Paul Saladino· MD
risk factors for primary hypertension according to the Mayo Clinic include age I'll comment on that in a moment race there is some predilection of certain races to develop hypertension earlier than it does in Caucasians specifically African Americans develop hypertension more severely and at an earlier age than Caucasians family history is a risk factor for high blood pressure again uh I I'm going to comment on that in a moment being overweight or obese yeah I would agree with that not being Physically Active probably though I think that as I've spoken about in the past if you correct your diet and it is evolutionarily appropriate you will want to be physically active because you will feel good tobacco can do it yes too much salt in your diet I disagree with this one I don't think salt is a root cause of hypertension though excess salt in the diet can worsen hypertension once you have it but I'll talk about sodium why I don't think removing salt corrects the root cause and hypertension later in this podcast too little potassium in your diet again I doubt this is a root cause for many people though in conditions that I will talk about later specifically insulin resistance the better are at the root of hypertension there is a hormonal U that can lead to excess sodium and lower amounts of potassium in the diet people always ask about potassium on a carnivore diet something I've spoken about in the past is that meat has a good amount of potassium and it's not about how much potassium you get in your diet alone it's also about how much potassium you retain there's plenty of potassium and fruit anyone on an animal-based diet which is what I am more a fan of will be getting plenty of fruit and plenty of potassium in their diet you don't need vegetables to get enough potassium nor does excess potassium correct hypertension you must correct the root cause Mayo Clinic says drinking too much alcohol yes that can do it stress can do it but it's only temporary and the blood pressure should return to normal certain chronic conditions think they say kidney disease diabetes and sleep apnea those are really correctable conditions those are considered mostly secondary hypertensive conditions