16May/118
How do you get your mother that has high blood pressure to stop consuming hot sauce?
My mother has high blood pressure and the doctors constantly tell her to stop eating it with her food or else she'll have another heart attack. She has it in her head that It has nothing to do with her Blood pressure being high and uses being in the medical field for 20 years as an excuse. Her blood pressure is 156/135. If i can't get her to stop then she might wined up dead like my dad. how do i get her to stop?
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
Opinions differ about hot sauce/peppers and hypertension.
The amount of salt in a sauce is a culprit.
Find one with the least salt in it, or get a recipe and make some for her.
What mother could resist that?
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
hide it….
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
That’s the sillies thing I’ve heard of. The active ingredient in hot sauce is capsaicin which is the compound in peppers that cause the heat. In fact, there are studies that indicate capsaicin my help reduce blood pressure. I suggest you read up on the real causes of hypertension, such as diet, smoking and lack of exercise.
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
Oh lord – let her have all the hot sauce she can handle – but check the salt content. That’s what you want to cut down if possible. But you’ll find that MOST salt is in stuff like prepared meat and canned food.
Eat the hot sauce – cut out the salt.
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
I’m sorry to hear about your dad, tell your mom that she’s the only one you’ve got and tell her that she’d give up hot sauce if she loves you. In other cases, hide/ throw away all the hot sauce.
It’d be better if you go to the nearest store and request them not to sell hot sauce to your mother.
You could request your mom to just give it up for a few months, she cud always have it once in a while, but not more than that. You could take her to a specialist who knows how to deal with addicts. Try anything even if it’s crazy but do it because she’s your mom and its better for her.
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
with hot sauce do keep her high blood pressure high….convince her that maybe she do want to have hemorrhoids or piles if she don’t stop using it!!!
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
Not really much you can do with a stubborn mom. Be honest and say you dont want to lose her and you would feel better if she would stop the sauce. Ive never heard that hot sauce affected bp, unless its the salt content. But with your moms bp that high I imagine she should be on a no salt diet. Be persistant , good luck..
May 16th, 2011 - 19:38
Why does the doctor say it causes high blood pressure. It dosen’t have anything to do with eating hot sauce. Ask the doctor why he is saying that