One day I was sitting with my friend in a restaurant. He ordered a lot and I was thinking “is he going to eat all?” In fact he is a short temper or hyper. Last month he was complaining about his blood pressure. Today I guess I reached to the cause of his blood pressure. No, it’s not about eating more. It’s about what you are eating. Then I asked him “Are you aware that what you eat can affect your blood pressure?” Don’t worry, I try to explain;
Each person’s body system is different from other. We should be careful when selecting the diets or foods for ourselves. It might be the best for your friend but not for you or vice verse. Therefore, selection of your diet or food can be very helpful in keeping your blood pressure normal. It is not necessary you take care only when you complain about high blood pressure, no start practicing now.
Care is better than Cure
1. Try to be Vegetarian: Well I am not vegetarian but if you have blood pressure you could try a vegetarian diet. In this diet you will get many of the following;
Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin A & C, Potassium, Complex Carbohydrates , Polyunsaturated Fat Fiber; All of these can have a great influence on your blood pressure.
2. Sugar: We all like sweets (chocolates) but do you know sugar can increase your blood pressure. As you know it also trigger the diabetics so why not try to reduce the intake. Try to reduce slowly.
3. High Fiber Diets: A diet high in fiber has been clinically proven effective in lowering your blood pressure. These diets will also help you reduce your cholesterol levels and even promote weight loss.
4. Salt: Salt is another thing that can increase blood pressure. In fact, low blood pressure people use salt as remedy. But sometime without knowing the end effects, we just add salt in our foods. If you reduce your salt intake, it will help you to lower your blood pressure.
5. High Potassium Diets: A diet high in potassium and low in sodium reduces your blood pressure rise by reducing the effect of adrenaline. If you reduce your sodium intake you must also increase your potassium intake. Are you listening? I asked to my friend who was just moving his head.
I started giving him some more tips;
There are some vegetables and spices that help control your blood pressure. Many of these are very common vegetables and spices so you may be helping your blood pressure and not even know it.
1. Onion: We should use onion in our daily life. Onions’ essential oil is very good for health. If you have two to three tablespoons of this essential onion oil a day, it could help reduce your systolic levels (hypertension).
2. Tomatoes: Tomatoes are also a beneficiary to controlling blood pressure. They are high in GABA, a compound that helps lower your blood pressure.
3. Broccoli contains several blood pressure reducing ingredients.
4. Carrots also have many compounds that do the same.
Introducing these vegetables to your diet will do wonders for your blood pressure. Even if you don’t suffer from high blood pressure, it’s best to keep it at a safe level and take the extra precautions to get there.
5. Garlic and celery are also great to add to your diet. Garlic is good for the heart which you’ve probably been told before. Eating just one clove of garlic a day has been proven to be beneficial.
Well I think you must be boring? I was just explaining to him but I did not eat mine. I just started eating by saying “I hope you understand what I explained about Diet and Food relation with blood pressure and yes surely a diet can affect your blood pressure”.
