Dr Michael Greger – on his website nutritionfacts.org appeals to all those who want to eliminate hypertension to work towards the goal of reversing high blood pressure, the number-one risk factor for death in the world. Here’s a simple doable plan that he suggests.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure is called a silent killer. The symptoms are subtle in the beginning. They only get worse with time. Untreated hypertension is known to lead to a host of diseases by increasing one’s risk of developing kidney damage, lung damage, not mention heart damage and the threat of a brain stroke (haemorrhage or bleeding in the brain). These are just to name a few horrible things untreated high blood pressure can do to the patient’s body.
World Health Organization (WHO) and Imperial College London joint press release, the number of adults aged 30–79 years with hypertension has increased from 650 million to 1.28 billion in the last thirty years, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment and control published in The Lancet. Nearly half of these people did not know they had hypertension.
Dr Greger explains what we can do about the #1 cause of death and disability: our diet.
Dr Michael Greger has a simple, doable remedy:
Dr Michael Greger, MD – the founder of nutritionfacts.org has written several books such as How Not to Die, The How Not to Die Cookbook, How Not to Diet, How to Survive a Pandemic, How Not to Diet Cookbook, etc.
His videos freely available on youtube bring out and explain the findings of the latest scientific studies and what they are saying about your favourite foods to help you make the healthiest choices for you and your family.