This type of hypertension suffer 20% of hypertensives and the most important cause of disease or appearance is a health situation that favors development.

Among the risk factors for secondary hypertension are:

• Toxemia in pregnancy, ie the emergence of high pressure in pregnant women with no medical history of hypertension in your family.

• Stress is another factor that can lead to secondary hypertension, as well as workaholism and hyperactivity.

• Self-medication with steroids or oral contraceptives without medical supervision.

• Renal disease and hypothyroidism.

In all these factors we see a common factor as in primary hypertension: a person suffering from diseases that are not treated with a balanced diet and regular physical activity is exposed not only to develop the disease, but they suffer high blood pressure increases the risk of stroke.

Also any type of hypertension involves not only medication and diet restricted in sodium, but a positive attitude by the patient to this condition which is directly related to the nervous condition of the person.

We know that our body ingests and produces two types of lipids: cholesterol and triglycerides. When levels of any of these blood fats we are looking at a picture of hyperlipidemia. This means that the altered levels of cholesterol or triglycerides in the blood is hyperlipidemia.

This picture may be inherited or occur as a result of an unbalanced diet rich in fats.

The types of hyperlipidaemia are:

Hypercholesterolaemia: Increased low density lipoprotein (LDL), what we call bad cholesterol. Bad cholesterol unlike the good (HDL, LDL) in the body travels in the opposite direction from the liver to other tissues. When there is excess cholesterol in the blood is deposited in the arteries and that’s when we have the risk of heart disease by clogging.

Hypertriglyceridemia: the increase of triglycerides in the blood. Most of this accumulation of excess fat in the liver is deteriorating and its functions. Most people with hypertriglyceridemia or advanced diabetes are overweight.

The medical treatment of hyperlipidaemia should be accompanied by a low-calorie meal plan, with foods rich in soluble fiber-type plant that will help reduce the level of blood lipids.

In Nutrition we’ve seen what food choices that help reduce bad cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as foods that are banned for these diseases. Remember to serve with a low consumption of sweets, sugars and soft drinks, which may also be present trans fats.

Pregnant women with hypertension and excess red blood cells are more likely to have premature births or babies with low birth weight and women who smoke or not to take supplements during pregnancy.

These factors may affect fatal development during the first trimester of pregnancy. Although early ultrasound scans can help identify risk in infants.

However preterm or low birth weight babies tend to develop rapidly after birth, which can cause obesity in these children.

Hypertension and elevated red blood cell level are also associated with a smaller skull length. The second case can occur if the mother is dehydrated, smoke or have some type of heart disease. And mothers who did not take folic acid during pregnancy also tend to have smaller fetuses in the first three months of pregnancy.

Rice is a universal food that is present in the food of almost all countries. We have seen in its nutrition. Nutrition, among which stands out to be a rich source of carbohydrates (gives energy) and be one of the low-calorie foods.

Here are the types of rice that can be found on the market and the benefits of this food to our health:

Types of rice

• Brown rice: although it takes longer to cook (from 40 to 45 minutes), is the most nutritious and richer in starch. This is because to maintain the shell keeps the B vitamins and fiber. There are two variants of rice: long grain and short grain.

• White rice: Rice is the most widely traded. No shell and polished so it’s less rich in nutrients the integral. We also find long and short grain.

• Basmati rice: it is a variety grown in the Himalayan foothills in northern India. As its name implies, basmati means fragrant rice is the most commonly used in gourmet cooking for their excellent flavor and aroma. He was also found in Indian cuisine, hot and cold dishes.
• Other varieties are grown in parts parboiled rice and wild rice. The former is richer in nutrients than white, but less than comprehensive. The savage is characterized by its dark, almost black.

Health Benefits

• Combats constipation to be a food rich in fiber. The ideal is integral. If you take the water used for boiling rice can combat diarrhea.

• Suitable for celiac gluten because it contends.

• Reduces blood pressure due to its low sodium content and the presence of potassium. Stimulates the elimination of liquids and thus reduce the pressure and the risk of heart problems.

People with hypertension can do exercises without much inconvenience, since physical activity helps them to combat excess weight and stress. Two of the main causes of this condition.

It is very important for hypertensive treatment and follow directions in order to maintain your weight and blood pressure checked.

In addition to these benefits, exercise should help the individual hypertensive increase coronary and cerebral circulation, and oxygenation of tissues and on the other hand, lower your heart rate and respiratory status both exercise and rest.

Here, a workout routine for hypertension :

Duration: 30 minutes.

Frequency: 3 times a week.

Exercises: isotonic (dynamic), rhythmic and aerobics to help increase the volume of oxygen to the fullest.

Supplement: hiking 20 to 30 minutes, and changes in your routine daily activities such as walking to the store, to work or study center, for example.

If you’re around 40, you smoke, clouds stress and eat poorly, it’s time to stop the car a bit of your metabolism and begin to think about your diet and your health.

