And no matter how much the pharmaceutical companies protest with their billions of dollars of marketing money for research and advertising, over-treatment of your hypertension increases your risk of heart attacks, strokes, and early death. Do not confuse this discussion with naturally-occurring low blood pressure. Your doctor may tell you that by treating your high blood pressure with drugs you will cut your risk of a stroke almost in half. If you have mild hypertension diastolic — lower number — of 90 to mmHg your risk of a stroke over the next 5 years is 15 chances of every untreated patients or 1. If you take medication, then your risk for a stroke is 9 chances out of every treated patients for the next 5 years. But in real life absolute numbers this is not so impressive. Consider that if you treat people with drugs for five years, the benefit is only six fewer strokes 15 vs.
People who previously had normal blood pressures are now being labeled as hypertensive the medical term for having high blood pressure, which is a serious diagnosis. Unbeknownst to many, high blood pressure is the largest risk factor for death globally. With the new guidelines broadening the definition for high blood pressure, more people than ever will have high blood pressure in America. Fortunately, high blood pressures can be lowered naturally through a variety of lifestyle measures, especially by eating a diet that is rich in plant-based food. Low salt content Some of the biggest sources of salt are from meats, cheeses, and poultry, which is one reason why those who follow the Standard American diet ingest too much sodium approximately 3. One reason for this is because salt is added in the production of animal-based foods. However, a whole-foods, plant-based diet is naturally low in salt and sodium, and the low rates of hypertension in indigenous societies is thought to be due to their low salt consumption. Without processed food, meat, or junk food, rural Africans and South Americans have low blood pressures well into old age, unlike Americans, who eat a high-salt diet.
The study included 32 observational studies of people who ddiet their own diets. Watzl B. Am J Hypertens. Anti-inflammatory effects of plant-based foods and of their constituents. Those who followed vegetarian diets also had lower blood high on average blood people who ate different diets. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. Immigrants to Western countries develop an increased pressure of high blood pressure after arriving, which only continues to rise as more time is spent in the West. High blood pressure also damages the heart. Journal List Vegan Geriatr Cardiol v.