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High Blood Pressure or hypertension is a dangerous disease because it causes your heart to work much harder. If your heart is required to work harder for extended periods, it will become enlarged. If your heart is slightly enlarged, it can and should still work ok, but if it becomes significantly enlarged it won't. You will also find high blood pressure also causes damage to your arteries which can then cause arterial disease. Low blood pressure is a potentially serious health condition where a person's blood pressure is much lower than usual or healthy. When the blood pressure is low, it usually causes symptoms such as dizziness lightheadedness and collapse. When the blood pressure is too low, it means there isn't enough blood flowing to the heart, brain, and other vital organs of the body. Extended periods of either hypertension or low blood pressure are conditions for concern and you should seek competent medical advice. You can learn more about these conditions on these pages. High blood pressure dietA high blood pressure diet needs to be avoided in general by everyone not just those with high blood pressure. This is because there is an epidemic of people developing high blood pressure, and many of these people are not aware their blood pressure is raised. Commencing a high blood pressure diet just may be the straw that breaks the camels back and precipitates them into chronic illness. A high blood pressure diet is usually high in saturated fats this can have an adverse effect not only on the blood pressure, but also cardiac functions liver and kidneys which are expected to work extra hard to process all the waste. High blood pressure diets include foods such as Whole milk mozzarella cheese, American cheese, whole milk ricotta cheese, pasta with cheese etc. They also include large portions of fat laden meat. Avoiding other foods that contain large amounts of salt is good practice and helps to decrease high blood pressure. It should be noted that sodium is available at rate of 40 per cent in table salt and persons with an intake of foods with sodium at the rate of more than 1000 – 1500 mg per day may develop elevated blood pressure. Foods offering high calories such as the yellow of the egg can also be considered a high blood pressure diet foodstuff. Compared to a vegetarian diet, non-vegetarian diets may be considered a high blood pressure diet. A diet with increased salt content should be totally avoided in pregnant women who already have increased blood pressure and similarly, cardiac patients with increased blood pressure should also take additional care in avoiding this type of diet. If any one is consuming a high blood pressure diet, they should have their blood pressure checked frequently to ensure it is within normal limits. Avoid any diet with extra oil added particularly, the addition of oil from mustard, groundnut etc as this can lead to increases in blood pressure levels if consumed in excessive amounts. A high blood pressure diet also comprises of snack foods routinely available such as salted snacks and fried food items. These include pickles, bacon, salted potato chips and soy sauce. These types of food should be totally avoided by those who already have elevated blood pressure, and it should also be remembered canned and frozen food may contain more saturated fat than their fresh counterparts and should be avoided. Excessive caffeine intake frequently causes a rise in blood pressure. Caffeine should be limited in intake and if possible caffeine free substitutes consumed instead. The above is only a snippet to read the full article, click here!
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Site MenuMore ArticlesIt's quite difficult sometimes to judge a "normal" blood pressure for a person because something normal for one person may well be "abnormal" for another. So it is important that if there is a suspicion someone's blood pressure may be causing them a problem it is investigated very carefully as even small changes in their blood pressure may cause them adverse medical problems. While the articles on this Website were written with great care, errors or omissions may occur. The information is provided "as-is", without any warranty whether expressed or implied. All readers agree to use the information provided on this site entirely at their own risk. The information provided here is for educational purposes only and should not be used as a basis for any form of diagnosis or treatment for any medical condition whatsoever - including high or low blood pressure. Always seek the advice of a professional medical doctor. |
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