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Can hunger cause hypertension?

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Dr. Philip Miller
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Family Medicine 49 years experience
NO: however, high salt congtent foods and highly preserved foods can increase BP. Hunger itself is not an issue.
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What causes hypertension?

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Dr. Andrew Chung
Cardiology 29 years experience
VAT: Visceral adipose tissue (vat).
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What can cause hypertension?

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Dr. Jonathan Leibowitz
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
A few things: Biggys are smoking, obesity, and add salt intake to the above - of course there are about 10 people in the country with some sort of disease that causes "primary" hypertension - ie its not their fault - now, once you have hypertension - you end up with some sort of kidney disease that sort of makes it permanent - so those people moan "but i dont eat salt"....Too late -.
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