Lifestyle for people with hypertension

  Hypertension is the result of the interaction between genetic and environmental factors, with genetic factors accounting for 40 percent and environmental factors accounting for 60 percent. Environmental factors are mainly lifestyle, so a healthy lifestyle, to reduce the occurrence of hypertension is of great significance.  1, regular physical exercise: research shows that regular exercise helps control blood pressure. According to the age and physical condition can choose suitable for individual exercise programs, jogging, walking, aerobics, tai chi, etc.. Exercise 30-45 minutes a day, 5 days a week. The heart rate during exercise should reach 1.7 times the usual heart rate, such as the usual heart rate of 80 beats/min, then the heart rate during exercise is 130 beats/min, in order to achieve the best exercise effect. However, attention must be paid to exclude serious organic heart disease.  2, weight control: reduce weight is good for blood pressure control, especially for obese hypertensive patients. For patients with mild hypertension, reduce body weight by about 5 kg, some patients can make the blood pressure drop to normal levels. The target value of weight loss is to keep the body mass index (BMI) below 25. Weight loss is beneficial for improving insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and left ventricular hypertrophy. The formula for calculating body mass index (BMI) is: BMI = weight (kg) / height (m) 2 that is, Kg/M2BMI ≥ 25 for overweight, ≥ 28 for obese.  3, salt restriction: 80% of the sodium in the diet from dietary intake and a variety of pickled products, if the daily intake of salt 5 grams or less, the chances of hypertension decreased substantially. The World Health Organization recommends that the upper limit of salt intake is 6 grams / day, if already suffering from mild hypertension, should be controlled at less than 5 grams per day, moderate hypertension should be less than 3 grams per day. The reduction in salt intake will cause the body’s water and sodium retention to decline, blood volume decreases, and blood pressure thus decreases.  4, tobacco control: smoking has a catalytic effect on cardiovascular disease, so hypertensive patients quit smoking is a goal that must be achieved. After quitting smoking, some people’s blood pressure returns to normal.  5 supplement calcium: research has found that diets low in calcium are associated with the occurrence of hypertension. Therefore, it is appropriate to eat more calcium-rich foods daily, such as soybeans and milk 250-500 ml.  6, control alcohol consumption: alcohol presents a dual effect on blood pressure, a small amount of alcohol, less than 30 grams of ethanol per day, can make a mild reduction in blood pressure. Drinking large amounts of alcohol can make blood pressure rise, especially systolic blood pressure. And the more alcohol consumed, the higher the blood pressure, in a linear relationship. Drinking more than 50 grams of ethanol per day significantly increases the occurrence of hypertension.