Hypertension

Ways to getting Over Hypertension

Junseo Lee

Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. This means the walls of blood vessels are forced by blood. Normal people’s blood pressure is 120 over 80mm of mercury (mmHg). However, people who have hypertension are higher than 130 over 80 mmHg. There are around 85million people who have hypertension in the United States. The causes of hypertension are stress, aging, habit about eating salty food, and lack of exercise, which were proved by Severance Cardiovascular Hospital.

The effects of hypertension are feeling sickness at the stomach, headache, vomiting, and decreased vision according to the encyclopedia of knowledge from Google website. There are the best three ways to get over hypertension. 

First, walk and exercise. Doing normal exercises such as walking for 150minutes or doing energetic exercises for 75minutes per week can improve heart health and help lower blood pressure. Second, Eat more potassium-rich foods. Potassium is an important mineral. It helps the body get rid of sodium and lower pressure on blood vessels. The foods that have lots of potassium are vegetables especially leafy greens, tomatoes, fruits like melons and bananas, dairy products such as milk and yogurts, tuna, salmon, nuts, seeds, and beans. Lastly, lose weight. Losing 5% of your body mass can considerably decrease high blood pressure. Losing 7.7kg is linked with lowering 8.5mm Hg.

Recently, according to the study of Thursday in Hypertension, mixing in a small amount of beetroot can lead a person’s blood pressure to the normal level. Little of beetroot juice is worth 100times the amounts of potassium in keeping blood pressure down. Beetroot comes from Greece and Italy mostly. You had better set your daily schedule to demonstrate when you have to exercise and drink beetroot juice.