L‘hypertension it affects over 40% of the adult population between 18 and 80 years old in industrialized countries. In general, it is responsible for around 11 million deaths and around 6 million disabilities per year. Furthermore, this pathology depends on 50% of stroke cases and about 50% of myocardial infarction cases. How to prevent its onset?
What is pre hypertension
For pre-hypertension or normal-high blood pressure pressure values are understood as inclusive between 130 and 139 mmHg with regards to systolic, that is the maximumAnd between 85 and 89 mmHg for the diastolic, that is the least. It affects about 30% of the Italian adult population. It is typical of younger population, between 30 and 50 years old, which often underestimates the problem. The tendency is to attribute the fluctuation of the blood pressure values or the increase compared to the previous values to the stress and work commitments.
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Absence of symptoms
«Pre-hypertension is a condition that has no obvious symptomsbut that can be considered a risk for the development of arterial hypertensionorgan damage e long-term cardiovascular complications. Just think that even a modest one increase in blood pressure by 2 millimeters of mercury above the recommended levels may be related to a increase in cases of heart attack (7%) and a 10% strokeas also reported by the indications of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and from European Society of Hypertension (ESH)», Emphasizes Professor Claudio Borghi, Director of the Department of Internal Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic of Bologna.
How to prevent
“To date drug treatment It is recommended only in subjects with high cardiovascular risk and previous overt disease. For patients with pre-hypertensionon the other hand, the opportunity for a therapeutic approach points exclusively on lifestyle changes»Continues Professor Borghi. This results in the keeping of good eating habits, adequate body weight and constant physical activity. However, the benefits of this approach are measurable only in adherent patients and months later. Unfortunately, this solution has a low probability of success as it is normally found in patients little willingness to change their lifestyleoften conditioned by the hectic life of every day.
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Help from nutraceuticals
«Many researchers have begun to study the properties of some components of natural origin such as minerals, lipids, whole proteins, peptides, amino acids, probiotics and vitaminsand theirs haemodynamic effects on the control of normal-high blood pressure. Among these, those with the most scientific evidence are the magnesium salts, Vitamin C and vegetable nitrates derived from red beet. Their combination makes it possible to exploit the additive properties of each single ingredient, in order to create a single administration that is efficient at the minimum dosage and effective in each of its components “, explains Professor Arrigo Cicero, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of theUniversity of Bologna, President Italian Society of Nutraceuticals (SINut).
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