HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

BP is normal if the reading is 120/80.  The top number measures the pressure in the arteries when heart beats(when the heart muscle contracts). The bottom number measures the pressure in the arteries between heart beats(when the heart muscle is resting 0.4 secs between beats and refilling with blood).

140/90 is the first stage of BP. If the reading is 150/90 it is called High BP. Usually everyone says BP increases with age. Is it fact? No. But, why is it happening with every one in their late age.  That's purely due to our eating habits. There are people who have controlled/normal BP even in their late age. It is possible with them due to their healthy habits and healthy lifestyle. Once we have High Blood Pressure, Doctors suggest us some medicines to control the BP. And also doctors advice us to reduce salt in our food.  Why to reduce salt to control BP?

  In the process of digesting the food we take, the blood absorbs the salt/sodium. When salt mixes with blood the blood gets thicken and find difficulty to move/pass over the blood vessels. So the heart requires more pressure to pump the blood. Hence heart beats more rapidly.  We can observe the change in our body only once we stop eating salt or at least if we reduce. 

   In olden days people were not getting various varieties of vegetables, milk and grains and beans. Hence they used to provide enough sodium to their bodies externally in the form of salt. Since salt gives more taste we are not able to stop the salt. That's why doctors advice us to reduce salt as we cant eat food without salt. But we can find sodium in various varieties of natural foods like sprouted grains, leafy vegetables, fruits. If we take a balanced diet and stop/reduce salt completely definitely we can see a positive change in our high BP.