Before, hypertension has always been a geriatric disease, generally for the elderly aged 50-60, with many diseases. Nowadays, hypertension tends to be younger.

Three out of every 10 people in China are hypertensive. Hypertension has become a common chronic disease and a high-risk disease. If not prevented, it is likely to lead to health damage and many complications.

Once hypertension is diagnosed, it is necessary to take antihypertensive drugs for a long time to lower or stabilize blood pressure. However, "it is a three-point poison." For people who take drugs for a long time, it is easy for them to lack potassium.

Especially in patients with hypertension, the lack of element A is more obvious after taking antihypertensive drugs for a long time. Hypertensive patients have had the opportunity to control their blood pressure, so they must improve it by supplementing potassium in time in daily life.

-External factors

@ 1: Irregular diet

Unhealthy diet, long-term intake of a large number of edible salt, high-fat food, high-fat food, high-sweet food, heavy drinking, and wanton smoking will all cause hypertension. It doesn't matter: the disease is from the mouth.

@2: Overweight

Whether people with hypertension or people with normal blood pressure are overweight, the possibility of inducing diseases will greatly increase. Most people who induce hypertension are obese, which is also a common reason.

@3: High salt intake.

According to the above guidelines, normal adults consume about 6-8 grams of salt every day, while the northern region will consume a lot of edible salt and pickled side dishes because of its heavy taste, which will adversely affect blood pressure.

@4: Long-term drinking

A small amount of drinking will not harm blood pressure, but the contraction and expansion of blood pressure are related to the amount of drinking, and the risk of hypertension will increase by about 30% for people who drink a lot.

-Internal factors

@ 1: Genetic factors

Hypertension has obvious familial inheritance. There is at least 10%~30% blood pressure variation in the population, which is also the inducement of hypertension. The probability of one parent suffering from hypertension is 28%, and the probability of their children suffering from hypertension is as high as 40%.

@2: Gender and Age

Because of women's physiological cycle and complex physiological structure, before menopause, the probability of women suffering from hypertension is much higher than that of men, while after menopause, the incidence will increase significantly, far exceeding that of men.

@3: Emotional changes

Emotion is also closely related to blood pressure. People who are grumpy and irritable are more likely to induce hypertension, and hormones that promote blood contraction secrete abnormally when they are angry and irritable.

Hypertension patients are prone to potassium deficiency for two main reasons:

1 aspect-affected by drugs

Hypertensive patients generally need drug suppression and control to lower their blood pressure, and long-term drug treatment to stabilize their condition. Taking antihypertensive drugs can induce hypokalemia.

Antihypertensive drugs mainly induce diuresis through sodium and water retention and potassium excretion, so as to achieve the effect of lowering blood pressure, but the side effect of such antihypertensive drugs is to induce potassium deficiency diseases in patients with hypertension.

The second aspect-potassium intake

Patients with hypertension, who pay great attention to and strictly control their daily diet, will adopt the concept of light diet for a long time, but it is often misunderstood that light diet means keeping the intake of vegetables and fruits for a long time without eating any meat.

Eating only vegetables and fruits every day will induce nutritional imbalance and malnutrition in patients with hypertension, leading to insufficient potassium intake, thus inducing hypokalemia.

1, mung bean

Mung beans are rich in protein, vitamin B, trace elements and potassium. At the same time, mung bean can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also induce diuresis, prevent skin inflammation and improve skin itching.

At the same time, it can also provide rich potassium content for patients with hypertension, so that patients with hypertension can supplement rich potassium, reduce the occurrence of hypokalemia and maintain the normal operation and operation of the body.

2. Corn

Corn is an unhealthy food with very high potassium content. Every100g of corn contains 495mg of potassium. In addition, it is rich in calcium, vitamin E and zinc. Nutrition and delicious, but also rich in thick and thin fiber, do not worry about obesity.

3. Black sesame

Black sesame is a nourishing product, which has a good effect on improving white hair and nourishing scalp and hair. Black sesame is also rich in potassium, which can effectively prevent hair loss.

Black sesame contains substances that help lower cholesterol. Eating more black sesame seeds can effectively reduce its cholesterol content and triglyceride content, which is very suitable for patients with hypertension.

Step 4: nuts

For patients with hypertension, nuts and dried fruits can be added to their daily lives. Therefore, trace elements such as protein and potassium can effectively maintain the balance of potassium in the body.

But in daily life, we must control the intake of dried fruits. For patients with hypertension, a large intake of dried fruits will cause blood pressure fluctuations and the condition is difficult to control.

-Exercise regularly.

Patients with hypertension must form the good habit of regular exercise. It is recommended to keep the exercise time for a period of time, 3~4 times a week, and exercise for 20~30 minutes each time. You can choose moderate intensity exercise.

For example, cycling, badminton, yoga, running, swimming, etc. can promote the decomposition and burning of triglycerides and cholesterol in the body and have a certain control effect on lowering blood pressure.

-Steady state of mind

Emotion is very important, as the saying goes: petty injury, atmospheric injury, emotional fluctuation is very important to individuals. People who are often nervous, anxious and angry are prone to high blood pressure.

In order to avoid the harm of high blood pressure to the body, it is suggested that everyone must stabilize their personal mentality and maintain peace of mind in their daily lives. # Xia Fang Health Guide #