Clinical Integration: Complex Care

Running head: CLINICAL INTEGRATION: COMPLEX CARE 1
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CLINICAL INTEGRATION: COMPLEX CARE 2
NRSG354 Clinical Integration: Complex Care
How can excess fat and sugar intake increase the risk of hypertension and coronary artery
disease? Pathophysiology of how this happens?
Epidemiological information proves that there a robust and constant connection between
hypertension and coronary artery syndrome. This fact does not imply that hypertension is the
basis of coronary artery ailment. Less than a quarter of the risk of developing coronary artery
illness can be linked to increased blood pressure. In addition, in individuals, hypertension is only
feebly prognostic and hence blood pressure cannot be depended upon to recognize those with a
particularly high risk ( Benedek, Stanescu, Opincariu, Jani, & Benedek, 2018).
Excess intake of sugar leads to weight gain over time, and as a result puts the consumer at risk of
hypertension. Sugary foodstuffs are highly saturated with calories but normally low in other
nutrients and this leads to rapid energy rush and subsequently a slump. This condition makes an
individual feel sluggish and with low energy and he /she starts craving for more sugar. There is
robust evidence proving that sugary foodstuff that are digested and absorbed in the body
increases insulin levels and blood sugar subjecting a person into a risk of high blood pressure Dr.
(Dr. Mercola, 2015). Besides, excess fat consumption leads weight gain around the midsection
spelling health problems such as hypertension and obesity. Excess belly fat changes the waist
circumference subjecting a person into a risk of blood pressure. Based on a certain Chinese
research, when a person gains a fat belly and his/her waist circumference exceeds 90 cm (for
men) and 80 cm (for women) risked suffering from hypertension (American College of
Cardiology, 2017).