How to reduce high blood pressure naturally

 

In this article, you learn how to reduce high blood pressure naturally, making you able to reduce it by healthy food selection.

What is blood pressure?

Firstly, you should know what is it? Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries.

Your blood pressure is highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood.

This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is called diastolic pressure. 

Your blood pressure reading uses two numbers. Usually, the systolic number comes before or above the diastolic number.

A reading of 119/79 or lower is normal blood pressure 140/90 or higher is high blood pressure. 

  

Between 120 and 139 for the top number, or between 80 and 89 for the bottom number is called prehypertension. Prehypertension means you may end up with high blood pressure unless you take steps to prevent it.

High blood pressure usually has no symptoms, but it can cause serious problems such as

• Stroke
• Heart failure
• Heart attack
• Kidney failure

1: Banana

Banana helps to decrease the secretion of stress hormone from the body, thereby helps to lower high blood pressure. Even a medium-sized banana contains around 15% potassium, 8-10% magnesium, and 1-2% calcium.

2: Fat-free or low fat yogurt:

 Mineral-rich low-fat or fat free yogurt along with salad toppings is usually ideal for daily breakfast. Yogurt also contains each and every mineral including potassium, magnesium or calcium and is a good food to include in your diet for high blood pressure.

3: Avocado and kiwi fruit

Both these fruits are rich in potassium, calcium or magnesium and thus good for lowering high bp if consumed daily.

Avocado is good for heart health. Kiwi fruit contains excess amount of Vitamin C good for controlling blood pressure.

4: Potatoes or Sweet potatoes:

Both these vegetables are also rich in potassium, magnesium and calcium and good for regulating high bp level, if consumed everyday with or without skin.

5: Beets juice

This Mineral-rich and high-protein food is perfect for vegetarians and thus can be good to consume everyday as raw or cooked food in salads or side dishes. It is good for maintaining a normal blood pressure.

Hypertension patients diet should also contain any green leafy vegetables, berries, peaches, red bell pepper and oatmeal. Both are rich in calcium, potassium or magnesium and therefore good to reduce high blood pressure.