Hypertension is an independent disease whose cause is not yet clear and whose main clinical manifestation is higher than normal blood pressure in the arteries of the body circulation. The main cause of the disease is related to disorders of higher neural activity. The early symptoms of hypertension are dizziness, headache, palpitations, insomnia, nervousness, fatigue and so on. Later, it can gradually involve the heart, brain and kidney organs, and in serious cases, it can be complicated by hypertensive heart disease, renal failure, cerebrovascular accident and other pathologies. Chen Haiwei, Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital Hypertension affects work and life, and hypertension is the most important risk factor for coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Fifty percent of myocardial infarction patients are hypertensive, and 76% of stroke patients have a history of hypertension. Therefore, the risk of hypertension is sudden death or disability. Patients with hypertension should learn to live with conditioning and early treatment to control the progression of the disease. There are two types of hypertension, primary and secondary. Primary hypertension occurs mostly in people above middle age, with brain workers predominating; secondary hypertension is a symptom of other diseases, such as kidney, brain, vascular and endocrine diseases that can cause elevated blood pressure. Because hypertension lasts too long, it is easy to cause coronary arteriosclerotic heart disease, so hypertension is closely related to coronary heart disease. There are common requirements in food selection. So what are the risk factors in life and who are prone to hypertension? 1, fat people are prone to hypertension. Human obesity is mainly due to the increase in subcutaneous fat throughout the body so that weight increases, blood volume also increases, so that the heart burden increases and vascular resistance increases, and therefore prone to hypertension. 2, like to eat salty people are prone to hypertension. Salt contains sodium, eat more salty, the intake of sodium, sodium to the body of water hold, so that the blood volume increases, thus causing hypertension. 3, people who drink a lot of alcohol are prone to hypertension. Drinking liquor more than two or two per day, over time, causing alcohol in the body damage to the arteries to harden the arteries, blood pressure increases, if at the same time and smoking will aggravate the rise in blood pressure. 4, the spirit of long-term tension and anxious people are prone to hypertension. Long-term to the bad stimulus, such as mental tension, emotional excitement, excessive anxiety, noise, etc., coupled with an imbalance in the physiological regulation of the body, the cerebral cortex senior neurological dysfunction, empty prone to hypertension. Although thin people are not like fat people with large blood volume, but also due to other factors that cause hypertension. Thin people should never ignore their blood pressure. 5, hypertension genetic factors account for about 30%. People with a family history of hypertension, and bad hobbies and bad stimuli, often prone to hypertension. But if you develop good habits, such as eating less salt, not smoking, not drinking alcohol, not obese, the same can not hypertension. As age increases, the elasticity of blood vessels is poor, and the resistance of small arteries increases, thus increasing blood pressure. Persistent hypertension can cause arterial wall damage and changes and aggravate atherosclerosis, the two are causally related, so the elderly are prone to hypertension. It is very important for patients with hypertension to follow the doctor’s instructions on medication, and remember that they should not abuse their own common drugs to avoid unpredictable events, and the earlier the treatment time, the better. Notes on medication for hypertensive patients: Adhere to the daily medication, even if the condition improves, should still take maintenance amount. Do not take antihypertensive drugs before going to bed to prevent the blood pressure from dropping at bedtime, reducing the amount of cerebral blood and slowing down the speed, which can easily form cerebral thrombosis. During the period of taking antihypertensive drugs, use or contraindicate ephedrine, cough and asthma pills, Chuanbei Jing tablets and other drugs with caution. Ginseng contains substances that inhibit lipolysis in the body and should be used with caution by people with hypertension. It is very important for hypertensive patients to take care of themselves with medication, supplemented by life, environment and spiritual treatment. 1, pay attention to diet, low salt (5 grams per day), low animal fat. Hypertension, coronary heart patients in the obese, due to excessive body fat, compression of the heart muscle, will increase the burden on the heart. Therefore, obese patients with hypertension and coronary heart should first of all moderate their diet and eat mainly vegetarian food in order to achieve weight control. When the weight is reduced, the blood pressure will also be lowered. Choose low-calorie food, eat more low-fat food, try to eat vegetable oil. Because vegetable oil contains unsaturated fatty acids, the cholesterol in blood plasma will drop, which can reduce hypertension and the onset of coronary heart disease. Animal fats, liver, brain, heart, kidney, butter, bone marrow, caviar, milk fat and other foods, containing high cholesterol, should eat less or not. 2, appropriate exercise, according to the ability, can choose a light amount of exercise, longer; endurance projects exercise. 3, regular life, to ensure adequate sleep, work and rest. Not anxious, control emotions, joy and happiness in moderation. 4, wasting hypertension, coronary heart disease patients, to eat fish, lean meat, beans and soy products food, to increase the body’s protein. Soy products contain gluten sterols, which can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine, and vitamin C can also reduce the cholesterol in the plasma. Therefore, patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C (sour fruits). At the same time, patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease should control the amount of salt. Because sodium salt can cause the body’s small arteries spasm, so that blood pressure increases. And sodium salt also sodium salt will also absorb water, so that the body accumulates too much water, increasing the burden on the heart. Therefore, to eat less salty (pickled) vegetables, pickled salt eggs and other foods. Hypertension, coronary heart patients must avoid alcohol, quit smoking, do not drink strong tea, so as not to aggravate the disease.