Mr. Zhang, 35, found that his blood pressure increased during the physical examination this year, measured several times, and measured himself for several days, and his blood pressure was between 140 and 150/90 to 95 mmHg, and there was obviously mild hypertension.
Mr. Zhang is very worried, he is only 35 years old, if you want to take medicine for a long time, you don't know how many years of medicine to take.
After the doctor asked Mr. Zhang about his eating habits, he suggested that Mr. Zhang try to eat less salt, eat less fried and fatty food, and exercise more at the same time, so that if you can lower your blood pressure, you can skip medicine.
According to the doctor's words, Mr. Zhang controls the intake of salt below 6 grams per day, and usually tries to eat white meat, eat less red meat, and insist on exercising for more than 30 minutes a day.
While insisting on diet and exercise intervention, Mr. Zhang monitored his blood pressure and found that his blood pressure slowly changed, getting closer and closer to normal, and when he was almost 3 months old, he found that his blood pressure had been very stable and had dropped to 128/85mmHg, which was a very good blood pressure value.
And because of the long-term adherence to such eating and sports habits, the taste has become much lighter and the body has improved.
Can eating less salt really lower blood pressure?
The reason why blood pressure rises is that the pressure of blood acting on blood vessels becomes larger, so it will lead to an increase in blood pressure, although there are many reasons for the increase in blood pressure, such as excessive salt intake, emotional fluctuations, alcoholism, etc. are important reasons for the increase in blood pressure.
Especially for some mild hypertension, there are no other complications, and it is due to the increase in blood pressure caused by heavy taste, you can eat less salt, eat a lighter diet, and exercise at the same time, you can effectively reduce blood pressure, so as to achieve the purpose of not needing to take medicine.
But to be clear, not all people with high blood pressure can rely on eating less salt to lower blood pressure, just like a balloon, you gently blow it, the gas is released, the balloon is still relatively intact, can be used again. And if the balloon blows very large, even if the air is released, the elasticity of the balloon is already very poor, and it is likely to explode when it is blown again.
The same is true for patients with hypertension, if it is only mild hypertension, it is only due to bad living habits, as long as it can be changed, and if it is severe hypertension, even if these bad habits are changed, there is no way to recover, you need to take medicine for a long time to control, of course, you also need to maintain good living habits to avoid further increase in blood pressure.
If you want to control high blood pressure without taking medicine, early detection and early treatment are the basis
Many patients with hypertension have no symptoms in the early stage, and when the symptoms are found, the blood pressure value is already very high, or they have been complicated by coronary heart disease, kidney disease, cerebrovascular disease, etc., so it is impossible to control without taking medicine.
So usually pay attention to often monitor blood pressure, found that when blood pressure rises, you should check whether you eat too heavy a taste, or recently too much pressure insomnia, or mood swings, if there are these situations, you must try to adjust it, generally early mild hypertension, as long as these bad habits are changed, blood pressure can be lowered.
Although 1 in 3 adults in China has high blood pressure, but many people are due to bad living habits caused, if you can detect early, early adjustment, can effectively adjust the blood pressure to normal.
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