{"id":572,"date":"2010-08-26T04:33:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T02:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2015-08-24T21:11:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T01:11:39","slug":"a-hidden-cause-of-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/health-nutrition\/a-hidden-cause-of-high-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hidden Cause Of High Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been saying for years that salt is NOT the enemy\u00a0when it comes to\u00a0high blood pressure. In fact,\u00a0hypertension sufferers\u00a0who drastically reduce the amount of salt in their diets\u00a0are increasing their risk\u00a0of serious\u00a0health problems.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And to make matters worse, lowering your salt intake will rarely bring your numbers down. Instead, you should make the switch from processed table salt to unrefined sea salt (I prefer the Himalayan variety). Also, you should be aware of a lesser known cause of hypertension: excess fructose consumption.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, a new link has been found between a high sugar diet and high blood pressure. Check out this excellent article by Dr. Mercola if you&#8217;d like to learn more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2010\/08\/25\/why-has-this-lifesustaining-essential-nutrient-been-vilified-by-doctors.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Avoiding This &#8220;Forbidden Food&#8221; Could Make You Moody<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Jay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been saying for years that salt is NOT the enemy\u00a0when it comes to\u00a0high blood pressure. In fact,\u00a0hypertension sufferers\u00a0who drastically reduce the amount of salt in their diets\u00a0are increasing their risk\u00a0of serious\u00a0health problems&#8230;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/health-nutrition\/a-hidden-cause-of-high-blood-pressure\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[7,157,69],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-nutrition","tag-life-coaching","tag-new-york-life-coach","tag-nutrition-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jaycataldo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}