Top Ten Reasons Why We Get Hypertension
While there is no exact cause of hypertension several lifestyle factors have been found to raise blood pressure. In the tradition of making Here’s my very own Top Ten Ways to Get Hypertension.
10.) Getting stressed out. Taking on much more than you can handle at work can give you a lot of unnecessary stress that sticks with you long after you leave the office. Stress has been found to cause several ailments, hypertension among them.
9.) Worrying too much. Anxiety has also been found to cause spikes in blood pressure. Some experts claim that making worrying a habit can cause as much damage as chronic hypertension.Things that you can do to relax include meditation, yoga, and massage.
8.) Eating the wrong things. Whether or not you’re overweight, and whether or not you exercise regularly, taking in a lot of the bad stuff can cause your blood pressure to rise. Cholesterol, trans fats, and salt are the “bad stuff” that we consume. You can use the new food guide pyramid as a guideline to help you, and your blood pressure, get back on track.
7.) Lack of exercise. Most of us spend our days sitting down, whether at work, at school, or at home. Lack of exercise can lead to obesity, which is thought to be a leading cause of hypertension.Increase physical activity by walking the last few minutes to work, go up or down using the stairs, and play a sport during the weekends.
6.) Being overweight. This is the main reason for the previous two ways to get hypertension. Poor eating and exercise habits will make your heart work harder to cope up with the excess weight.
5.) Too much caffeine. Many people have been dependent on coffee to energize them the whole day. However, the caffeine in coffee makes our blood pressure rise temporarily, which becomes longer if we take in more caffeine in one day.
4.) Binge drinking. Anxiety and stress tempt many of us to escape from reality with some alcohol. Binge drinking constricts blood vessels and can cause a 10% spike in your blood pressure. Sorry, but if you suffer from hypertension, you’ll need to limit yourself to a glass of wine or a can of beer a day to stay on the safe side.
3.) Smoking. Each stick you consume makes your blood pressure to increase by 5-10 mm Hg. Also, the nicotine decreases the amount of oxygen in the blood, making your heart work double time to keep the body’s cells healthy.
2.) Not getting enough sleep. Less than six hours of sleep per day will make you more likely to suffer from hypertension. Getting enough sleep will keep you from getting high blood pressure.
1.) Not using my hypertension program. This is serious - I’ve advised my clients to follow my tips on how to avoid the first nine items, but the only thing that made them lower their blood pressure to ideal levels is when they did the simple exercises in my blood pressure program.
Tags: blood pressure, overweight, sleep, Worrying
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