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Debunking 4 Common Myths on High Blood Pressure
According to the Mayo Clinic, High blood pressure (also referred to as HBP, or hypertension) is when your blood pressure, the force of blood flowing through your blood vessels, is consistently too high
Blood pressure is determined both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. It gave a blood pressure reading in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).
Based on a report by the CDC, nearly half of adults in the United States (47%, or 116 million) have hypertension, defined as a systolic blood pressure greater than 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 80 mm Hg or are taking medication for hypertension.
With that being said, here are four of the most common myths about high blood pressure.
Myth #1: It Runs in My Family, So There’s Nothing I Can Do About It
Not true. What many people blame on “genetics” is really just an inherited environment. If you’re eating, exercise and sleep patterns are the same as your parents and grandparents, you’ll get the conditions that they got.
There’s a saying that “genetics load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger.” That you may have the genes…
