New research shows that alcohol, if consumed by men in mooderation, decreases the chances of heart attack. On the other hand, excessive alcohol consumption is one of many reasons why you have high blood pressure. It is not a secret that alcohol can severely damage your liver, brain and cardiovascular system.
Hypertension is called a silent killer because it that can lead to deadly heart attacks, kidney and heart failure, strokes and premature deaths. In most cases people with high blood pressure do not pay attention to the symptoms until it is too late. The most important part of all is to look at High Blood pressure symptoms…
What happens to your body when you drink?
The body goes into a shock mode, where all of the internal organs and defense mechanism are fighting with a threat known as alcohol. Your liver takes a lot of effort to clean the blood out, your kidneys work hard to release that poison and your heart beats irregularly because of the system overload. This is all happening while your body processing foods and fights with pollution and other environmental crap.
Well, what about a body that is already suffering, a body with hypertension. First of all, it is already having difficulties distributing all the nutrients to the organs because some arteries are blocked and the heart working extra hard to pump that blood through.
Now you decided to take a drink. You body feels tired, but still has capacity to fight. At this point, you are on the mission to get drunk or may be you want to shut your body down. In this case you and your best friend – “alcohol” overpower the body and its defensive mechanism. You win!The body can not funtion any more!
The only problem here is what happens to you when your body stops functioning…
Treating your body as you would treat your own child is the best solution. By avoiding excessive alcohol consumption, exercising and eating healthy, you are becoming the best friend for your body. You are helping it fight with hypertension and related diseases. After all, it is the only body you’ve got!