Taking care of a mother's heart

Plant food that can prevent blood pressure from rising

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A mother wears too many hats.

She ends up putting herself A at the bottom of her list of priorities to the detriment of her overall health. A mother should prioritize her health too. After all, how can a mother give so much care for her loved ones if she is physically and psychologically declining each day as she ages? How can we protect moms against a broken heart? With all the joys of motherhood come sacrifices that may take their toll on a mother's cardiovascular health. Hypertension is a silent killer. Many factors can increase blood pressure. Aside from smoking and alcohol intake, what you eat and what you don't eat can impact your blood pressure. The body fat percentage and weight can also significantly lower or elevate blood pressure values, not to mention the mental and emotional states.

Furthermore, the balance of the electrolytes sodium and potassium in the body plays a role in keeping blood pressure from rising abnormally.

Sodium is a component of table salt. It is abundant in condiments, food additives, and preservatives, and is inherently present in food, even vegetables.

Sodium is not all that bad. Too much consumption of it, however, especially from concentrated forms like table salt, condiments, ultra-processed food, and fast food, is detrimental to our blood pressure.