1. You love fast food and processed foods. These contain saturated fats that can increase the amount of LDL (bad cholesterol) in the blood. High LDL levels in the blood will clog the arteries and increase blood pressure.
Such foods are high in salt.


2. You missuse painkillers and other medicines: some prescription drugs like amphetamines, pain killers like diclofenac, liquorice used for constipation, emergency contraceptives (Plan B), migraine medicines are known to increase blood pressure.

They do so by making the body to retain water or increase heart beat.

3. You do not exercise. You probably sit all day and do not exercise. Exercise helps to burn calories and reduce weight. It also help fight stress.

Useful types of exercise are dancing, brisk walking, swimming, cycling.

4. Eating too much processed sugar and starch: sources of sugar include biscuits, bread, soft drinks, food like rice and yam. Sugar is known to encourage swelling and trigger high blood pressure.

5. Drinking alcohol unhindered: alcoholic drinks like whisky, beer, gins and others can trigger a high blood pressure. Limiting or reducing alcohol can lower blood pressure.

6. High Salt Consumption: salt foods like biscuits, bread, ketchup, salted nuts and processed food contain a high amount of salt. Eating these foods can trigger high blood pressure by making the body retain water.

It is also not advised that you add extra salt to an already cooked food.


7. You smoke cigarette: cigarette trigger high blood pressure by constricting blood vessels.

You see, high blood pressure has known triggers. Understanding why you may have sustained high blood pressure is key to avoiding complications and untimely death. Consider modifying your lifestyle and you will get better results.

Check your blood pressure today!

I learned

You are right, fast-food diet is making so much trouble, especially blood pressure problem is arising in the people life, because of consuming junk food diet. Lack of workout is also one of the reasons for blood pressure.

jeffersonsam:
You are right, fast-food diet is making so much trouble, especially blood pressure problem is arising in the people life, because of consuming junk food diet. Lack of workout is also one of the reasons for blood pressure.

You are right.

TANID:
I learned

I am glad you found it useful.