High blood pressure: foods to avoid, according to a doctor.(1 / 2)

Hypertension , as can be seen from a simple search on medical websites, is a condition characterized by high blood pressure in the arteries, determined by the amount of blood pumped by the heart and the resistance of the arteries to blood flow.

It affects approximately 30% of the adult population of both sexes and, in women, is more common after menopause. It’s a problem that can be managed.

There are, in fact, a series of dietary and behavioral precautions that can help us avoid situations that can compromise our health, listed by experts in the field.

In an interview with Il Messaggero , Dr. Natale Di Belardino offers readers a series of valuable tips.They must be followed carefully because they are really simple but effective for feeling better, avoiding risks.

In a lengthy interview with Il Messaggero, Dr. Natale Di Belardino, head of cardiology at Anzio Hospital , sheds light on hypertension. It’s important to be careful about what you buy, adopting simple but effective measures that can improve your health. Hypertension is more severe in winter, but heat is an ally, lowering it to the point that, in the warmer months, only 80% of patients take their medication.

One might wonder if it’s true that those who eat only natural foods, without salt, don’t develop hypertension. This is wrong, although it’s true that we should choose foods with low salt content. It’s enough to simply look more carefully at food labels before adding them to your shopping cart . Foods to eat rarely? Those high in salt, like hamburgers, cheeses, and cured meats.It’s perfectly fine, says the expert, to monitor blood pressure using increasingly reliable measuring instruments. Here too, the patient must be relaxed, calm, and seated before taking the self-measurement , measuring it three times in a row, since the third measurement is the most accurate. This brings us to another question: what values should be respected?