Reduce Sugar, Controlled Hypertension

Although no drug controls blood pressure, lifestyle changes remain an important role to control the harmful effects of this disease. Healthy lifestyle, it suggests the increase fiber and reduce the intake of beverages with high sugar content.In a study conducted over 18 months, are known to reduce sweet drinks a can a day is enough to reduce blood pressure significantly. These benefits are seen in the study respondents who are overweight."The impact will be instantly felt when we want to reduce your intake of high sugar drinks. This reduction should not be difficult because we only reduce a little bit," said Dr.Liwei Chen, a researcher from Louisiana State University Health Science Center.High blood pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The experts from the American Heart Association (AHA) has long been declared a health hazard in food products and beverages sweetened, such as soft drinks. Apart from causing obesity, sugar also cause diabetes and heart disease. Therefore, the results of this study reinforce previous research.Sugar should be restricted is the added sugar in the diet, not a natural sugar found in fruits. Daily sugar intake recommendation for men is less than 150 calories (equivalent to 9 teaspoons) and 100 calories (equivalent to 6 teaspoons) for women.The American government seems to have realized the health costs that must be removed due to illnesses caused by this excessive sugar consumption. Some states, including New York and California, taxes on sugary soft drinks to fund the cost of treatment of diseases associated with obesity.