Why are there more and more hypertensive patients? Expert: Eat too much of this kind of food, try to get rid of it
Hypertension is one of the chronic diseases with a high incidence, and October 8 every year is "National Hypertension Day"!
Statistics have shown that there are more than 1.4 billion hypertensive patients in the world, and the number of hypertensive patients in China has reached about 300 million! What kind of concept is this? On average, one out of every four Chinese people is a hypertensive patient. Moreover, the data on the prevalence of hypertension are being refreshed every year, showing a continuous upward trend.
Hypertension is not only a disease limited to middle-aged and elderly people. In fact, while the number of patients with hypertension is increasing, it is also showing a younger tense. Many young and middle-aged people are diagnosed with high blood pressure at a young age. blood pressure. This disease is clinically divided into two types, primary and secondary, and most hypertensive patients belong to essential hypertension.
The onset of essential hypertension is not only related to congenital genes, but also acquired eating habits are also the triggers.
Many people think that high blood pressure can only be caused by eating a lot of greasy food and high-calorie food. However, according to many years of clinical research, the dietary factors that really trigger hypertension are: high-salt diet!
Chinese people have an excessive preference for high-salt diet, which not only includes Chinese-style salted fish, bacon, sausage and sauerkraut. All kinds of salty condiments, such as oyster sauce, soy sauce, and soy sauce, are typical high-salt representatives!
The World Health Organization once suggested that the daily salt intake of adults should be less than 6 grams, but judging from the drinking habits of Chinese people, the daily salt intake has far exceeded 6 grams, or even reached 10 grams. How many grams!
The fundamental reason why high salt content will become the killer of high blood pressure is not "salty", but related to the composition of table salt. First of all, everyone should understand a change in the operation of the body: balance! The physiological functions, tissues and organs, cells and molecules of the human body are all in a state of dynamic balance. The main component of table salt is sodium chloride, which will quickly decompose into chloride ions and sodium ions after entering the body;
Both chloride ions and sodium ions are present in the extracellular fluid to maintain the osmotic pressure balance of the extracellular fluid. However, when the intake of sodium ions exceeds the standard, due to the drastic change of osmotic pressure, extracellular fluid will increase, which will lead to problems such as water and sodium retention and increased blood volume, which will directly lead to the return of blood volume and ventricular filling volume. increases, leading to an increase in blood pressure;
At the same time, high salt intake will also activate the sympathetic nerve and hypothalamus in the body, stimulate the operation of the renin, angiotensin and aldosterone systems, cause the blood vessels to contract violently, and induce high blood pressure!
In our country, the incidence of hypertension in the north is significantly higher than that in the south, which is directly related to the heavy-tasting eating habits of the northerners. Therefore, in order to maintain a stable blood pressure and a healthy body, it is scientifically recommended that everyone should maintain a light diet. The so-called blandness does not mean cutting off meat completely, but trying to keep the original flavor of the food as much as possible, reducing the addition of salt and condiments;
Especially for patients with high blood pressure, the intake of salt should be strictly limited. At the same time, you should take antihypertensive drugs as recommended by your doctor, and measure your blood pressure regularly. If you find that after taking medication and adjusting your life, your blood pressure still does not drop, but instead continues to rise, you should seek medical attention immediately for medication adjustments until your blood pressure is controlled within a stable range.