i m 45 year old man, n having blood
presuure isue 140/80
what should i take in food ?
plz guide me
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Re: Blood Presure Problem Posted: 05-12-07 06:29am
shamim
wrote:
i m 45 year old man, n
having blood presuure isue 140/80
what should i take in food ?
plz guide me
Low sodium.. Whatever you eat try not to
salt it. Stay away from any packaged
meats. They have lots of salt. Read the
labels. I was told less then 800 mg of
salt a day, When you start reading labels
you will see all the hidden salts.. Some
package meals have over 800 mg in one
package.
If you eat fat free items. Watch the salt
in those too. A lot of the fat free items
have tons of salt.
Fresh fruits are good. Some even bring
down you BP. Apples have pectin that is a
natural blood thinner.
I drink organic apple cider vinegar every
day.
Bananas have natural potassium in them..
Potassium lowers BP. But don't take a
Potassium supplements without checking
with your doc.
I hope some of this helped you.. Your
blood pressure is really not too bad yet!
The 140 needs to come down. But with life
change I think you can do this with out
meds. Try it first, if it keeps going up
your doc might want to put you on a BP
med.. Here is a site that might give you
some more information on life style
lowering your BP.
If you are able go to a "Vitamin Shoppe"
I think thats how they spell it. Its a
well, vitamin shop. haha. anyway, you
can get pills called "Blood pressure
control" I started taking them and it has
worked really really well. My
bloodpressure would get up to 15 to 170
over 100 at times according to my blood
pressure monitor. Now that I am taking
this its almost always at 120 over 80 I
would recommend it to anyone.
