What is the 'best' food to consume regularly to help with high blood pressure?

Answer 1

You can control your blood pressure with these steps:

- If you smoke or use tobacco, stop
- Become more physically active
- Choose foods low in salt and sodium
- Limit your alcohol intake
- Lose weight if you are overweight
- If you’ve been prescribed medication to control your blood pressure, take it consistently as directed.

Foods which will help to reduce high B.Pressure-

- choosing foods that are low in sodium (salt).
- choosing foods low in calories and fat.
- choosing foods high in starch and fiber.
- maintaining a healthy weight, or losing weight if overweight.
- limiting serving sizes.
- increasing physical activity.
- practicing moderation if consuming alcoholic beverages.
- eating lot or vegetables and fruits.-

Answer 2

I don't know if there is a specific food to consume to help with high blood pressure. Cutting salt out of your diet should help. I know for sure that exercise will lower your blood pressure. Ask you doctor about this and I think that might be a good option for you to try. It also elevates your mood too.

Answer 3

You should eat as little red meat as possible especially if you have high blood pressure, as they both contribute to heart disease. Bananas are full of potassium so will lower blood pressure.

Answer 4

Cut back on your salt intake and Celery is supposed to be good for your blood pressure. Also reduce your stress because this is a big factor.

Answer 5

Cut your sodium intake to 2300 mg/day. This is the first step of any blood pressure reduction program.

Answer 6

Hypertension is sustained elevation of resting systolic BP (≥ 140 mm Hg), diastolic BP (≥ 90 mm Hg), or both. Hypertension with no known cause (primary; formerly, essential hypertension) is most common; hypertension with an identified cause (secondary hypertension) is usually due to a renal disorder. Usually, no symptoms develop unless hypertension is severe or long-standing. Diagnosis is by sphygmomanometry. Tests may be done to determine cause, assess damage, and identify other cardiovascular risk factors. Treatment involves lifestyle changes and drugs, including diuretics, β-blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and Ca channel blockers.
(1) Blood pressure. Get your blood pressure checked every visit. (Target: Below 130/80 mm Hg)
(2) Cholesterol Get your LDL (bad cholesterol) levels checked at least once a year. (Target: Below 100 mg/dL). Triglycerides. (Target: Less than 150 mg/dL) Serum Cholesterol (Target: Less than 200 mg/dL) HDL (good cholesterol) (Target: More than 50)
Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes
Cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
(3) Eat more fruits & vegetables.
(4) Check your heart every 6 months and consult a cardiologist.
(5) Reduce salt intake (sodium)
(6) Avoid tobacco smoking.
(7) Reduce or avoid social alcohol drinking.
(8) Obesity - In obese subjects, losing a kilogram of mass generally reduces blood pressure by 2 mmHg. The abdominal circumference should not exceed 100 cms.
(9) Avoid stress.
(10) Control Diabetes mellitus
(11) Albuminuria. Get your urine micro-albumin test done atleast twice a year. (Target: Below 30).
(12) Avoid occupational, aircraft and roadway noise exposure.
(13) Health life style. Exercise regularly & stay healthy.
Please see the web pages for more details on Hypertension.

Answer 7

every food is good in moderation. but, one thing you have forgotten is to include regular exercise. it strengthens the blood vessels and the heart to relieve pressure.