healthy live prevent high blood pressure
High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the most influential risk factors for disease cardiovascular.
Most people with hypertension do not know him have a problem before that check blood pressure. Interference is also known as a heterogeneous group of disease because it can attack anyone from different age groups and socio-economic groups.
Hypertension is a condition when the body can not afford to lose or control blood pressure so that the excessive pressure. As a result, the increased blood volume and blood narrow channel. Because the heart pump harder to supply oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body.
While the blood pressure measured by pressure against the blood vessel wall (in mmHg). Number 120 / 80 mmHg is a normal blood pressure that occur at the time of the heart pumping (systole) and resting (diastole).
“If blood pressure exceeds normal levels, the risk of damage can occur in vital organs in the body such as heart, kidney and brain,” said cardiologist and hypertension from the National Heart Hospital Center Harapan Kita-dr Prof. Dr. Budhi SETIANTO SpJP in Jakarta, the new recently.
High blood pressure will cause heart swelling, blood vessel constriction, and coronary. Combination complications can increase mortality due to disease cardiovascular and heart failure.
Therefore, the introduction of early hypertension and prevention can reduce mortality. Very be pitied, lack of knowledge often makes people dismiss the hypertension and the complications that caused.
In fact things are not difficult to control the blood pressure normal. Changing lifestyle is not healthy and back on the pattern of healthy living is a major step can be done to reduce the risk cardiovascular, morbidities (illness) and mortality (death).
“Lifestyle modification consisting of a set pattern of eating, control your weight, reduce alcohol, and exercise,” said Budhi on hypertension prevention efforts.
Globalization has caused changes in lifestyle and eating patterns. Feed food often associated with the disease, including hypertension.
“Hypertension in close relation to the Feed mineral ion-ion in the body such as sodium, natrium, chlor, phosphorus, and potassium. Thus, the hypertension associated with salt Feed mainly salt,” said the Teacher of the Department of Food Science and Technology Prof Dr IPB Ir Fransiska Rungkat Zakaria MSc.
In normal circumstances adult required Feed salt 2 grams / day, but adjusted to be the activity. For example, the sportsman who spent a lot of sweat will Feed salt requires about 6-8 grams / day.
Feed salt is required for the needs beraktivitas day-to-day as sodium penyeimbang out in the form of urine, sweat, and feses. Salt that must be balanced with the incoming salt out.
In fact, the need for salt in the body have been met in the food daily. Sayuran, nasi, gandum, kacang, roti atau jenis makanan yang lain sudah cukup menyuplai kebutuhan garam di dalam tubuh.
“However, people often add salt at the table so that the food tasty and delicious. Kecap additions can increase sodium and Feed chlorida. This is the condition that causes excessive Feed the salt in the body,” said Fransisca.
If the condition persists, Feed salt means more than the required will cause metabolic disturbances. One result is high blood pressure. Therefore, recommend that people with hypertension Fransisca not add more salt to the food.