What are the main reasons people have High Blood Pressure?

.................besides genetics, which I was told is the main reason people have HBP. I've been told twice recently that blood pressure was high at the doctor.

I can't tell you why men's Blood pressure is high but I can tell you why women have high blood pressure:

1.children
2.spouse
3.friends
4.family
5.work
6.cleaning house
7.fixing supper
8.cleaning up after supper
9. making sure every ones homework is done
10. making sure everyone has a bath and goes to bed.
11. have sex with the husband before he goes to bed
12. stay up two to three more hours finishing all the crap you couldn't get done while everyone was awake.
13. 4 hours of sleep a night
14. start the whole damn process over again.

Not having a proper diet
Having high cholesterol can cause high blood pressure because the blockage makes it harder for your heart thus making the pressure higher.
... I believe it's something along the lines of 50 % of people in america die of something relating to the heart.. most of these diseases is brought on my high blood pressure. There are things you can do for it, but if it is in your genetics you will have a much harder time.

Diet (look at the sh!t people eat!!!), stress, lack of health knowledge, lack of exercise,people don't know how to cope with stress, medications, sodium intake, emotional wellness, not enough sleep mixed with too much caffeine, not enough water, saturated fat, heart disease, obesity..

Bad eating habits,
too much salt,sugar,cholesterol,fat.
Stress can cause it
not drinking enough water can even contribute to it.
Some medications can cause it, like steroids.
Also too much Alcohol can cause it too.

Stress is a huge contributing factor, but obviously high salt intake. You need to start looking at nutrition labels and notice how much sodium is in stuff. Especially anything prepackaged.

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What you eat
how much you exercise
your temperament

To much salt.. not enough exercise, to much stress and to much junk food..
Garlic can help to lower and stabilize high blood pressure.

Lots of salt can cause high blood pressure, and alot of stress.

Stress buddy, plain old stress

Stress and too much salt.

stress and poor diet

stress or a heavy workload...