Almost everyone on my mother's side has high blood pressure. Ages (diagnosed) ranging from 18 (special case. Severely overweight) and up. Aunt, uncles, mom, grandma, cousin. My aunt is on dialysis after years of stupidly not taking her medication for reasons she can't even justify. And my grandmother was on it for about 5 years until she died.
Just recently, this week in fact, my mom at 52 was diagnosed with high cholesterol.
What can I do to avoid this? I'm 16 and an African American if that matters. I tried and succeed a couple of years to get my mom to stop cooking with shortening and go to vegetable oil. And I was almost successful in getting her to try Olive Oil before the prices of gas and everything else soared. Money's tight, so pricey organic food is not likely to happen.
I don't/can't cook. After an accident when I destroyed a small pot, I am forbidden to cook anything other than things like instant noodles. (I know, right).
I eat as healthy as most kids my age do. I eat tons of fruit when we have them on hand. -Not lately since our frig was broken and everything was either thrown away or frozen. I eat lots of salad with fresh spiniach and not much Italian dressing.
I must admit, I do love french fries, but I'm limiting myself to have a somewhat healthy diet. I guess I could exercise more...but lately, the weather's been either too hot or raining to no end, so it limits my ability to go out and walk or ride a bike.--I do exercise at school, you should see the stairs I walk up and down and up and down on a daily base. By the end of the day, I've done 20+ flights.
Anyway, I'm just rambling now, but are there any vitamins or anything I could take to spare me the dialysis machine at 40 something?
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