Candy
Candy contains a different kind of bad ingredient when to comes to high blood pressure: sugar. Fructose sugar (which is found in most generic candies) drives up uric acid in the body by inhibiting what’s called nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator that helps our blood vessels maintain their elasticity. If our blood vessels are no longer elastic, they can’t widen to handle increased amounts of pressure. And the sugar in candy affects much more than just your blood pressure. High sugar consumption affects our weight, the heart, the kidneys, it can lead to the development of diabetes and so much more.