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What causes high blood pressure?

Paul Saladino13m · 2022-09-24

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✓Well SupportedThe Hadza people feed their children meat and fruit and generally do not eat vegetables, leaves, stems, or seeds unless necessary.✓Well SupportedSystolic blood pressure does not significantly increase with age in the Hadza population.✓Well SupportedHunter-gatherer populations do not experience a significant rise in systolic blood pressure with age.✕Not SupportedHigh blood pressure and high cholesterol are not caused by aging but by living in an evolutionarily inconsistent way, and these conditions are correctable and reversible.Partially Supported

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Individuals on an animal-based diet can consume sufficient potassium from fruit and meat without needing vegetables.

◐Partially SupportedCertain indigenous populations are free from chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, autoimmunity, cancer, depression, and dementia.

◐Partially SupportedExcessive sodium conservation by aldosterone can lead to hypertension, independent of dietary sodium intake.

✕Not SupportedExcess salt in the diet can worsen hypertension but is not considered a root cause.

✕Not SupportedWestern medicine often tells patients with primary hypertension that there is no cure, the cause is unknown, and medication is the only option, with dietary advice being rare and often incorrect.

◐Partially SupportedRisk factors for hypertension include high sodium intake, low potassium intake, obesity, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet.

◐Partially SupportedPrimary hypertension is a chronic, reversible illness managed with diet and lifestyle modifications.

◐Partially SupportedRemoving an aldosterone-secreting adrenal tumor successfully treated severe hypertension unresponsive to multiple medications.

◐Partially SupportedDiet and lifestyle alignment can reverse diabetes, obesity, heart disease, dementia, and depression.

◐Partially SupportedSecondary hypertension can be caused by kidney inflammation, chronic kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease, renal artery stenosis, renal vasculitis, renin-producing tumors, aldosterone-producing tumors, adrenocortical hyperfunction, Cushing syndrome, primary aldosteronism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, exogenous hormones, pheochromocytoma, acromegaly, severe thyroid abnormalities, or pregnancy.

◐Partially SupportedRisk factors for primary hypertension include age, race, family history, being overweight or obese, tobacco use, too much salt in the diet, too little potassium in the diet, drinking too much alcohol, and stress.

◐Partially SupportedAccording to mainstream Western medicine (Mayo Clinic), blood pressure over 120/80 mmHg is considered hypertension.

✕Not SupportedSystolic blood pressure does not increase with age for every decade in all humans.

◐Partially SupportedSecondary hypertension causes can sometimes be corrected by removing a tumor or correcting endocrine abnormalities.