According to Everyday Health, certain foods can help you reduce your blood pressure. For those seeking to control it with as little medication as possible, that’s very welcome news. The foods you should be eating are:
Foods that are High in Potassium Bananas, citrus fruits, salmon, tuna, flounder, melons, green/leafy vegetables, poultry, raisins, whole-grains cereals, potato skins, yogurt, tomatoes
Foods that are High in Calcium Broccoli, canned sardines, salmon (with bones), milk, tofu, yogurt, cheese, kale
Foods that are High in Fiber Corn, apples, barley, brown rice, legumes, nuts, yams, whole-grain cereals, whole-grain bread
Foods that are High in Magnesium Fish, green/leafy vegetables, legumes, meats, nuts, whole grains, poultry
I’ve always been a firm believer in following healthy dietary guidelines - even if you don’t have the problem they’re geared toward. After all, if eating the above foods are beneficial to people who have problems with their blood pressure, surely eating them will help those of us who are lucky stay lucky.
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By the way, I found some interesting facts on BloodPressureExperts.com:
- Hypertension occurs in more than two-thirds of individuals after age 65.
- One in three adults in the US and UK have high blood pressure.
- Your chances of getting high blood pressure are also higher if you are a man over the age of 45
- People with high blood pressure are three times more likely to develop heart disease and stroke.
- Malignant Hypertension is also known as accelerated hypertension.