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Effect of Spirulina on Blood Pressure Levels of Selected Hypertensives in Coimbatore City


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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, India
     

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Hypertension is recognised as a serious health problem. In India, hypertension is becoming an important contributor to cardiovascular diseases and mortality and by 2000 A.D, nearly five crore people would be affected by hypertension and the incidence has particularly increased in large towns. No single risk factor is the cause of hypertension. The controllable risk factors are smoking, alcohol, obesity, sedentary life style, stress, high salt diet, deficient calcium and potassium intake. Uncontrollable risk factors are age, genetics, sex, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes.
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V. Anuradha
Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, India
K. N. Gayathri
Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, India

Abstract


Hypertension is recognised as a serious health problem. In India, hypertension is becoming an important contributor to cardiovascular diseases and mortality and by 2000 A.D, nearly five crore people would be affected by hypertension and the incidence has particularly increased in large towns. No single risk factor is the cause of hypertension. The controllable risk factors are smoking, alcohol, obesity, sedentary life style, stress, high salt diet, deficient calcium and potassium intake. Uncontrollable risk factors are age, genetics, sex, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes.