Health Care Guide

December 25th, 2007 by Aaks

In this article you will discover:

What is Hypertension?Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure.

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is diagnosed when the blood pressure is constantly above 160/95 mmHg at rest

Hypertension is also known as ‘The Silent Killer’ because of the lack of outward symptoms.

The following are typical symptoms of high blood pressure, but as you can see, these could easily be symptoms of other health conditions:

Why Is Hypertension Bad For You?Hypertension increases the chances of these health conditions:

Why Salt Is Not Allowed In A Hypertension Diet? Changing you diet can have dramatic results in reducing hypertension.

One big change in your diet, which you can make, is to reduce your salt intake.

In fact…the rates of hypertension in western societies have been falling due to the reduction of adding table salt to meals.

So… cutting down on salt really does help you to reduce hypertension.

Apart from cutting down on table salt, how else can you reduce your salt intake?

Well, first you can reduce the consumption of processed foods which are high in salt such as:

How Else Can You Rid Your Body Of SaltPotassium helps your body to be balanced against the negative aspects of salt.

The best way to get your daily amounts of potassium is by consuming fruit and vegetables which are high in potassium, such as:

One note of caution with potassium, if you have kidney disease, avoid high consumption of potassium.So, to sum up…

Hypertension can cause serious health conditions but the symptoms are hard to recognize this is why it is called ‘The Silent Killer’.

You can reduce hypertension by changing your diet especially cutting down on salt consumption.

You can help you body to ‘balance’ out the negative aspects of salt consumption by eating foods which are rich in potassium.

Stewart Hare C.H.Ed Dip NutTh