[Dietary fats, salt and alcohol drive up blood pressure. Educate hypertensive patient on avoidance].
General non-drug measures today form the accepted basis for every antihypertensive treatment. WHO identifies the most important of these as weight reduction, salt restriction and moderation in the use of alcohol. These measures can effectively lower raised blood pressure and normalize grade I hypertension, especially in borderline cases. The target of these efforts is a weight reduction of at least 5%, restriction of salt to 5-6 g/day and alcohol consumption not exceeding 20 g/day for women and 25 g/day for men. No negative effects are to be expected from these restrictions, which are really nothing more than a return to "normal portions" with regard to eating and drinking habits.
Kliniken Lazariterhof, Sinnighofen und Baden-Privatklinik.
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D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000009:adverse effects*
D004041:Dietary Fats; D012982:Sodium, Dietary