High blood pressure is serious and can lead to heart and kidney diseases, strokes and other health problems. Thousands have high BP, but a good per cent people don’t realise it because it has no symptoms.
Eating good is the best way to control blood pressure. Happily, you don’t need to cut out a lot of your favorites. You just need to add the following foods to your diet.
- Seeds and Nuts: Unsalted seeds like sunflower, pumpkin or other squash seeds are full of minerals with proven blood pressure lowering capabilities. Moreover, nuts are the best to lower your blood pressure. Almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, and pecans are also good sources.
- Berries: Berries are rich in flavonoids that lower blood pressure. Eat them raw or frozen for best effect. Blueberries and strawberries seem to have the best results.
- Vegetables: Leafy greens are rich in potassium and other excellent nutrients. Select romaine lettuce, arugula, kale, turnip/collard/beet greens, spinach, and Swiss chard. Eat them raw or steamed. You can also try broccoli, carrots, green beans and peas, lima beans, potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes.
- Oily fish with Omega-3s: Omega-3s can lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation as they contain Vitamin D. Flax seeds, chia seeds and walnuts are non-fishy sources of Omega-3.
- Fruits: Fruits like apples, bananas, dates, grapes and raisins, mangoes, melons, oranges, peaches, pineapples and pomegranates are high in potassium, magnesium and fiber are the best to maintain BP.