Protecting Arteries in a Hypertensive Setting
キーワード:
dietary potassium,
hypertension,
strokes,
cerebral infarcts,
cerebral hemorrhage,
growth inhibiting factors
1993 年 16 巻 2 号 p. 85-90
詳細
1993 年 16 巻 2 号 p. 85-90
For the first 98.5% of mankind's existence, prehistoric people all ate low-sodium, high-potassium, low-fat diets. With evolutionary forces working all this while, humans became very well adapted to the low-sodium, high-potassium, low-fat diet. In modern times, man has deserted his ancient cuisine and now favours a high-sodium, low-potassium, high-fat diet, which has produced several ‘diseases of civilization, ’ including hypertension. Many studies indicate that a high-potassium diet can prevent many of these arterial and renal lesions, even though the blood pressure may remain equally hypertensive. The high-potassium diet also tends to significantly retard the development of hypertension. The use of the high potassium diet is a prime example of protecting arteries in a hypertensive setting. This is the new dimension in hypertension therapy, protecting the arteries in addition to normalizing the blood pressure. (Hypertens Res 1993; 16: 85-90)
