Control High Blood Pressure in PKD with Honey

High blood pressure is one common symptom of early PKD and early all end stage PKD patients will develop hypertension due to enlarged cysts and kidneys. High blood pressure will become worse along with age if not treated timely and properly.

What is more, high blood pressure will in turn worsen renal damages, therefore timely and effective treatments should be received even at the early stage of high blood pressure. Well controlling of blood pressure is crucial for a better prognosis---slowing down illness progression and reducing mortality.

Different from treating primary high blood pressure, treatments for elevated blood pressure in PKD should from two aspects---internal and external, symptomatic and root.

As for the external and symptomatic treatments for high blood pressure in PKD, there are mainly medicines, diets and exercises.

Here I recommend a beneficial food for PKD patients with hypertension that is honey which is not only good for controlling high blood pressure, but also has many other benefits to our health.

Honey contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acid such as arachidonic acid, linolenic acid which have a lot of benefits for controlling blood pressure---dilating blood vessels, increasing elasticity of the blood vessels, blood purification, reducing blood viscosity and enhancing blood activity. What is more, honey can prevent the formation of lipid peroxide and deposition of cholesterol on the vessel wall so as to maintain smoothness of blood circulation and control high blood pressure.

Honey contains rich vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Se, etc. These vitamins and minerals have the functions of softening and dilating blood vessels so as to promote blood circulation and maintain normal blood pressure.

In addition, honeys contain special active amino acids, acetylcholine and many other nutrition which on one hand can nourish the myocardium and on the other hand can play positive pressure-lowering effects along with other antihypertensive medicines.

Honey can also improve the blood conditions and promote functions of the heart and blood vessels. Long term intake of honey is good for cardiovascular patients. Honey can also protect liver functions, alleviate fatigue and improve insomnia, etc.