Hypertension is a fairly common disease. Today, it occurs in about 10% of children and in about half of people over the age of 60. Men are more prone to it. They develop this disease much more often than the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity. In addition, it is in them that arterial hypertension occurs somewhat earlier. Naturally, everyone who has this problem wants to lower their blood pressure. At the same time, not everyone knows that in the early stages of hypertension, this can be done without taking any medication.
Weight Loss
It is well known that you can normalize blood pressure and heart rate by reducing your own body weight (of course, if it is excessive). At the first stages of hypertension, it is this method of treatment that should become the main one for patients with varying degrees of obesity. It has been established that with a decrease in weight by 1 kg, a person can reduce blood pressure by 1 mm Hg. It would seem that this is not so much, but losing weight by 10 kg will already allowlower blood pressure by 10 mmHg. In many cases, this will be quite enough to forget about hypertension. For example, if a person has a blood pressure of 130 to 90, then with a decrease in weight by 10 mm Hg, this indicator stabilizes at the level of 120 to 80 mm Hg. Today, this figure is the norm.
You need to lose weight rationally. Too sharp drops in body weight should not be allowed, as this does not have a very favorable effect on human he alth in general. The "gold" standard today is considered to be a decrease in body weight by 1 kg per week. Such rates are considered at the same time quite mild, and quite operational, allowing for a few months to have a pronounced impact on blood pressure indicators. In this case, the patient is advised to change his diet. He is offered to consume less fast-digesting carbohydrates, foods rich in starch (especially potatoes), fatty meats (pork, beef). A sufficiently large amount of greens and vegetables must be present in the diet. From meat products, it is recommended to use boiled chicken breast. A person is prescribed to eat at least 5 times a day, but in relatively small portions. At the same time, you should not eat food 3-4 hours before the expected bedtime. At night, you can pamper yourself with only a glass of yogurt.
In order to lose weight, you often have toconsider your lifestyle. The fact is that both increased weight and arterial hypertension are quite frequent companions of hypodynamia. This is due to the fact that without physical exertion, the tone of peripheral vessels may decrease. It is worth noting that exercise can only slightly lower blood pressure. At the same time, it should be remembered that during the physical exercises themselves, the pressure in a person will increase, which means that the load on his body must be given consistently, without overworking the untrained body. Over time, this will help lower your blood pressure.