This is the most vulnerable age for the onset of hypertension, ie, the pressure exerted by blood on the walls of arteries. High blood pressure is a risk factor for having a heart attack or stroke, so we must start early to avoid some symptoms.

It is true that some people are predisposed to having high blood pressure or inherited specific physical conditions, but the advance of hypertension can be controlled or prevented (in people without bias) with these simple tips:

• Have the proper weight: avoid high-fat diet and gradually start to eat low-fat products and more fruits and vegetables. Being in the right weight causes the body to make less effort to stand.
• Reducing salt in foods and choose low salt products. Reduce consumption of cured meats, preserves, pickles or reduces the amount eaten per week. Remember that 3 grams of salt is what our body needs.
• Replace salt with garlic, spices and dressings to spice up the dishes or consuming industrial salts that you recommend a nutritionist or doctor.
• Perform daily physical exercise at least 30 minutes a day combined exercise or walk, best if you do a sport like swimming. This is to help maintain your weight and blood circulation.
• Drink alcohol in moderation, the better the wine, which is the noblest spirit: remember no more than 2 drinks per day.

Fiber is an essential nutrient in the diet and need to know what foods to eat to meet the basic needs of daily fiber.

We have seen more foods rich in fiber, we will now see a table with the fiber content per 100 grams of cereals over consume. Remember that fiber is essential to prevent hypertension, hemorrhoids, bad cholesterol and heart problems.

• White bread contains 2.7 grams of fiber.
• Pan burger contains 2, 5 grams.
• Corn flakes without whip containing 4, 3 grams of fiber.
• Oatmeal Cookies have 1.9 grams.
• Graham crackers have 2.7 grams of fiber.
• 100 grams of egg noodles contain 1.7 grams of fiber.
• Pancake mixes are 4.5 grams of fiber.
• 100 grams of sponge cake has 1.4 grams of fiber.
• Oat bran contains 17 grams of fiber.
• Whole wheat flour has 11.3 grams of fiber, while common wheat flour only 2.9 grams.
• Wheat germ has 14 grams of fiber.

More than 200 experts in hypertension have gathered in Seville to celebrate Hypertension Annual Meeting organized by the Spanish Society of Cardiology (ESC). At the meeting were released the results of several studies related to the treatment of hypertension (HTA) conducted in primary care and cardiology services, an example of these is the TABARCA study that analyzes the influence of snuff in cardiovascular complications in patients admitted to hospital for an acute coronary syndrome.

Another central thrust of the meeting has been prevention in patients at high risk if, as says Dr. Pilar Mazon, president of the Hypertension Section of the SEC, “we must move towards a more vigorous intervention, both pharmacological as reinforcing the changes in lifestyle, with special emphasis on the abandonment of snuff, including smoking cessation drugs. It should consider the cardiovascular risk in a comprehensive manner, taking into account renal function and extracardiac vascular level.

Along with diabetes, hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factors, the most prevalent and which is attributed to higher mortality directly associated with increased ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and renal failure.

The future of hypertension is not encouraging. For the year 2025 is expected to increase 24 percent in the prevalence of the disease in developed countries. In fact, after 65 years, more than 2 / 3 of the Spanish population is affected by the disease. Still, there is increasing information about the problem, “most people care to know their blood pressure numbers and a higher percentage of hypertensive patients undergoing treatment and are well controlled.”

The causes of hypertension are varied and depend on what kind of hypertension is concerned. Today we will talk of primary hypertension, which is what they have 80% of people.

In primary hypertension the cause is unknown and there is a specific disease that caused it is believed that there is a genetic component and / or inherited responsibility for it.

This type of hypertension is influenced by different factors interacting with genetic susceptibility to increase blood pressure. Common factors in primary hypertension are:

• Modifiable through appropriate treatment: here are relevant overweight and obesity, bad cholesterol and lack of physical activity daily. In addition there are risk factors such as consumption of more than 90 ml of alcohol daily and a diet with too much salt and sodium.
• Does not affect: the factors that you can not control in primary hypertension is the history of cardiovascular disease in parents or grandparents. These factors are inherited by males than females.

If we had a table of primary hypertension, we know what factors you can control, they all have to do with a diet restricted in sodium and high fat foods, along with physical activity to maintain normal blood.

The Christmas menu for hypertension must be tasty without salt. How is this done? Using herbs, spices, salt without sodium, appropriate condiments and ingenuity.

But it must also be low in saturated fat, moderate or no alcohol and lots just for not overeating.

If you want to keep your health and your family take note of the food choices that fit today I have selected, so you can build the menu over Christmas and enjoy.

Sample Christmas menu for hypertensive:

Appetizer (options):

• Light Salmon Terrine
• squid tentacles Provencal
• grilled vegetable kabobs

First courses (options):

• Tower of vegetables with spinach sauce
• unsalted chicken Arrollado

Main course (options):

• Turkey stuffed
• Baked fish with vegetables
• Baked or grilled meat with vegetables

Desserts:

Fruit with ice cream, Christmas tree, fruit cake or fruit salad.
Typical Christmas sweets provided moderately.