How to lower blood pressure

I’m always looking for tips on how to lower blood pressure and since so many people are affected by it, there are always several research studies being done on it.

I just read on Reuters that a major study found that women who eat whole grains often in their diet may lower their risk of developing high blood pressure. Well that’s good if you don’t have high blood pressure, but what about me? I already do.

From what I understand, adding these grains to my meals will help me from getting worse. So I guess that’s a good thing. I can work on maintaining it and then work on lowering my blood pressure

So the advice is if you don’t have hypertension and you want to keep it that way, add whole grains to your diet - this includes oatmeal, bran and brown rice. And the study advises to avoid refined grains like pasta and white bread and other foods made from whole flour.

I found this site that offers several tips on how to lower blood pressure that you might want to check out.

Have a great day.

-Chris

How to lower high blood pressure

If you want to know how to lower high blood pressure then listen up. You already should be cutting back on your salt intake. You should reduce your salt intake to 1,000 to 1,500 mgs of salt a day. That is not a lot.

Check nutrition labels and avoid fast foods and you can accomplish this.

Tips on eating out - avoid soups and starchy items, such as mashed potatoes and bread. Choose steamed vegetables, plain baked potatoes or rice, and meats without heavy sauces. Green salads are great too, but watch for salty extras such as croutons and hard cheeses, and keep an eye on the dressings — some contain copious amounts of salt. Better to go with a basic oil and vinegar. Don’t even look at potato salad, macaroni salad or cole slaw.

Foods to eat:

Make sure you get your potassium. Potassium helps eliminate sodium from your body so the more potassium you eat the more sodium eliminated.

You can get your daily requirement of potassium from fruits and veggies. Go for the fruits and try to stay away from the juices. They have too much sugar and calories.

Pomegranate and oranges are two good sources of potassium.

Lower blood pressure without medications:

“By tweaking your diet you may lower your blood pressure and cholesterol levels enough that your doctor allows you to taper off your medications.”

-Chris

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Source: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-hew-askus20aug20,1,4117