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What are the foods that can lower the blood pressure?

High blood pressure affects hundreds of millions of people all over the world and it's the most common affection seen in the last few years. Furthermore, more and more people discover that they have high blood pressure each year. If you have high blood pressure then the force with which the blood pushes against the arteries' walls is much higher than normal. In time, this can lead to strokes, heart attacks and severe heart diseases so its important to treat high blood pressure soon before the risk of developing the mentioned above drastically increases. The first and most ... read more

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If you have high blood pressure then the force with which the blood pushes against the arteries' walls is much higher than normal. In time, this can lead to strokes, heart attacks and severe heart diseases so its important to treat high blood pressure soon before the risk of developing the mentioned above drastically increases.

The first and most important things that you need to do in order to lower your blood pressure are to change your lifestyle so that you reduce the stress and you exercise and rest more, and then to change your diet.

The diet must be changed in such way that it contains healthy foods only. First you must eliminate the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and salt. Drinking alcohol and smoking can seriously increase your blood pressure especially if you do it for a long time. 
 
Why should you eat less salt? 
 
Well because salt contains large quantities of sodium, and sodium is known to have certain properties that raise the blood pressure significantly. Our bodies need sodium, but a lot of food types also contain sodium, and if we eat these foods and also put salt on them we can consume twice the normal amount of sodium needed by the body, and this excess has negative effects over our blood pressure. So the recommendation is to try too cook without salt or to use other spices that give the food a similar taste.

You should also try to eat as few foods that are rich in fats. Meat is among them, and sweets are a very rich source of fats. You can eat some from time to time, but not too often.

What can you eat?
 
Doctors recommend eating a lot of vegetables and fruits because they are rich in fibers and they can help the body normalize its blood pressure. Eating fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods will not only lower your blood pressure bit it will do good to your entire body and will strengthen the immune system too.

Here's a brief list of all the aliments that are recommended if you want to lower your blood pressure: turnips, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, spinach, bananas, apricots, grapes, oranges, raisins, strawberries, hazelnuts, and fish and low-fat dairy products.

If you stick to the recommended diet you can lower your blood pressure without taking any medication and in quite a short time, but always consult a doctor before selecting a certain diet and ask him if you made the right decision.

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