What causes systolic blood pressure number to be high?

When it comes to our health, one of the most important numbers we need to keep an eye on is systolic blood pressure. It’s the number that measures the force of blood against your artery walls when your heart beats. A normal reading is 120/80, while anything higher means you’re at risk for cardiovascular disease or stroke.

Now, with all this serious talk about numbers and diseases, let’s take a hilarious look at what really causes systolic blood pressure to be high:

Stress Is Public Enemy Number One

Let’s face it: life can be stressful. From work deadlines and traffic jams to social media notifications and annoying neighbors blasting loud music until wee hours in the night – stress comes in all shapes and sizes! And guess what? All that stress causes hormones like adrenaline (also know as epinephrine) and cortisol to surge through your system, making your heart beat faster than Road Runner on steroids.

My Sweet Tooth Made Me Do It!

If you have a sweet tooth like me (which I’m sure everyone has), then we’re already doomed from birth! That heavenly slice of chocolate cake may make us feel happiness in our taste buds but instant regret later. Consuming a lot of sugar triggers insulin spikes which affects our bloodstream increasing levels of triglycerides causing damage leading upto various kinds of diseases including hypertension eventually leading up to Cardiovascular disorders if unattended properly.

Alcohol Strikes Again!

We’ve heard this before: moderation is key. But who are we kidding? Sometimes after a long day or week there’s nothing better than kicking back with some cocktails or beersies! But beware dear readers because too much alcohol can raise your blood pressure considerably by tightening those arteries so tight they could crush diamonds OR releasing wacky hormones which could lead onto Heart related problems way sooner you thought!

Sodium Is Not Your BFF

We all need salt to make our food taste delicious, but did you know that too much sodium could ruin your perfect blood pressure number? Yep, not kidding. So be careful what you sprinkle on your fries and high-sodium canned products or else you may feel like taking a trip down the hypertensive lane!.

We Can’t Blame It All On Our DNA

As much as we’d like to blame our genes for anything and everything in life (I mean come on let’s admit it) – hypertension is not always hereditary. Although genetics plays quite an important role when it comes to certain metabolism factors of human body some people may develop Hypertension due to genetic predisposition while others might develop this condition over course of time due poor lifestyle choices.

Caffeine Addiction Is Real People!

Calling out all coffee lovers! Did you know caffeine can spike up both diastolic & systolic numbers even if they’re are normal before turning into sleep deprived coffee hazed Zombies the next morning? Well I guess bed tea ain’t looking so bad now, isn’t it?

Let’s Not Forget About Weight Issues.

Being overweight can strain those tiny little arteries making the heart pump harder leading upto various Cardiovascular diseases eventually leading onto Hypertension complications which literally puts us in same field with Mr Blobby who eats chips…literally.It’s best advised by almost every fitness enthusiast out there-Keep a helathy diet and maintain healthy weight BMI levels (Ideal BMI level:18.5-24.9)

The Good Old Fashioned Laziness Factor!!

When lazy factor sets in the brain informs all organs causing pumping blood slower than usual.This issue sometimes observed after just sitting/lying down for long hours at night.YUP,basically by doing nothing-being full time couch potato wouldn’t do any good except piling fats around belly region(finally an “acceptable” excuse as to why I indulge in naps from time to time ).

Say No To Smoking!

The only thing you should be smoking is meat. (just kidding) And it’s not just your lungs that suffer when you light up a cigarette – your blood pressure does too! Nicotine tightens those amazing arteries even further, making the heart work so hard it wants to take 5 cups of tea and never come back ….

The Sleepless Nights Of Worry

Everyone has their fair share of worry & anxiety every now and then but this can lead onto various health issues including insomnia & eventually leading upto hypertension.Sleeplessness at night due immense amount of stress causes decrease HRV levels which are also responsible for regulating BP level during sleep consequently resulting into high BP as one may have anticipated!

Conclusion:

So if you want to keep your systolic blood pressure number on point (and let’s face it….who doesn’t!) Keep a tab on reducing the above factors mentioned while maintaning healthier choices improving our lifestyle patterns paired combined with timely doctor visit to curb any distinctive ailments way before they festeriously develop into something more chronic. Swapping junk food habits for some fresh home made meals + exercise and keeping some “stress related distractions” in check like Yoga/meditation can impact positively for lower systolic measures.

Quick Recap

Tick ✓Tick..

  • SUGAR HURTS… Both Your Health And Blood Pressure
  • STRESS IS NOT CONSIDERED A VACATION PEOPLE!
  • THAT COCKTAIL MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH….. ON YOUR ARTERIES?
  • GO EASY ON THE SALT, FLAME NUTZ ARE STILL TASTY THOUGH!
  • KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR WEIGHT ISSUES
  • THERE’S NOTHING FRUITFUL ABOUT ALCOHOL RELATED PRODUCTS !
  • WATCH YOUR CAFFEINE INTAKE,YOU MAY TURN INTO INSOMNIAC
  • SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE ISN’T ANYONE’S BFF
  • SMOKING = HELLO 10x HIGHER RISK OF HEART RELATED COMPLICATIONS!
  • IF A HEALTHY NIGHT’S SLEEP TURNS INTO DREADFUL STRESS…YOUR BP IS GAME OVER.

Keep Calm And Don’t end up being a patient to Dr. (Jekyll)Hypertension

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