High Blood Pressure Not Caused by Salt or Fat (It’s a Third One)

For decades, you’ve been bombarded with propaganda against consuming salt and fat to improve heart health.

Cut salt, cut fat, cut salt…cut fat!!!

But new research shows that another ingredient – found in almost all processed food – is a lot more dangerous for your blood pressure than salt and fat.

Blood vessels regulate blood pressure by contracting and relaxing, and this is a natural process.

The more contracted the blood vessels are, the higher the blood pressure would be and vice versa.

Scientists at the University of Leicester have now shown how the intake of sugar disturbs this natural process.

A high level of sugar in the blood, which would already be accomplished after eating a rich, large meal, also has an effect on the heart and the cardiac muscles.

High levels of glucose in the blood at the time of a heart attack could lead to a higher risk of complication. People who don’t have diabetes could even become hyperglycemic during a heart attack because of the already elevated sugar levels in the blood.

And this is especially problematic because sugar is everywhere.

Sugar is one of the key ingredients in many processed foods. Even in products like ketchup or potato chips, which are not sweet-tasting, sugar is generally added.

In an analysis published on the online journal Open Heart, doctors noted that the added sugars in processed foods were likely to have a greater role in high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke than added salt.

So, it’s extremely difficult to cut out all sugar. However, there is something else you can do to lower your blood pressure.

You can use these 3 easy exercises, found here, to drop your blood pressure below 120/80 – with results beginning from today…