Great article. I think we need to shift the narrative from saturated fat in meat and focus on highly refined carbs for not only the catalyst for hypertension but for high cholesterol. Highly refined carbohydrates spike insulin and persistent insulin spikes lead to insulin resistance and diabetes.
Given that weight/IR/exercise are all highly correlated with each other, it’s no surprise that they are then all correlated with BP. It’s still not a causal relationship though. For example maybe BP causes IR. Or maybe some unexplained factor causes all of them.
Great article. I think we need to shift the narrative from saturated fat in meat and focus on highly refined carbs for not only the catalyst for hypertension but for high cholesterol. Highly refined carbohydrates spike insulin and persistent insulin spikes lead to insulin resistance and diabetes.
Interesting analogy
Another excellent article. Thank you Dr Barrett!
Given that weight/IR/exercise are all highly correlated with each other, it’s no surprise that they are then all correlated with BP. It’s still not a causal relationship though. For example maybe BP causes IR. Or maybe some unexplained factor causes all of them.
Dr. Richard Johnson has done some intriguing research on the connection between elevated uric acid levels and hypertension. Fascinating stuff:
https://peterattiamd.com/the-relationship-between-salt-blood-pressure/