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The #1 HIDDEN Cause of HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ( It's NOT THE SALT )

The #1 HIDDEN Cause of HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE High blood pressure is often blamed on salt, stress, weight, genetics, insulin resistance, or simply getting older. But what happens when you lose weight, improve your blood sugar, treat sleep apnea, clean up your diet, take your medications—and your blood pressure still refuses to come down? That is where the story gets interesting. In this video, I investigate primary aldosteronism, an often-overlooked hormonal cause of hypertension that may affect roughly 5–10% of people with high blood pressure and around 20% of people with resistant hypertension. This condition can cause the adrenal glands to produce too much aldosterone, which tells the kidneys to hold on to sodium and water. Blood volume rises. Blood pressure rises. Potassium may fall. …