The Third Cause Of Hypertension
There are three main causes for hypertension…
- genetic reasons
- dietary causes
- reasons relating to emotional tension and stress
The third reason, emotional tension, is the most harmful.
Genetic Reasons:
These factors play an important role in the cause of primary hypertension.
Those in the medical community have yet to accurately say which genes are the major reason for the development of hypertension.
The unique characteristics of each one of us are determined by our genes and chromosome’s production of proteins.
The research that has been conducted in this field already has been primarily focused on factors affecting the renin-angiotensin-andosterone system which is responsible for helping the body regulate its blood pressure, primarily by controlling the balance of salt, and the state of elasticity within the arteries.
More than 30% of all cases involving primary hypertension can be credited to genetic factors.
What this means is that despite a healthy nutrition and fitness plan, those with the high blood pressure genes in their system already may still have to deal with the disease. (This can however been dealt with. I’ll explain how later in this article.)
For example, for people of African heritage in the United States, high blood pressure or hypertension seems to be common among them.
Asian Americans seem to have the lowest cases of hypertension. Also, those born to parents with hypertension have the most probability to also develop the condition.
It is not normal for unusual genetic disorders to be the cause of primary hypertension, as these cases normally involve secondary hypertension instead.
Dietary Factors:
There are a number of dietary factors that can lead to the development of hypertension, including drinking too much alcohol, consuming too much caffeine, and eating the wrong things.
If you are overweight, it can have a large influence on whether or not you will develop hypertension, especially when you already have the genes that cause the disease.
Regardless of whether you are overweight or not, eating the wrong foods can cause a steep increase in your blood pressure.
Foods that are rich in cholesterol, Tran saturated fats and an excess of salt are good examples of these bad foods.
One of the major “environmental” causes for hypertension is being overweight.
Drinking too much coffee or excessive caffeine intake can also lead to issues stemming from hypertension development if you do not limit the intake of these beverages. Controlled intake is ok.
Emotional Tension and Stress:
If you are too stressed at work, at home, in society, it means that you are taking on much more than you can handle, and you will find yourself with a lot of unwanted stress.
This stress will stick with you a lot longer than you realize, and can cause many health problems including hypertension.
Another reason for the development of hypertension is by worrying too much. It leads to an increase in blood pressure.
If you worry too much, or are stressed our, you can have chronic hypertension.
Among the three, emotional stress and tension is the more prevalent reason for developing hypertension. Even if your genes are not prone to the disease, and even if you are eating healthy, if you have a high level of stress, you can develop chronic problems with hypertension.
My natural blood pressure exercise program has three exercises that not only eliminates the emotional tension and stress related causes of hypertension, but also removes the dietary and hereditary related hypertension causes as well.