High blood pressure isn't just about salt or sugar—it's about processed foods that mess up your body's blood pressure control system in many ways.
Scientific Claim
Hypertension is primarily caused by processed foods that disrupt multiple regulatory mechanisms of blood pressure, rather than being solely a salt or sugar issue.
Original Statement
“Hypertension is not fundamentally a salt problem or a sugar problem. It's a processed food problem that breaks blood pressure regulation at multiple points in the system.”
Context Details
Domain
cardiology
Population
human
Subject
processed foods
Action
disrupt
Target
multiple regulatory mechanisms of blood pressure
Intervention Details
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (2)
This study found that a diet of whole plant foods can help manage high blood pressure, which supports the idea that what we eat, especially avoiding processed foods, can affect our blood pressure.
This study shows that eating more processed foods can lead to higher blood pressure, supporting the idea that processed foods contribute to hypertension.
Contradicting (2)
Reducing salt intake to prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
This study highlights the importance of reducing salt intake to prevent high blood pressure, which could be seen as contradicting the focus on processed foods.
This study found that certain nutrients found in foods can help prevent high blood pressure, which might suggest that it's not just processed foods that affect blood pressure.