HOW SALTY FOOD RAISES THE BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) | HOW TO DECREASE BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY

HOW SALTY FOOD RAISES THE BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) | HOW TO DECREASE BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY

HOW SALTY FOOD RAISES THE BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) | HOW TO DECREASE BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY

How Salty food Raises your blood pressure. This cartoon is all about showing how overeating Fast food that is full of salt over long term can increases your blood pressure. Salt which is known by its chemical name NaCl, is all around us. Whether eating in Mcdonalds or sprinkling on the food that we eat.

This cartoon drawing by me is all about showing you in a very easy way to how Salt is a big NoNo to our blood pressure.

Increased blood pressure also known as hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease. Watch this video as I will be explaining how the western diet that is full of salty food affect the blood pressure in a negative way. I hope you will enjoy my first video. Thank you for leaving a LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for the upcoming future videos!

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6.42 -> We all know that longterm eating of salty food raises our blood pressure, but how bad
13.22 -> is it really?
14.78 -> A raised blood pressure known as hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease.
21.48 -> The diagnosis of hypertension is based on repeated measurements of eleveated blood pressure
28.08 -> at 140/90mm Hg.
31.07 -> A survey carried out in 2009, 28% of the american adults showed hypertension.
40.629 -> Experts recommend that people take in less than 2500 milligrams of sodium a day, that
48 -> is what´s in about 6 grams of salt, or about a teaspoon.
53.57 -> But right now, the average man in the United States takes in over 10 grams of salt per
59.68 -> day and the average woman takes in over 7 grams of salt per day.
65.78 -> The salt we sprinkle on our food actually accounts for less than 10% of our salt consumption.
75.38 -> Most of the salt we eat comes in processed food from stores, restaurants and dining halls.
83.46 -> Take for exampel a fastfood franchise, the advantage of adding salt is to preserve the
90.2 -> food for longterm usage, and to make the customers more thirsty.
96.63 -> Increased salt intake will increase the osmolarity in your blood.
102 -> This in turns activate osmoreceptors within the hypothalamus that tells your brain hey
109.45 -> im thirsty.
111.079 -> That is why a meal is consisting of a hamburger, a fries and a drink, what a coincidence right?
118.88 -> So now we have a person with an increased blood pressure and this Sustained hypertension
125.34 -> damages the blood vessels in the persons heart, kidney and brain which lead in turn to increased
133.12 -> incidence of coronary disease,renal failure,stroke and dementia.
139.86 -> But how does this really happen?
142.85 -> Salt is all around us whether it is in spicy nuts, chips, fries, fast foods or even added
150.51 -> salt to our everyday food.
153.56 -> Salt is an essential to our body fluids.
156.299 -> the chemical name of table-salt is sodium chloride.
160.31 -> Which consist as the name indicate of the chemical elements Na and Cl.
166.629 -> Eating salt raises the amount of sodium in your bloodstream and since Na is an osmotically
174.04 -> active substance it will attract water to it, this lead to an increased volume and hence
182.159 -> pressure inside of your arteries.
185.34 -> To cope with the extra strain, the tiny muscles in the artery wall becomes stronger and thicker,Yet
194.02 -> this will only make the space inside the arteries smaller and raises your blood pressure even
200.64 -> higher.
202.26 -> The decreased space inside the artery will decrease the amount of blood reaching that
208.079 -> organ that the blood vessel is supplying.
211.67 -> whether it happens in the artery supplying your kidney then kidney failure will develop.
217.349 -> If it happens in the arteries supplying your heart then heart attack will develop.
221.87 -> If it happens in the arteries supplying your brain then stroke will develop.
227.799 -> since kidney is the major filtering organ that removes this excessive water, if it is
233.959 -> damaged, then a vicious cycle will develop in which a further increase in the blood volume
241.129 -> due to the inability of the kidney to remove the excessive water built will develop this
247.56 -> in turn increases the blood pressure even higher.
251.19 -> Treating hypertension involves, a healthy lifestyle with reduced salt intake, regular
258.58 -> exercise, quitting smoking and avoiding excessive alcohol intake.
265.63 -> Antihypertensive drugs such as diuretics is needed in more severe cases of hypertension.
272.32 -> Many countries have already begun to tackle hypertension using various strategies.
279.03 -> Anywhere from working with industries to reduce the salt content in processed foods.
285.39 -> To developing more efficient antihypertensive drugs.
289.89 -> The UK for exampel has achieved a remarkable 10% reduction in salt consumption over the
298.08 -> past 4 years.
300.01 -> But wouldnt we all miss the salty food taste?.
304.2 -> Well Several studies have shown that its not easy but as you gradually reduce sodium intake,
312.44 -> you lessen the desire for salty food the same mechanism as for sugar craving.
318.92 -> So In summary, the best take home message from this video is that anything in this world
325.19 -> in which you overdo or overconsume will be harmful to your body.
330.65 -> In terms of advice, pay highly attention to the nutrition facts on the labels and try
337.21 -> to select foods with less than 5% of the daily value of salt per serving.
344.06 -> Because even a small reduction can have an effect on your blood pressure.
349.93 -> I hoped you all enjoyed this cartoon about hypertension and found this video useful.
356.23 -> I will be uploading on this channel from now on medical cartoon videos that hopefully will
363.27 -> simplfy topics for you, and you are more than welcome to comment down below any suggestion
370.52 -> of topics that might need to be clarified, If you liked this video please hit the thumbs
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NL76UKUfRE