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.
