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Dozens of thousands investigations reported potential causes for the abnormal rise of blood pressure (BP) with age. Among them, a pool of seminal studies, linked by coherence and consistence, identified that the maladaptation of the kidney to the unnatural abusive consumption of sodium salts is the leading cause of increase of BP. This dietary deviation should be fought to eradicate hypertension and its deleterious consequences over the heart, vessels, and other systems. This chapter analyzes the evidences that support this interpretation and presents other dietary and behavioral determinants of rising of BP.

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Fuchs, F.D. (2018). Pathogenesis. In: Essentials of Hypertension. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63272-8_2

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