problems, adrenal gland problems, certain endocrine tumors, etc.

Other causes are smoking, stress, overweight, genetics, lack of physical activity, older age, use of alcohol, etc

Symptoms:

•  Headache
•  Blurred vision
• Weakness
• Dizziness 
•  Nausea and vomiting
• Shortness of breath

What to eat:

You can control your blood pressure without any medication. All you need to start a healthy diet. For high blood pressure diet, I would recommend you to consult the best dietician. Here I share common dietary:

•  Reduce the intake of sodium
•  Eat less meat
• Avoid sweets
• Eat a nutritious and low-fat diet.
• Stop smoking and drinking alcohol
• Use herbs, vinegar or lemon juice instead of salt
• Eat fresh fruits and leafy green vegetables
• Unsalted seeds and nut
• Avoid fast food, fried food, canned soup, butter, fatty meat, etc
• Don’t use table salt
• Eat sodium-free, low-sodium or unsalted food

If you are suffering from high blood pressure and searching for the best dietician, then you can consult Dietitian Sheelaseharawat. She provides a high blood pressure diet plan. To get to know more about diet plans you can download the app “Diet Clinic” or visit the website www.dietclinic.us.