Obesity is the source of all diseases. Why are fat people more likely to have high blood pressure

Xiao Zhu is 32 years old, and is 1.7 meters tall, but weighs 170 kilograms. However, he was not worried about it at all. Instead, he proudly said that he was "hearty and fat, living better". However, at the beginning of the year, Xiao Zhu was found to have high blood pressure. The physical examination doctor learned after inquiry that his family had no history of hypertension, so it was speculated that it might be related to obesity. Xiao Zhu was very nervous and took measures to control his weight. After several months, his blood pressure slowly decreased.

Fat people are more likely to have high blood pressure

Hypertension and obesity are a pair of "good brothers". According to Zhiguang, the chief physician of the Department of Cardiology of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, the subcutaneous fat of obese people will thicken, which will greatly expand the capillaries and increase the blood circulation. When the heart rate is normal, the cardiac output will increase significantly. Long-term overload will induce left ventricular hypertrophy and increase blood pressure.

"There is a saying that subcutaneous fat thickens by 1cm and blood vessel length increases by 5km." In particular, Oriental people tend to get fat first from the abdomen, and fat mainly accumulates around the lower abdomen, which is called central obesity. This type of obesity has increased visceral fat and accumulated in the body, and its insulin resistance is more serious than that of uniform obesity, and it is more difficult to correct. Central obesity is also a risk factor for atherosclerosis, which is more closely related to hypertension and coronary heart disease.

In addition, obesity induced hypertension is also related to eating and exercise. First, obese people often eat high-calorie foods and carbohydrates, which can cause sympathetic nerve excitation, activate the renin-angiotensin system in the body, and lead to high blood pressure. Second, fat people often do not exercise regularly, which will also accelerate arteriosclerosis and induce hypertension.

Early hypertension can be reversed

At present, there are 200 million overweight people and more than 60 million obese people in China, becoming the source of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other diseases. Zhiguang pointed out that fat people can be reversed if they can detect the increase of blood pressure early and intervene in time. The most important thing is to change unhealthy lifestyle.

First of all, obese people should eat more low-energy and high-fiber foods, such as green vegetables, fruits, beans, etc., and eat less sweets and high-fat and high-animal protein foods;

Secondly, adhere to long-term exercise. You can choose small or moderate aerobic exercise. It is not recommended to carry out high-intensity exercise, such as sit-ups and fast running, so as to avoid causing a large increase in blood pressure and heart rate, causing stroke or angina pectoris.

It should be reminded that there are many people who lose weight by starving and drinking weight-loss tea to induce diarrhea, but what they lose is often water and protein, and fat is still "resident" in the body. Once stopped, the weight will rebound quickly.