Causes of High Blood
Pressure
By
Paul J. Johnson
High blood pressure can be caused by any number of factors in a
person’s life or by many factors all adding together. However,
the hard truth is that if you don’t control your blood
pressure, it can lead to many serious medical conditions,
including heart attack and stroke. By understanding the causes
of high blood pressure, you can learn how to prevent your
levels from exceeding the normal range and therefore promote in
yourself and your family a healthier overall lifestyle.
One of the major causes of high blood pressure is cholesterol.
In most cases, a person with higher than normal cholesterol
levels will also suffer from high blood pressure. This is due
to the fatty deposits left on the artery walls from the
cholesterol in your blood stream. The body actually needs no
cholesterol, since it produces enough on its own, but the foods
we eat often introduce more into our body. When no more can be
absorbed into the blood stream, the cells deposit fat onto the
walls of the arteries. This fat turns to a hard plaque, making
our blood vessels smaller and smaller over time. The same
amount of blood needs to flow through these smaller spaces,
creating a higher blood pressure.
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An unhealthy diet also causes high blood pressure in another way.
When there
is too much sugar in the blood stream. Glucose, or blood sugar, increases
due to diabetes, in which the body
does not produce the chemical that regulates blood sugar. Ingesting food
high in sugar, such as most desserts, can also cause your blood sugar to
increase, as can stress, hormone levels, and infection. When there is more
glucose in the blood stream, your blood is essentially thicker, and harder
to push through your arteries and veins, creating a higher blood pressure.
High blood pressure does not only come from an unhealthy diet, but can also
occur due to drug intake as well.
People who drink alcohol excessively, for
example, increase their risk greatly of
having high blood pressure. Caffeine is another drug that is proven to raise
blood pressure, especially in combination with nicotine, which is found in
cigarettes. Many other narcotics,
especially those that are illegal in the United States, have also been show
to increase your blood pressure.
Genetics is a final factor in the high blood pressure battle.
Some estimate
that 30% of high blood pressure cases can be attributed, at least in part,
to genetics. We do not have any control over our genes—genetics refers to
the coding used in our bodies that produces everything from the color of our
eyes to our height to the ability we have (or do not have) to curl our
tongues. We get this genetic make-up from our parents, and so there is
nothing we can do to stop ourselves from having a “high blood pressure” risk
when we are born. However, we can prevent genetics from playing a major role
be overall living a healthy life. By taking steps to reduce our high blood
pressure, we can create a better future for our bodies, whether our parents
suffered from high blood pressure or not. Living this healthier lifestyle,
including eating a low-cholesterol diet, watching our sugar intake, and
introducing less drugs into our bodies can help us overcome high blood
pressure.
About The Author: Paul Johnson has an interest in High Blood Pressure. For
further information on High Blood Pressure please visit
http://www.natural-blood-pressure-reduction.com/bloodpressure.html or
http://www.natural-blood-pressure-reduction.com/blog/2006/09/27/causes-of-high-blood-pressure/
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