High Blood Pressure? Check Your Vitamin D

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According to a recent study by the researchers of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, low level of vitamin D is directly related to high blood pressure specially in women. To prove that low level of Vitamin D leads to high blood pressure in women, researchers did an experiment on 559 women.

Researchers closely studies 559 women between the age of 24 and 44. the Vitamin D level of the women were studies once every 15 years. In the beginning of the study, 5.5 percent of the women were found suffering with low Vitamin D and high blood pressure and the remaining 2.8 percent women had good level the vitamin. At the end of the study it was noticed that women with low Vitamin D had high blood pressure unlike the other group. "Our results indicate that early deficiency of V-D may increase the long-term risk of high blood pressure in women at mid-life," researcher Flojaune Griffin said.

How Low Vitamin D Causes High Blood Pressure?

Vitamin D has the ability to control a gene molecule called renin. Renin is a substance which breaks down another molecule called angiotensinogen I which then gets converted to angiotensinogen II. The angiotensinogen II, constrict blood vessels, thickens heart muscles and blood vessel walls. All these factors thus, leads to high blood pressure. By controlling the molecule renin this vitamin, keeps the angiotensinogen II under control and thus maintains the blood pressure.

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