Q: what foods could lower high blood pressure?

Fewer foods: If you're overweight, losing weight, ie eating less food, will lower your blood pressure. Avoiding excess sodium chloride (table salt) will also lower bp. There aren't any effective foods that will actively lower your BP - it's all about what you don't eat.

Q: what food is best to lower high blood pressure?

A few things to...: Keeping ideal body weight, eat healthy/no added salt, aerobic exercise regularly 4-5x/wk, reduce daily stresses, sleep well, and don't smoke etc..These are so called modifiable risk factor--you can't change genetic. Look up the dash-diet regimen (google it). Treat medical condition (chol, diabetes etc) well.If these fail to adequately lower your BP to less than 140/90, consult your doc..Good luck.

Q: what kind of food can lower high blood pressure?

Food for HTN: Great question: optimal diet is DASH Diet: low salt, low saturated fat, low cholesterol, 8 servings of colored fruit and vegetables daily, pomegranates, tomato, kiwi, spinach, kale, whole grains and low animal protein (4 - 5 oz per day of very lean meat, fish, poultry only). Don't smoke. Drink 3 liters fluid per day. Minimize caffeine. Look up DASH Diet.

Q: food recommended for high blood pressure person..

Lower sodium: You'd want to lower your sodium intake, and increase your potassium. You can do the first part by eliminating processed foods as much as possible, because those often have lots of sodium in them. Read the labels of soups & frozen foods! high potassium foods include all leafy greens like spinach & kale; baked potato w/skin on; white beans; winter squash; bananas, dried apricots, nuts, etc, .

Q: in case of high blood pressure which food can eat?

Restrict salt intake: The DASH diet recommend low salt (sodium restricted to 2000 mg/day) or approx 2 teaspoons of salt or less /day. Please be mindful of foods with hidden salt in them - cold cuts, cheese for instance. Avoid canned foods - typically preserved with salt or brine. A diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables is ideal -

Question 1

please for high blood pressure what food usefull to decrease pressure?50 years old

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Low salt, DASH: Google "dash" diet for a list of foods that will help. Avoid excess salt in your diet. If overweight, try to get to a body mass index of &lt;25.

Question 2

how can you decrease high blood pressure?

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Lifestyle, Meds: For the most part high blood pressure is related to genetics and often needs medications to control. But some lifestyle changes can be tried such as a low salt diet (less than 2000mg sodium), exercise, weight loss, stress reduction, and better sleep hygiene. If you snore and are tired throughout the day you need to be evaluated for sleep apnea with a sleep study. Treating this can lower bp.

Question 3

what food for high blood pressure?

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Avoid salt: Best to avoid salt in your food/meals as a good first attempt at lowering your blood pressure. Learn to read nutrition labels and search for "sodium" which you should keep less than 2, 000mg/d. Also look for foods high in potassium and magnesium (rather than sodium) as some studies suggest that higher levels of both are associated w/better outcomes. This usually entails eating lots of fruits & vegg.

Question 4

what foods help high blood pressure?

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Avoid salt: Food with high salt will increase the blood pressure on many patients. It is particularly more common on african americans. High potassium diet might reduce blood pressure like fruits and vegetables.

Question 5

what food causes high blood pressure?

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Many: A better answer is what foods can reverse high blood pressure. This includes the dash diet:
fruits: 4-5 servings/day
vegetables: 4-5 servings/day
whole grains or fiber: 6-8 servings/day
dairy (low fat): 2-3 serving/day
meat (lean): 2 servings/day
lower dietary sodium intake
low fat (<6% of daily calories)
low cholesterol intake (<150 mg/day)
low sodium intake (<2.4 grams/day).

Question 6

what foods could lower high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

Fewer foods: If you're overweight, losing weight, ie eating less food, will lower your blood pressure. Avoiding  excess sodium chloride (table salt) will also lower bp. There aren't any effective foods that will actively lower your BP - it's all about what you don't eat.

Question 7

what food is best to lower high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

A few things to...: Keeping ideal body weight, eat healthy/no added salt, aerobic exercise regularly 4-5x/wk, reduce daily stresses, sleep well, and don't smoke etc..These are so called modifiable risk factor--you can't change genetic. Look up the dash-diet regimen (google it). Treat medical condition (chol, diabetes etc) well.If these fail to adequately lower your  BP to less than 140/90, consult your doc..Good luck.

Question 8

what kind of food can lower high blood pressure?

Accepted Answer

Food for HTN: Great question: optimal diet is DASH Diet:  low salt, low saturated fat, low cholesterol, 8 servings of colored fruit and vegetables daily, pomegranates, tomato, kiwi, spinach, kale, whole grains and low animal protein (4 - 5 oz per day of very lean meat, fish, poultry only). Don't smoke. Drink 3 liters fluid per day. Minimize caffeine.  Look up DASH Diet.

Question 9

food recommended for high blood pressure person..

Accepted Answer

Lower sodium: You'd want to lower your sodium intake, and increase your potassium.  You can do the first part by eliminating processed foods as much as possible, because those often have lots of sodium in them.  Read the labels of soups & frozen foods!  high potassium foods include all leafy greens like spinach & kale; baked potato w/skin on; white beans; winter squash; bananas, dried apricots, nuts, etc, .

Question 10

in case of high blood pressure  which food can eat?

Accepted Answer

Restrict salt intake: The DASH diet recommend low salt (sodium restricted to 2000 mg/day) or approx 2 teaspoons of salt or less /day. Please be mindful of foods with hidden salt in them - cold cuts,  cheese for instance. Avoid canned foods - typically preserved with salt or brine. A diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables is ideal -

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