LEARN MORE ABOUT HYPERTENSION

 It is important to keep a low sodium diet when you have high blood pressure it will keep you healthy. On the other hand you have no reason worrying about have stroke when you follow the right diet. Blow there are food that mentioned that you should eat. Try to follow that diet if possible.
Hypertension is sustained elevation of resting systolic BP (≥ 140 mm Hg), diastolic BP (≥ 90 mm Hg), or both. Hypertension with no known cause (primary; formerly, essential hypertension) is most common; hypertension with an identified cause (secondary hypertension) is usually due to a renal disorder. Usually, no symptoms develop unless hypertension is severe or long-standing. Diagnosis is by sphygmomanometry. Tests may be done to determine cause, assess damage, and identify other cardiovascular risk factors. Treatment involves lifestyle changes and drugs, including diuretics, β-blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and Ca channel blockers.(Merck)
Diuretics are also administered along with other hypertensive drugs to reduce hypertension. Hypertensive patients are also advised to reduce sodium in the diet. Sodium helps the body to retain water in the body. Hence blood pressure pills make you urinate more.
Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. LOVING YOURSELF AND EAT WELL AND YOU WILL LIVE LONG.

                                                                   Pastor Catherine Taylor