Gregory Harshfield and Martha Wilson of the Medical College of Georgia found that the more a person's muscle and fat ratio, the higher his ability to regulate blood pressure in stressful situations. The ability to normalize blood pressure is the ability to adjust the balance of sodium.

Fat prevents such regulation. According to the authors of the study, conducted on the basis of a survey of 127 people, previously physicians had not quite the correct idea of ??the relationship of high blood pressure and build. Moreover, they say Hershfild and Wilson, it is wrong to assume that any increase in pressure is always harmful.

"If you are under stress, your blood pressure should go up. If this does not happen - then you really have a problem, "Hershfeld believes.. Increased pressure allows the blood to supply more oxygen to the tissues. But here's what is really important for health - how quickly pressure comes back to normal after a tense situation is over.

A sample of this normalization is athletes who quickly bring pressure back to normal after a race or a swim.

But obese people have a big problem here: after stress their organisms can not supply the proper amount of sodium, which plays a key role in reducing pressure. It is interesting that we are talking not only about physical stress, but also about emotional. Thus, in this study, its authors observed the response of human organisms to stressful video games.

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