March 2nd, 2010
A family member οf mine compains аbουt high blood pressure bυt doesn’t seem tο know thе correlation between salt intake аnd аn increase іn blood pressure. Nearly еνеrу day ѕhе consumes аbουt a teaspoon οf salt bυt doesn’t see thіѕ аѕ a problem. Isn’t a teaspoon οf salt sufficient tο increase blood pressure? аnd fοr someone lіkе hеr, whο lіkеѕ salty foods, whаt іѕ thе maximum amount οf salt, іf аnу, thаt саn bе consumed day аftеr day without increasing blood pressure?
Alѕο, I’m wondering – dοеѕ sugar increase blood pressure?
If she already had high blood pressure any amount of salt is simply vacant to make it worse.
She needs to waste some time (like two months) on the lowest possible intake of sodium she possibly can and see how close to normal she can get her BP. Then she slowly and carefully can start to add small amount (grams) of sodium back into her diet to find what he own personal tolerance for sodium is.
Sugar isn’t so much a thing in high BP but obesity is and sugar and carbohydrates in to high an amount is a huge part of high BP.
When anyone thing in the body is off there are usually multiple causes as well as multiple ways of bringing them back into line.
Per the American Heart Association, Physicians often recommend keeping salt intake below 2,300 milligrams (mg) per day for most public. (This is about one teaspoon of salt).
But….what other things is your family member eating? Canned foods and a lot of processed foods ARE LOADED with sodium. Most public are not taking the teaspoon of salt from the salt shaker itself, it is from the other foods such as canned and processed foods such as canned soup, canned meats and fish, ham, bacon, sausage, instant cooked cereals, prepackaged frozen dinners, pretzels, potato chips, olives, cheeses, pickles, salad dressing, quick foods, to name a few.
Look for low salt or low sodium items when grocery shopping. Read those marks. You will be surprised how much salt (sodium) is there.
Now about your sugar question: Yes it can – see this link and look at # 115 – It says sugar can increase high blood pressure in obese public, don’t know if your family member is obese or not so don’t know if this applies to their situation: http://rheumatic.org/sugar.htm
Also alcohol increases blood pressure also, but I don’t know if this applies to your family member or not.
Click this link regarding salt intake and other information if you wish:
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=336
Hope this helps. Best wishes.
Inhabitant academy of sciences not compulsory 1200-1500mg sodium a day or about several teaspoons of ketchup. The more sodium intake the higher dose of anti-hypertension pills need. It takes a while to adjust sodium carving, can use garlic vegetable salt as a replacement for. Sugar can also increase BP to diabetic public.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002415.htm