Best Foods Beat Hypertension
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Of course, medication and exercise to help reduce. But medications to control the supply of blood pressure as well, “said Lawrence Appel, MD, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins. In a landmark 1997 study, he found a special DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet reduced blood pressure an average of 11.4 points (systolic blood pressure, top row) and 5, 5 points (diastolic blood pressure, lower number).
Since then, the DASH diet was the best tested, the level of success of the plan to prevent and reduce blood pressure. Eating this way also reduces the rate of artery-clogging cholesterol and homocysteine, the promotion of bone mass, the weight of clippings and may help prevent cancer.
The diet requires more fruits, vegetables and dairy products low fat or fat free. It provides less fat (especially saturated animal fats), red meat, sweets and sugary drinks. The benefits are greater if you also limit sodium and alcohol.
It is not clear why the DASH way to reduce blood pressure quickly (often within two weeks) and drastically. Theory: The DASH diet acts as a natural diuretic, “said new Japanese research. Call said high potassium and low sodium content in fruits and vegetables help regulate blood pressure. The weight loss is well known to lower blood pressure: In a new study, the DASH diet lost an average of 13 pounds in six months, the proportion of people with high blood pressure has dropped from 37% to 12%. These amounts are recommended for a person who eats 2000 calories per day.








